Jada Pinkett Smith Issues Full Statement on Will Smith’s Oscars Slap

Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27, 2022. Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith made her first in-depth remarks this week in regards to her husband slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.

“My deepest hope,” Pinkett Smith said on her “Red Table Talk” show Wednesday, “is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile.”