Will Smith blasts ‘disgusting Hitler lie’

Hollywood superstar Will Smith has express his anger over recent articles that he said misinterpreted a remark he made in a Scottish newspaper about Adolf Hitler.

In a story published in Britain's Daily Record newspaper, the 'Hitch' star, 39, was quoted as saying: "Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'let me do the most evil thing I can do today'.

"I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good'."

The quote was preceded by the writer's observation: "Remarkably, Will believes everyone is basically good."

Over the weekend, dozens of celebrity gossip websites ran articles about the comment, many saying that Smith believed that Hitler was a "good" person.

"It is an awful and disgusting lie," Smith said in a statement.

"It speaks to the dangerous power of an ignorant person with a pen. I am incensed and infuriated to have to respond to such ludicrous misinterpretation."

"Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet."