Will Smith hallucinated his career would be destroyed in interview BEFORE the shock Oscars hit

Will Smith revealed in his upcoming interview with David Letterman that he was hallucinating the vision of losing his career and fortune during an ayahuasca drug trip, according to a clip recently posted to Twitter.

The taping for Letterman’s Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction was remarkably timed, as the 53-year-old actor recorded the interview ahead of attending the Academy Awards.

During the ceremony, he hit presenter Chris Rock onstage after making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss, and several high-profile projects have since been delayed.

Smith opens the excerpt by admitting that he was “terrified” of taking ayahuasca, a South American drink brewed from plants that induce a psychedelic experience.

People who consume the drink report hallucinations and visions, sometimes dramatic, that are said to have therapeutic effects.

“I’ve decided it’s something I want to try,” the actor said after researching the drug.

He described the high as creating two realities, both of which are “100 percent present” at the same time: “It doesn’t overpower that reality. They are completely separate.’

While describing his vision of his career implosion, he called it “the most personally hellish psychological experience of my life.”

He joked that “you always thought, ‘Maybe it won’t happen this time,'” as he said the drink’s hallucinatory properties weren’t felt for about 45 minutes.

But then, “All of a sudden, it’s like I see all my money fly away,” he told an entranced Letterman.

“And my house flies away. And my career is over,” he continued. “And I’m trying to reach for my money and my career. My whole life will be destroyed.’

The host had him confirm that the vision represented his “fear in real life.”

Smith shared that he felt the urge to throw up — a common symptom of ayahuasca consumption — before hearing a voice in his head threateningly say, “That’s what the heck it is. That’s what the damn life is.’

The vision became even more troubling for Smith when he heard his daughter Willow Smith, 21, call out to him in the distance in excruciating cries, “Daddy, help me!” daddy! How come you don’t help me?”

He shouted back, “I don’t understand,” before the shaman overseeing his journey told him to relax, patted him on the back, and asked him to sit up.

Smith, who praised his character Richard Williams as “a fierce defender of his family” in his Oscars acceptance speech, seemed able to put his imagined career woes aside as he defended his own family.

“Then I slowly stopped worrying about my money, I just wanted to see Willow,” he said. “I stopped caring about my house and my career.”

He said he had “calmed down” even though the “vote was still at 100 percent.”

“I can still hear Willow screaming. My money’s still flying away, but I’m going -‘ he said, taking a deep breath.

“And I’m totally calm, even though all hell is going on in my head. Coming out of this, I realized that I can handle whatever is happening in my life.

“I can deal with any person I lose, I can deal with anything that goes wrong in my life, I can deal with anything in my marriage. I can handle whatever his life has to offer me,” he said.

The clip ended with Smith trying to reassure himself that what was in the vision wasn’t going to happen, although it was particularly ironic considering the path his career would take not long after the interview.

“First of all, 99 percent of the shit you worry about never happens, and you add that the vast majority of ‘your pain and misery is all self-generated — it’s not real.’

After beating Rock at the Oscars, Smith managed to make it through the night and win his first Oscar for his leading role in King Richard, but he soon faced consequences within the academy.

The actor resigned from the panel, meaning he can no longer vote for awards, and was subsequently banned from all academy events for a decade, meaning he won’t be able to attend the ceremony during that time period, however he can still be nominated or win an award.

Smith has kept a low profile following the incident, although he traveled to Mumbai, India, last month to focus on spirituality, yoga and meditation, People reported.

Will was pictured filming the interview with Letterman back in January.

He’s among a stacked group of interviewees for the talk show icon, including Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Ryan Reynolds, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kevin Durant. The fourth season of the series starts on May 20th on Netflix.