Chris Rock’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith on Sunday night was not his first, but it might have been his last.
Will Smith, Jada’s husband, stormed the stage at the 94th Academy Awards after Rock joked, “Jada I love you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it” and hit Rock in the face.
Demi Moore famously shaved her head for her role in “G.I. Jane” and Pinkett Smith has a close haircut due to alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss.
In 2016, Rock hosted the Oscars and joked about Pinkett Smith and her husband boycotting because of #OscarsSoWhite, an online movement that began as a way to address the Academy Awards’ lack of diversity.
The Smiths, as well as Black director Spike Lee, “went mad” over the issue, according to Rock, because 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 was not nominated for ‘Concussion.'” Rock said in reference to the 2015 football film Will Smith starred in. “I get it. It’s not fair that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated. It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for [the 1999 film] ‘Wild Wild West.'”
When asked about the jokes by paparazzi days later, Pinkett Smith responded.
“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.”
E! reported that 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 have been together since the 1990s. Rock appeared as a guest star on Smith’s hit show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” where he played Maurice and Maurice’s sister Jasmine.
Smith paid a birthday tribute to his ex-wife Sheree Zampino, the mother of his adult son Trey, on his verified Instagram account in 2018.
“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.”
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