Jada Pinkett suffers from Alopecia, a medical condition that causes hair loss. By referencing GI Jane and screaming Jada Pinkett, Will Smith could not swallow any more bad jokes from his colleague actor.
Will Smith had endured a lot of bad jokes from his fellow actor, Chris Rock. But last Sunday night’s joke may probably be his last.
Chris Rock was an anchor in yesterday’s Oscar Academy Award where he joked about the medical condition of Jada Pinkett. Will Smith responded with a slap while the two were on stage.
Chris Rock had joked: “Jada I love you. Can’t wait to see GI Jane.”
Gi Jane is a 1997 American movie where the star actress, Demi Moore, shaved her hair for the role.
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Jada Pinkett suffers from Alopecia, a medical condition that causes hair loss. By referencing GI Jane and screaming Jada Pinkett, Will Smith could not swallow any more bad jokes from his colleague actor.
When Will Smith was invited to receive his award, he pretended to be cool about the joke until he got on stage. At that point, he gave Chris Rock a punch, walked back to his seat and screamed: “Keep my wife’s name out of your f**king mouth.”
CNN recalls some bad jokes Chris Rock had made about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett.
In 2016, Rock hosted the Oscars and joked about Pinkett Smith and her husband boycotting over #OscarsSoWhite, the online movement which began as a way to address the lack of diversity at the Academy Awards.
Rock declared that the Smiths, as well as Black director Spike Lee “went mad” over the issue as there were no Black acting nominees that year.
“Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties,” Rock said during his opening monologue. “I wasn’t invited.”
Rock went on to joke that he understood Pinkett Smith’s anger. “Jada’s mad her man Will Smith was not nominated for Concussion,” Rock said in reference to the 2015 football film Will Smith starred in.
Chris Rock continued: “I get it. It’s not fair that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated. It’s also not fair that Will Smith was paid $20 million for [the 1999 film] ‘Wild Wild West.'”
Pinkett Smith commented on the jokes days later when asked about them by paparazzi.
“Hey look, it comes with the territory, we gotta keep it moving,” she said. “We got a lot of stuff we gotta handle, a lot of stuff going on in our world right now. We gotta keep it moving.”
According to E, Will Smith, who was filming “Collateral Beauty” in New York City at the time, simply smiled and flashed a peace sign when asked.
Smith and Rock’s relationship goes back to the 1990s. Rock guest starred on Smith’s hit series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” where he played a character named Maurice and Maurice’s sister Jasmine.
In 2018 Smith posted a birthday tribute on his verified Instagram account to his ex-wife Sheree Zampino, who is the mother of his adult son Trey. “Happy Bday, @shereezampino. #BestBabyMamaEver! 🙂 I Love You, Ree-Ree,” the caption read.
Rock left a comment saying, “Wow. You have a very understanding wife,” according to E! to which Zampino responded, “Don’t hate.”
On Sunday night, Smith apologized to his fellow nominees and the Academy while accepting his best actor award for “King Richard.”
The Academy tweeted that it “does not condone violence of any form.”
