Jada Pinkett Smith's Reaction to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock Seen in Newly Posted Video

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Oscars incident from Jada Pinkett Smith's point of view for the first time. In a video posted to TikTok earlier this week, the 50-year-old wife of Will Smith seems to laugh immediately after her husband slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.Will came up onstage to slap Chris after the comedian made a joke about Jada's hair.

The actress has spoken publicly about having alopecia, a hair loss condition that she was diagnosed with in 2018.The video, which was taken by an audience member and shows the back and side of Jada's head, picks up right after the slap, when Will is walking off of the stage.

It appears to show Jada laughing and clapping as Chris says, «Will Smith just slapped the s**t out of me.»When Will takes his seat and yells, «Keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth,» Jada turns to look at her husband, before focusing her attention back on the stage.From there, Chris pauses before saying it's «the greatest night in the history of television.» The comment seems to make Jada laugh again.Following the incident, Will won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in .

During his acceptance speech, Will did not apologize to Chris, but instead offered apologies to his peers and the Academy.The next day, however, Will took to Instagram to speak out again, this time apologizing to Chris specifically, as well as others who were impacted by his actions.«I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,» he wrote in part. «I was out of line and I was wrong.