Will Smith looks 'flushed' to be back in the UAE

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Will Smith looks flushed to be back in the UAE

Smith's Dubai stopover comes after a brief trip to India, where he visited Mumbai and Agra's Taj Mahal.

By David Light

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Published: Mon 15 Oct 2018, 8:02 PM

We know he's the 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air', but actor and musician Will Smith took sitting on the throne to whole new heights on Sunday. Just look how he introduced his latest visit to Dubai on Instagram. Perched on a Burj Khalifa toilet 154 floors up, the 50-year-old took the opportunity to capture the moment and share it with his 23.2million followers.

"This is the Highest Toilet ON EARTH!!" the 'Men In Black' star captioned the image. "Burj Khalifa, Dubai. 154thFloor. Sittin' on top of the world! (The Joke was too Easy :-)" he continued, tongue firmly in cheek. Despite the unconventional setting, the portrait, taken by professional photographer Alan Silfen, does capture a uniquely Dubai scene. Where else could you look out over a high rise cityscape and pristine coastline in such luxurious surroundings?

A confessed lover of the UAE, Smith's vacationing here continuous to draw attention. One of the first Hollywood A-listers to give Skydive Dubai a go, his most notorious parachute jump came in March 2017 of which there are more than a few YouTube tributes. Combining work with pleasure in August 2016, the performer held a premiere of his anti-superhero picture, 'Suicide Squad', at Vox Cinemas Deira City Centre before heading onto Billionaire Mansion club at the Taj Hotel for an after party.

"I came here for the first time about 15 years ago," Smith said at a 'Suicide Squad' press conference at the time. "When I landed I thought, 'that's how I would build a city if I was making one.'"

Smith's Dubai stopover comes after a brief trip to India where he took in Agra's Taj Mahal and Mumbai. The Golden Globe nominee will make a brief cameo in Punit Malhotra's 'Student Of The Year 2' in May 2019, closely followed by Disney's live action remake of Aladdin the same month where he will play the part of The Genie originally made famous by Robin Williams.


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