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31.05.2022 / 22:59
Jada Pinkett Smith cries with mom of girl with alopecia who died by suicide
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.