--- title: Will Smith Slams Donald Trump for His Comments on Women description: Will Smith is definitely not a fan of Donald Trump and is expressing his outrage over the way the Republican nominee talks about women. canonical: https://time.com/4435100/will-smith-donald-trump-women/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-02T16:39:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:11.463Z og:title: Will Smith Calls Out Donald Trump for His Comments on Women og:description: "That makes me teary" og:url: https://time.com/4435100/will-smith-donald-trump-women/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt006c80958f17774f/6988a0c80b72e3697b6ea824/will-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: "Suicide Squad" World Premiere - Inside Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Will Smith Calls Out Donald Trump for His Comments on Women twitter:description: "That makes me teary" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt006c80958f17774f/6988a0c80b72e3697b6ea824/will-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Will Smith Doesn’t Understand How People Can Support Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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Jim Spellman/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 2, 2016 4:39 PM UTC [Will Smith](http://time.com/4420595/suicide-squad-will-smith-jared-leto/) is definitely not a fan of [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4434792/what-happens-if-donald-trump-loses/). During a recent interview with [news.com.au](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/new-movies/will-smith-really-cant-stand-donald-trump/news-story/1ab6831512b3031650e4223a485f68c3), he expressed his outrage over the way the Republican nominee talks about women, specifically denouncing an incident during a GOP presidential debate when [Trump called Rosie O’Donnell a “fat pig.”](http://time.com/3988748/rosie-odonnell-donald-trump/) “For a man to be able to publicly refer to a woman as a fat pig, that makes me teary,” Smith said. “And for people to applaud, that is absolutely f—king insanity to me. My grandmother would have smacked my teeth out of my head if I had referred to a woman as a fat pig. And I cannot understand how people can clap for that. It’s absolutely collective insanity. If one of my sons — I am getting furious just thinking about it — if one of my sons said that in a public place, they couldn’t even live in my house anymore.” The [_Suicide Squad_](http://time.com/4397007/suicide-squad-the-joker-plot/)star went on to say that he believes this view on women will prevent Trump from becoming the next president. “For me, deep down in my heart, I believe that America won’t and we can’t \[elect Trump\],” he said. “Of all the things he has said — and we could go through the laundry list — that was the one that was such an absolute illustration of a darkness of his soul. I just cannot figure out how people can clap for that…So, we are not even going to pretend it is going to happen. I have faith in America. 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