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Jada Pinkett Smith tried to hold back her tears as she sat down with the grieving mother of a 12-year-old girl who sadly took her own life after being bullied at school for her alopecia.MORE: Everything Jada Pinkett Smith's said about 'terrifying' alopeciaIn a clip from an upcoming episode of Red Table Talk, mum Niki Ball revealed how her late daughter Rio's condition led her to being called horrible things such as "naked mole rat" and a "bug-eyed alien".WATCH: Jada Pinkett Smith tears up as she talks alopecia with grieving mother"With the hair loss, she was so strong," the mother explained. "She still rocked it even when it was falling out, and she just had these big bald patches. Tried the creams.

alopecia. The “Gotham” actress, 50, recently sat down with Niki Ball, the mother of a 12-year-old girl, Rio, who tragically cut her young life short after being bullied for her alopecia. The severe, escalating abuse the girl suffered reportedly included getting “smacked” on the head by other students, being called names like “naked mole rat” and even having her wig “ripped off her head.” Rio committed suicide on March 14, 2022.In a clip from an upcoming, tear-filled episode of Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk,” obtained by People, Ball explained that Rio developed alopecia during the coronavirus pandemic and her hair started falling out “by the handful.” It began with a bald spot on her scalp, and shortly after Rio was diagnosed with alopecia areata.The condition is categorized as an autoimmune disorder that causes one’s hair to come out in clumps.

The  is digging deep into the impact of alopecia — and getting emotional. In these exclusive clips from Wednesday's episode, Jada Pinkett Smith and her co-hosts, Willow Smith and Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield-Norris sit down with Niki Ball, the mother of 12-year-old Rio Allred, who suffered from alopecia and took her own life after being relentlessly mocked and bullied.In the first clip, Niki walks the hosts through the morning of March 14, when she found her daughter.

Jada Pinkett Smith is getting real about alopecia.