Bruce Willis recently revealed that he will be retiring as he has been diagnosed with a cognitive disease. While responses from many figures of Hollywood are coming in, Kevin Smith has his own dues to pay to the actor.

Kevin Smith was the director of the movie “Cop Out” which starred Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as its leads. While the movie work hilariously with the audiences. Kevin Smith revealed that he did not like working with the Die Hard actor.

The director appeared on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast back in 2011. It was 10 when she took shots at the actor, stating that working with Bruce Willis was “f**king soul crushing.” Smith even went as far as to say that if Tracy Morgan had not intervened, he’d have probably killed someone.

It was difficult. [He] wouldn’t even sit for a fucking poster shoot. Were it not for Tracy, I might have killed either myself or someone else in the making of fucking ‘Cop Out.’

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Kevin Smith took to Twitter in order to apologize to the legendary actor. He said in a tweet that even before Cop Out, he was a massive Bruce Willis fan, and that said that he is apologetic for her “petty complaints.”

Long before any of the Cop Out stuff, I was a big Bruce Willis fan – so this is really heartbreaking to read. He loved to act and sing and the loss of that has to be devastating for him. I feel like an asshole for my petty complaints from 2010. So sorry to BW and his family.

Bruce Willis recently came out with his diagnosis of the cognitive condition “aphasia.” The language disorder to impairs a person’s ability to communicate properly due to brain damage. Many other stars, along with Smith, are expressing their grief over the actor’s unceremonious retirement.

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Nitish Vashishtha

Nitish is a freelance writer and correspondent who has been covering celebrity news, pop culture and entertainment for over 4 years. He has experience writing for various media outlets and continues to be passionate about bringing the latest news and insights to readers.

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