Zack Sharf Tiffany Haddish defended Will Smith after the “King Richard” Oscar winner slapped Chris Rock on stage during the 94th Academy Awards.
Smith took the stage to smack Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved bald head. Rock was presenting the Oscar for documentary feature.
Pinkett Smith announced last December she was shaving her head because she has alopecia, which causes hair loss. Haddish co-starred with Pinkett Smith in the blockbuster comedy “Girls Trip.”“When I saw a Black man stand up for his wife.
That meant so much to me,” Haddish told People magazine after the Oscars. “As a woman, who has been unprotected, for someone to say like, ‘Keep my wife’s name out your mouth, leave my wife alone,’ that’s what your husband is supposed to do, right?
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