We’re still digesting the big showbiz news of the day: Will Smith slamming Chris Rock during the Oscars for a joke about Will’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. In allusion to Jada’s shorn head, Rock joked that she was starring in ‘G.I. Jane 2’ while presenting the prize for Best Documentary. (For background, Jada publicly revealed last year that she suffers from alopecia, an auto-immune illness that causes hair loss, while Demi Moore featured in the 1997 film G.I. Jane sporting a buzzcut.)

While the incident was upsetting, it was made even more so by the fact that Chris and Will used to be friends. In reality, Chris and his sister Jasmine made cameo appearances alongside Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1995. Following this, the two remained friends and even hung out with Jada when Will and Jada married in 1997. Jada and Chris have also worked together on screen, with Jada portraying Gloria the hippo and Chris as Marty the zebra in the Madagascar animated trilogy.

But things took a turn for the worst during the 2016 Oscars, when Chris singled out Jada once more, making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s decision not to attend due to a lack of Black nominees. ‘However, what has happened this year? In his introductory monologue, Rock added, “People went insane.” ‘Spike Lee went insane… Jada Pinkett Smith Pinkett Smith lost her mind. Will Smith lost his mind. Everyone became enraged. Jada expressed her displeasure by stating that she would not be attending. Isn’t she the star of a TV show? I’m boycotting Rihanna’s pants because I wasn’t invited to the Oscars, and Jada is doing the same.’

In 2018, it was also reported that Rock left a comment on a birthday Instagram post Will dedicated to his ex-wife Sheree Zampino, the mother of his son Trey, which said ‘#BestBabyMamaEver’ and ‘I Love You Ree-Ree’ in the caption. ‘Wow. You have a very understanding wife,’ Chris wrote, according to E! Online, to which Sheree replied: ‘Don’t hate’.

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