{"id":281455,"date":"2019-10-10T08:40:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1081587"},"modified":"2019-10-10T08:40:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:40:29","slug":"will-smith-lives-his-absolute-best-life-playing-with-a-flamethrower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/will-smith-lives-his-absolute-best-life-playing-with-a-flamethrower\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith Lives His Absolute Best Life Playing With a Flamethrower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019910\/rs_600x600-191010063754-600-Will-Smith-Flamethrower-KB-10-10.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.754098360656\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"25.934426229508\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/will_smith\">Will Smith<\/a><\/strong> just lit a torch to his career.<\/p>\n<p>In a video with YouTube&#8217;s The Slow Mo Guys, the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/daily_pop\/videos\/295431\/will-smith-shows-off-his-virgin-walk?query=will%20smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gemini Man<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;star took&nbsp;a&nbsp;flamethrower to a cutout of his face&nbsp;in celebration of his new flick, in which&nbsp;he battles it out with his younger self. Filmed in slow motion\u2014the M.O. of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OkZ9Eq0DQqQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a>, which boasts more than 12 million subscribers\u2014Smith had the time of his life watching his&nbsp;mannequin set on fire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Die you dirty, young me,&#8221; he yelled, &#8220;Trying to kill the old me! Ah!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed,&nbsp;we now bow&nbsp;down to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/fr\/news\/715795\/10-times-the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-got-real\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">self-proclaimed <em>Flesh<\/em> Prince<\/a>. &#8220;It makes you feel powerful,&#8221; he admitted. &#8220;I think I&#8217;m going to get a flamethrower.&#8221; Mainly, as he joked, to use on anyone who dares steal his parking spot.<\/p>\n<p>And, in what can only be described as the perfect way to relieve any pent-up aggression, the superstar also epically smashed a watermelon with a bat.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to think about my motivation,&#8221;&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;said with a laugh.&nbsp;&#8220;I just turned 51 last week, so I&#8217;m mainly thinking about not hurting myself. Whatever you do, don&#8217;t tear a neck muscle on the Slow Mo Guys because you&#8217;re going to tear it in slow motion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And just like that, wham!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6\">\n<p>His&nbsp;day of&nbsp;debauchery with creators&nbsp;<strong>Gavin Free&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Daniel Gruchy&nbsp;<\/strong>has been a longtime coming.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love The Slow Mo Guys,&#8221; he revealed. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been wanting to be part of your team for a long time. I&#8217;m excited to be here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3\">\n<p>Grab your sledgehammer and check out the hilarious video above. It&#8217;s guaranteed to keep you smiling for 15 minutes straight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1081587\/will-smith-lives-his-absolute-best-life-playing-with-a-flamethrower?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith just lit a torch to his career. In a video with YouTube&#8217;s The Slow Mo Guys, the&nbsp;Gemini Man&nbsp;star took&nbsp;a&nbsp;flamethrower to a cutout of his face&nbsp;in celebration of his new flick, in which&nbsp;he battles it out with his younger self. 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