Why Katt Williams Would Be Just as Concerned if Will Smith Ran for President as He Would Be if Kanye West Did
Certain celebrities have been publicly mulling over the idea of running for office. Will Smith, in particular, has mentioned the possibility of a presidential campaign several times. But it’s not a campaign that comedian Katt Williams might be interested in seeing.
To the comic, Will Smith might not be the president the country needs. And him being elected would be just as concerning for Williams as Kanye West running for office.
Why Katt Williams would be worried about a Will Smith presidency
The outspoken comedian isn’t shy about giving his opinion on politics if asked. In a resurfaced radio interview with 939 Jamz, Williams once again shared his thoughts on the matter. This time, Williams addressed the possibility of Will Smith running for president. But while the Emmy-winner doesn’t disparage a potential Smith campaign, he’d find the star being in the white house a bit worrisome.
“I don’t want to knock what anybody’s doing, and I don’t want to add myself in whatever people are doing, but I’d be just as concerned about Will Smith being the president as I would for Kanye or Donald Trump,” Williams said. “America is nothing to play with. Just because you’ve been successful in one thing does not mean you get to run this nation.”
Williams also further emphasized how the presidency isn’t a regular occupation. It doesn’t matter who the candidate is to Williams because certain qualifications need to be met before running for office.
“It’s not hitting a lick. It’s running the greatest nation in the world,” Williams shared. “That’s why, even if you’re Dr. Ben Carson, you still got to go through the same hoops as everyone else. Because at the end of the day, this ain’t brain surgery.”
Why Will Smith once said he might be forced to run for President
Will Smith has mentioned running for president several times in his career. But there was one year where the political climate in the country nearly forced his introduction into politics. In a 2015 interview with CBS News, Smith brought to light why he felt the country might have needed him at the time.
“If people keep saying all the crazy kinds of stuff they’ve been saying on the news lately about walls and Muslims, they’re going to force me into the political arena,” he said.
Smith also felt at the time that despite his success as an actor, he felt he had bigger things to accomplish. It was the kind of message he also relayed to his kids.
“I tell my kids, ‘Be as unrealistic as possible, and then figure out how to make it real,'” he said. “The best things that have ever happened, ever, were unrealistic before they happened. So for me, I think being the biggest movie star in the world as a goal actually was too small!”
For the Independence Day actor, he began to feel that he had a higher calling beyond entertainment.
“I realized that there was no way that I was put here just to be a movie star,” he confided.
How Dwayne Johnson impressed Katt Williams when they met
Some time ago Williams met another possible celebrity turned president in Dwayne Johnson. During their interaction, the comedian shared why he was actually impressed by the Black Adam star.
“I was already impressed with him as a person from his track record, but I did not know that he was the physical specimen that he was until I saw him in person and realized that his arms were as big as my head,” Williams once told Oklahoma Gazette.
As for Johnson being the next president, the comedian asserted that Donald Trump and others showed him anything was possible.
“I think if we’ve learned anything from this current administration, I think we’ve learned not to laugh at people when they say they may be the next president of the United States,” Williams believed. “Al Franken showed us you can do politics if you’re sincere, and Trump showed us you can do politics even if you’re not.”
