Will Smith says he once thought about killing his father to ‘avenge my mother’ in new book

In his new memoir, Will Smith detailed his complicated relationship with William Carroll Smith Sr., who passed away in 2016.

"My father was violent, but he was also at every game, play and recital," wrote the 53-year-old. "He was an alcoholic, but he was sober at every premiere of every one of my movies. He listened to every record. He visited every studio. The same intense perfectionism that terrorized his family put food on the table every night of my life."

According to the outlet, William Carroll Smith Sr., alongside the star’s mother Caroline Bright, raised him and his three siblings in Philadelphia.