{"id":25818,"date":"2013-09-02T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=25818"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:02:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:02:58","slug":"that-famous-shot-of-will-smith-and-his-family-it-wasnt-what-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/09\/that-famous-shot-of-will-smith-and-his-family-it-wasnt-what-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"That famous shot of Will Smith and his family?  It wasn&#8217;t what you think."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2013\/09\/o-WILL-SMITH-MILEY-CYRUS-570.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25819\" title=\"o-WILL-SMITH-MILEY-CYRUS-570\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2013\/09\/o-WILL-SMITH-MILEY-CYRUS-570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"327\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The evidence, from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/08\/26\/will-smith-miley-cyrus_n_3816238.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HuffPo:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During the act, Twitter exploded with commentary about the performance. One topic that gained major traction was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POPSUGAR\/status\/371856823856275457\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">a photo<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/Smith-Family-React-Miley-Cyrus-VMAs-31327733\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Smith and his kids, Jaden and Willow, supposedly reacting to Cyrus<\/a>. Their faces of shock and horror appeared to say it all.<\/p>\n<p>The image was picked up and shared by outlets like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/mackenziekruvant\/will-smiths-family-reacting-to-miley-cyrus-is-perfect\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buzzfeed<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/miley-cyrus-2013-vmas-performance-will-smith-jaden-and-willow-react-hilarious-picture-2013268\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Us Weekly<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/will-smith-reaction-to-miley-cyrus-vma-performance-2013-8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Business Insider<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooNews\/status\/371961831645929473\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yahoo! News<\/a>. However, it turns out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2013\/08\/26\/will-smith-kids-react-to-miley-cyrus-vmas-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Smiths weren\u2019t reacting to Cyrus<\/a>\u00a0at all.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/ontv\/vma\/watch-vma-live-stream.jhtml\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">MTV audience cam<\/a>, which was focused on the crowd all night, shows the Smiths were actually reacting to Lady Gaga\u2019s opening performance of \u201cApplause.\u201d A look back at the feed also shows they weren\u2019t even too shocked by the 27-year-old pop star\u2019s scantily clad dance. Jaden\u2019s confused look was just some intense concentration. Willow\u2019s open mouth was caused by her gum chewing. What looked like a gasp was actually just a nose scratch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/08\/26\/will-smith-miley-cyrus_n_3816238.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> the link<\/a> <\/strong>to see.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The evidence, from HuffPo:\u00a0 During the act, Twitter exploded with commentary about the performance. One topic that gained major traction was\u00a0a photo\u00a0of\u00a0Smith and his kids, Jaden and Willow, supposedly reacting to Cyrus. Their faces of shock and horror appeared to say it all. The image was picked up and shared by outlets like\u00a0Buzzfeed,\u00a0Us Weekly,\u00a0Business Insider\u00a0and\u00a0Yahoo! 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