Jada Pinkett Smith caught ‘laughing’ after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Oscars 2022

Jada Pinkett Smith seems to be distancing herself from the infamous Oscars slap, and brand experts tell Fox News Digital it might be a wise move. Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith made headlines after Will slapped Chris Rock in the face over a joke Rock told while presenting an award at the 94th annual Academy Awards.

Chris Rock is done talking about that infamous Oscars moment – for now.

Kodak Black didn't bother being romantic as he tried to woo Jada Pinkett Smith in a bizarre Instagram Live video from earlier this weekend.The 24-year-old rapper — who could barely be seen in the dark clip — said Jada, 50, was 'out of pocket' and urged her to 'come f*** with me' at the start of his video.He also seemed to criticize her for staying married to Will Smith, 53, while alluding to her admission about carrying on a relationship with another man while she was married to the Oscar winner. Presumptuous: Rapper Kodak Black, 24, said in an Instagram Live clip from this weekend that Jada Pinkett Smith, 50, should leave her husband Will Smith, 53, to be with him instead; seen in 2017'That s*** you doing ain't real, bro.

Billy Porter is weighing in on the headline-grabbing Oscars slap, and what he felt it represented about the societal perception of masculinity.ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with Porter at the grand opening of the Shonda Rhimes Performing Arts Center, home of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, in Los Angeles on Saturday, and he shared his take on the incident and its aftermath.Will Smith's actions at the 2022 Oscars have been at the forefront of public discourse since the moment he took the stage to hit Chris Rock during the live show. Now, less than two weeks later, Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years, and Porter says it's tough to really address the altercation.«It's a really rough one for me, you know, because I don't know that I have the authority to speak on it.

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Olivier Awards tonight following the news that the actor has been banned from the Oscars for slapping comedian Chris Rock live on stage.

Jada Pinkett Smith is back on the red carpet. The 50-year-old actress had her first public appearance on Saturday night since The Academy banned Will Smith from the Oscars for slapping Chris Rock.  Pinkett Smith was joined by Shonda Rhimes and Debbie Allen at the grand opening of the Rhimes Performing Arts Center, which will also be the home for Debbie Allen’s Dance Academy.  Jada Pinkett Smith made her first public appearance since the 2022 Oscars on Saturday night.

Stepping out. Jada Pinkett Smith was photographed on the red carpet for the first time since her husband, Will Smith, slapped Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards.

Jada Pinkett Smith was all smiles as she stepped out in style for a public event for the first time after her husband Will Smith smacked Chris Rock across the face at the Oscars a couple of weeks ago.

Jada Pinkett Smith stepped out for her first public appearance since the 94 annual Academy Awards. On Saturday, the 50-year-old dazzled in a gold gown as she supported creator, Shonda Rhimes at the grand opening of the Rhimes Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles. Pinkett Smith was all smiles as she stood next to Debbie Allen and Rhimes and stunned in a gold haltered gown. In another picture, the women posed next to Samuel L.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences banned Will Smith from future Oscars events for 10 years earlier this week, which sparked a conversation on Saturday Night Live.

Clayton Davis Will Smith, Chris Rock and the Academy may feel they can turn the page on this dramatic chapter following the announcement that Smith would be banned from the ceremony for 10 years. But there’s too much reliance on written statements and not enough acknowledgment that multiple apologies are missing from all parties.   For Smith, who won best actor for his performance as Serena and Venus Williams’ father in “King Richard,” an Instagram post saying he “accepts and respect the Academy’s decision” is not the type of penance the general public, the industry, your colleagues and co-stars are expecting.

Colin Jost had some thoughts about the recent announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that Will Smith had been banned from the Oscars for 10 years due to his slapping Chris Rock onstage during this year’s ceremony.

More to say? As Chris Rock has continued his post-Oscars comedy tour, he addressed his lack of commentary on the incident.

