Offering some insight. While reflecting on her career as a stand-up comedian, Nikki Glaser discussed her personal feelings on Will Smith publicly slapping Chris Rock because of a joke.
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In a good place. Jaden Smith’s girlfriend, Sab Zada, has been a shoulder to lean on amid his recent family drama, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.
“They’re very much in love and talk about everything,” the insider says. “He has shared his feelings about his father’s difficult situation with her and she has been nothing but supportive and loving and there for him.”
The 23-year-old actor’s family has been in the spotlight since late March after his father, Will Smith, slapped Chris Rock over a joke he made at the 2022 Oscars.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum, 53, has since publicly apologized to Rock, 57, for yelling, “Keep my wife’s name out your f—king mouth” during the broadcast after the Saturday Night Live alum poked fun at Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head. (She’s been vocal about suffering from alopecia.)
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences ruled earlier this month that Will would be banned from all Oscars events for 10 years as punishment for his actions. Ahead of the decision, the King Richard star resigned from the Academy, again apologizing for his outburst.
“My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable,” Will said in an April statement. “The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home. I betrayed the trust of the Academy.”
Amid all the drama, Jaden has turned to his loyal group of friends and the 22-year-old Instagram star.
“Jaden has incredibly supportive friends that have been there for him as well,” the source tells Us. “He’s had the same friend group for years and he’s always leaned on his inner circle for support.”
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Offering some insight. While reflecting on her career as a stand-up comedian, Nikki Glaser discussed her personal feelings on Will Smith publicly slapping Chris Rock because of a joke.
Jaden Smith has playfully responded to a 2018 interview with the artist going viral last week.After social media users poked fun at the then-19-year-old criticising his same-aged peers, Smith took to Twitter to join in, and even adapted the meme teasing him.Speaking to radio host Big Boy, Smith addressed his budding music career in 2018, his new single ‘ICON’, and growing up in a famous family. During the interview, he spoke about growing up around adults, contrasting the experience with socialising with his peers.“I’m very happy that I spent my childhood with more adults than I did with kids my own age,” Smith said.“I was picking up more things from adults than I were [sic] from kids my own age, and I look, and I go around sometimes, and I hang out with other people that are my age, and they’re just: Selfie! Phone! Bro!”He continued: “I’m just like, dude, oh my God.
Jada Pinkett Smith will be bringing The Slap to the Red Table… eventually!
Jada Pinkett Smith is back with her mother Adrienne Banfield Norris and daughter Willow Smith for a fifth season of their Facebook Watch chat show, Red Table Talk. The trailer, which dropped today (19 April), previews interviews with eight-time Grammy nominee Janelle Monáe, Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger and her daughter Ireland Baldwin, the parents of Miss USA Cheslie Kryst who died by suicide earlier this year and victims of the Tinder Swindler.
Mom, you’re embarrassing him! Jaden Smith has always had a difficult time with Jada Pinkett Smith’s desire to share all of the nuances of the family’s drama with the world.
Philosophize and chill? After being trolled on social media for his prior comments condemning his peers’ interests, Jaden Smith proved that he recognizes his privilege — and can laugh at himself in the process.
Earvin «Magic» Johnson's four-part documentary, , where Abdul-Jabbar elaborated on his feelings about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head. The day after the Oscars telecast, Abdul-Jabbar wrote an op-ed, where he called the physical confrontation «a blow to men, women, the entertainment industry, and the Black community.» The former NBA player likened the thought process that Smith was defending his wife's honor to the «justification currently being proclaimed by conservatives passing laws to restrict abortion and the LGBTQ+ community.»On Thursday night's red carpet, the 75-year-old told ET that he believed Pinkett Smith «should have been given some consideration» from the public after the incident. Most of the immediate and long-standing reactions to the eventful Oscars night focused on the actress' husband and the comedian.«I just felt that Will's wife really should have been given some consideration as to, you know, how she felt about it and what she wanted to do about it,» he explained. «I mean [people] just ignored her altogether and I didn't think that made much sense.
Jaden Smith is being trolled online after comments from a recent interview made the rounds on social media.
Never say never. After King Richard‘s Oscars win was overshadowed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, Serena Williams revealed that she would be interested in more onscreen stories about her family.
Jaden Smith is getting mocked on Twitter — and TBH, he deserves it for this one!
shopping and doing an impromptu photo shoot after his now infamous defending of his father Will Smith. The 23-year-old, who has kept a fairly low profile since actor Will slapped Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars, was spotted food shopping at Erewhon Market in Calabasas, California, before getting his bodyguard to help him with a photo shoot in the parking lot. He seemed totally chilled out as he snapped photos – despite the drama surrounding his father, who has now been banned from the Oscars for 10 years.
Gilbert Gottfried stood up for a longtime friend in his final social media post just two weeks before his death.
Stepping out. Jada Pinkett Smith was photographed on the red carpet for the first time since her husband, Will Smith, slapped Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards.
The Slap in the days after the Oscars, the less likely they were to view Will Smith favorably, according to a new poll.Published Friday, the Yahoo News/YouGov found that 47% of respondents interviewed from March 27 to April 4 had an “unfavorable” view of the “King Richard” star and Best Actor winner. “That’s up from 37% in a similar poll conducted solely on March 28, the day after the Oscars,” Yahoo reported.With the barrage of reactions and coverage breaking mostly bad for Smith (sorry Tiffany Haddish, you’re an outlier here), that 10-point dip should come as no surprise.
Billy Bush is speaking out in support of Will Smith. The 50-year-old television and radio host took to Instagram on Monday, posting a lengthy caption and several images of Smith crying at the 2022 Oscars, explaining why he believes the Academy Board of Governors should "pack it up and move on". "The Academy is still going to meet regarding disciplinary action for Will Smith. He resigned yesterday. He’s no longer a voting member," he began.
After Marjorie Taylor Greene called out Jimmy Kimmel for joking about Will Smith hypothetically slapping her, the comedian defended his humor.
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has become the latest star to respond to Will Smith’s viral slap of Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars.Last month, Smith struck the comedian on-stage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head. Following numerous apologies over the incident, Smith resigned from the Academy and described his actions as “shocking, painful, and inexcusable”.Asked by Howard Stern what he thought of the incident, Kiedis originally replied that “too much has been said already.”The band’s guitarist John Frusciante then stepped in, saying: “We love Chris Rock and I’ll stand forward and say he should not have been slapped.” Rock inducted the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.Kiedis then did give his take though, telling the host: “I love comedy.
Striking while the iron’s hot. Less than two weeks after Will Smith’s Oscars scandal, August Alsina dropped a new song that alludes to his “entanglement” with the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.