Willow Smith Asks People To 'Be Kind' In Aftermath Of Dad's Oscars Slap
30.03.2022 - 22:11
/ perezhilton.com
The Smith family is clearly still processing their eventful weekend.
The Academy Awards should have been a celebratory slam dunk for Will Smith and his squad. The Independence Day star was highly favored to win the Best Actor award before the event. But shortly before he took home the trophy, that fateful slap reshaped the whole narrative of the evening — and perhaps Will’s entire career.
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The King Richard star was forced to make a much more apologetic speech than he would have otherwise, and skipped doing any press so that he wouldn’t have to comment on the incident. Afterwards, he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith met up with their children Jaden Smith, Willow Smith, and Trey Smith (whom Will shares with ex Sheree Zampino, who also joined them later) to party the night away, ignoring the pall that he’d cast over the night.
Since then, the Smiths have been sparing in their statements (besides the Fresh Prince himself, who released a full written apology). On Tuesday, Willow followed that trend by posting a cryptic quote to her Instagram Story that seemed to reference all the drama. It read:
We mean… it’s kind of a quote for all seasons, but it’s not like she’s wrong or anything. We should definitely all be kinder. Chris should have been kinder, Will should have been kinder. Everyone online should be kinder.
Her brother spoke up right away, though it’s unclear what he meant. Jaden was a fairly cryptic in his immediate response to The Slap, although his message was definitely supportive. He wrote on Twitter:
(Another tweet, in which he admitted his “Dad’s Speech Made Me Cry,” has since been deleted.)
Their momma also kept things short and sweet, if not