Jada Pinkett Smith turned her husband's Oscar-night blowup into a teachable moment about alopecia areata, the hair-loss disorder affecting her and millions of others.
affecting her and millions of others that, in some cases, can impact a person’s sense of identity.
Before tackling the subject, Pinkett Smith addressed events at the March 27 Academy Awards. She and husband Will Smith, a best-actor nominee, were in the audience as presenter Chris Rock cracked a joke at Pinkett Smith’s expense. “Now, about Oscar night, my deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile,” Pinkett Smith said on “Red Table Talk” in an indirect reference to Smith and Rock. “The state of the world today, we need them both, and we all actually need one another more than ever.
The actor , who hosts the Facebook Watch talk show with her daughter, Willow, and Adrienne Banfield Norris, her mother, said that millions of people are living with alopecia and what she called the “shame” that surrounds it. The condition, particularly for Black women, can affect a person’s perception of themselves and force them to frequently confront others’ perceptions about beauty, hair and race and culture.
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Jada Pinkett Smith speaks out on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars‘The state of the world today, we need them both. And we all actually need one another more than ever,' says Jada.
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Jada Pinkett Smith speaks out on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars‘The state of the world today, we need them both. And we all actually need one another more than ever,' says Jada.
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