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Eighteen months after the shocking incident in which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Jada Pinkett appears to be ready to address the episode. It all started after the comedian made a joke about Jada’s shaved head, who suffers from alopecia. In an interview with the news portal People, the 52-year-old actress shared that, initially, she thought it was part of an act between the two.
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“I thought, ‘This is an act,'” Jada revealed, confessing that, like many who watched the incident live on TV, she didn’t believe it was real at first. “I was thinking, ‘Will wouldn’t do that’. It wasn’t until I saw Will returning to his chair that I realized it wasn’t an act.” According to her, her first words to the actor, when they were alone after the ceremony, were: “Are you okay?”
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The 55-year-old award-winning actor’s response is still a work in progress, something Jada addresses — among several other topics, including her difficult childhood and complicated marriage — in her new book “Worthy,” set to be released on October 17. “I will be there for him,” she said, “but I will also allow him to work through this on his own.”
Additionally, the actress shared about the current status of her relationship with Will Smith, revealing that the two have been separated for seven years, since 2016. “We’re not ready to talk about it yet. We’re trying to figure out how to be partners,” the actress responded. actress when asked about the reason for the discretion. She also tried to explain the reasons that led to the split: “It was a lot of things. I think in 2016, we were exhausted from trying. I think we were both stuck in our fantasy of what the other person should be like. [Seven years later], we still are discovering ourselves. We’ve been doing really intense work together.”