JoJo Siwa has dropped out of a film backed by Will Smith amid the controversy surrounding his slap of Chris Rock at The Oscars.The 18-year-old star said that she is no longer attached to the film adaptation of Bounce which is based on the young adult book to Megan Shull.Of the project falling through, JoJo told Variety at the GLAAD Awards on Saturday: 'That project got put on hold, and then went away. It wasn't the one.'Insiders also revealed to the publication that Paramount Pictures has removed the project from its development slate.

Jada Pinkett Smith looked happy and relaxed during her first red carpet appearance since her husband Will Smith controversially slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.The Gotham actress put on a brave face and was all smiles as she hit the red carpet for the grand opening of Debbie Allen and Shonda Rhimes’ performing arts centre in Los Angeles, California on Saturday night. Shimmering in gold, Jada, 50, looked radiant in a strapless floor-length gown and smiled broadly while posing for photos with Rhimes and Allen. She also posed on the red carpet with Samuel L Jackson and his wife LaTanya Jackson – coincidentally, the actor received an honorary Oscar this year hours before the shocking incident unfolded between Will and Chris. It all kicked off during the Academy Awards on March 27 when Chris, 57, arrived on stage to present the Oscar for best documentary. In his brief monologue, the comedian cracked jokes about the Smiths, including a gag about Jada resembling GI Jane due to her hair, despite the actress suffering from hair loss condition alopecia. After seeing Jada’s unimpressed expression, Will, 53, suddenly stormed up on stage and smacked Chris across the face before returning to his seat.

Jada Pinkett Smith recalled 'crying down the freaking aisle' at her 'horrible' shotgun wedding to Will Smith in a resurfaced clip from her show Red Table Talk.Will, 53, is awaiting a decision from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Scientists about his potential penalty for slapping Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars over a joke he made about Jada.Now a 2018 episode of Red Table Talkhas begun circulating online where Will appeared as a guest and Jada insisted she 'never wanted to get married.' Throwback:Jada Pinkett Smith recalled 'crying down the freaking aisle' at her 'horrible' shotgun wedding to Will Smith in a resurfaced clip from her show Red Table Talk The big day:Will and Jada got married on New Year's Eve 1997 at the Gothic-style Cloisters Castle in a suburb of her hometown of BaltimoreWill has been a guest multiple times on the talk show, which Jada hosts with her mother Adrienne 'Gammy' Banfield-Norris and daughter Willow Smith.The series hit the headlines in 2020 when Jada brought Will on to discuss her extramarital 'entanglement' with the singer August Alsina. Since then Will has argued in GQthat 'marriage for us can’t be a prison' and revealed 'Jada never believed in conventional marriage.'Jada herself discussed her reservations about marriage in the resurfaced Red Table Talk episode from 2018, revealing that she decided to tie the knot with Will in order to placate her mother after getting pregnant.

Jada Pinkett-Smith was dazzling in a glittering gold gown at a star-studded event celebrating the opening of Bridgerton producer Shonda Rhimes' latest project, TheRhimes Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles.She joined Rhimes and Debbie Allen on her first red carpet outing since the now infamous Academy Awards ceremony late last month, when her husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock/The new facility includes a fly aerial studio named for Jada and Will Smith. Good as gold:Jada Pinkett-Smith stunned in a gold gown on Saturday to open the Rhimes Performing Arts Center.

return his award for best actor.Veteran screen and stage actor Harry Lennix compared Smith’s penalty for smacking Chris Rock over a joke “an extended time out for a playground bully” that “lays bare the shallowness of Hollywood morals” in a scathing Variety op-ed Saturday.Lennix, a prolific character actor best known for his role in “The Five Heartbeats,” said it was “galling” for Smith to have been allowed to accept his “King Richard” Oscar and refer to the “will of God” in his speech.“Smith’s brutality stripped the entire evening of its prestige,” Lennix, 57, wrote. “That was proven when stunned Oscar attendees gave a standing ovation to someone who’d just committed an assault in front of their eyes.”Rock had cracked a bald joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.

Tonight on Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update’s anchors tackled topics ranging from Barack Obama’s joke at President Biden’s expense, to Will Smith’s resignation from the Film Academy and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Grammys speech.

It appears that Chris Rock will only open up about getting slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars if he’s compensated for it.