Jada Pinkett Smith Pushed Will Smith to Apologize to Chris Rock for 2022 Oscars Drama: ‘He Never Wanted To’

A united front. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have grown closer amid controversy after the Academy Awards.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars and, since then, the I Am Legend star has been keeping a relatively low profile. Though Smith did break his silence on the slap just a few weeks ago and apologized to Rock for the situation. (The star also addressed his “irreparable” relationship with Rock’s brother, Tony.

Returning to normal? Will Smith was spotted on a sushi date with wife Jada Pinkett Smith, the first public outing since the Oscars.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith enjoyed an afternoon together in Malibu on Saturday, in their first sighting since millions of viewers watched him slap Chris Rock during the live Oscars telecast in March.  Smith, 53, sported a navy blue ensemble with a matching hat for lunch at the trendy Nobu sushi spot on the Pacific Coast Highway with his wife of nearly 25 years. Jada rocked a black jumpsuit with a red plaid flannel jacket wrapped around her waist as she followed closely behind her husband while leaving the ocean-side restaurant.

Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, were photographed together for the first time since Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards ceremony earlier this year.In the new pics, the couple is seen leaving Nobu in Malibu Saturday. Dressed in a navy polo, pants and matching baseball cap, Smith offers a peace sign to photographers as the couple exited the eatery, with Jada trailing behind him.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were spotted for the first time in public together following the actor’s infamous Oscars slap.

Will Smith is stepping out for a bite to eat with wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Looking back at the beginning. Will Smith‘s ex-wife Sheree Zampino opened up about her biggest challenges with Jada Pinkett Smith in the early days of the Red Table Talk hosts’ relationship with her now-husband.

A moment she’ll never forget. Sheree Zampino was as shocked as anyone when her ex-husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, but she has hope for a reconciliation between the two men.

Being the product of two wildly successful entertainers constantly scrutinized in the media doesn't phase Willow Smith. Born to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow has known fame her entire life. The "Meet Me At Our Spot" singer is an outspoken musician in her own right, along with her older brother, Jaden Smith.

Willow Smith is opening up about her dad's Chris Rock slap at the Oscars. In an interview with , the 21-year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith reveals why the media fallout from the March incident didn't «rock me as much as my own internal demons.»«I see my whole family as being human, and I love and accept them for all their humanness,» she tells the outlet.

Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony after she pled guilty to drug charges. Griner was arrested in February after officials found cannabis oil in her luggage.

Will Smith may have issued multiple apologies to Chris Rock after slapping him at the 2022 Oscars — but that doesn’t mean the comedian wants to have a heart-to-heart with the King Richard star anytime soon.

Sheree Zampino dishes on what it is like to co-parent with her ex-husband Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Making it work. Sheree Zampino may be extremely close to her ex-husband Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, but their dynamic has taken a lot of effort.

Chris Rock is still cracking some jokes about the infamous slap from Will Smith.