Will Smith, meetWill Smith!
On Monday, the 52-year-old actor teamed up with the Los Angeles Dodgers catcher, 25, to surprise a young fan on theFresh Prince of Bel Airstar’s Snapchat Series,Will From Home.
In the series episode, the two Smiths surprised the young boy with a PlayStation 5,Travis Scottmerchandise, Dodgers tickets, an invitation to batting practice with the Dodgers catcher and a $10,000 donation from Nextdoor — a community network for neighborhoods — among other generous gifts.
Smith also noted that the young boy’s plant selling business, “Aaron’s Garden,” will be listed for free on Nextdoor.
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Later, Smith shared the story of how Aaron took the bus to downtown Los Angeles, where he bought “all the plants he could afford,” before he sold them and, as Smith noted, “just kept going and going.”
After word spread of his warmhearted actions, Smith detailed that Aaron was able to sell enough plants to allow his family to buy a car, get a new apartment and bring his sister back from Mexico.
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“Aaron was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, and instead of collapsing from the burden, he said, ‘How can I help my family?'” Smith shared.
The family later revealed to Smith how his film,The Pursuit of Happyness, inspired them, as Aaron quoted a line from the 2006 movie.
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Elsewhere, during their virtual gathering, Smith and his moniker-sharing friend also took part in a round of trivia with Aaron, who had to pick between the baseball star and the actor in a game aptly titled, “WhichWill Smith?”
There, Aaron chose the athlete to protect him in a zombie attack — “He has a bat,” the young boy noted — and incorrectly guessed that the actor was born in 1995.
“You are showing all of us how we are supposed to love and care for our families,” he said. “Just keep doing what you are doing.”
source: people.com
