Jada Pinkett Smith Returns With Red Table Talk, Opens Up About Deep Healing After Oscars Slap Incident
Jada Pinkett-Smith returned with the fifth season of her chat show Red Table Talk. The actress finally opened up about what went down with the Oscar slap incident involving Will Smith and how the family is dealing with i
Jada
Pinkett-Smith
returned
with
the
fifth
season
of
her
chat
show
Red
Table
Talk.
The
actress
finally
opened
up
about
what
went
down
with
the
Oscar
slap
incident
involving
Will
Smith
and
how
the
family
is
dealing
with
it.
The
episode
released
on
Wednesday
(April
20),
marked
the
first
episode
of
the
show
since
the
Oscars
2022
in
March.
The
Facebook
series
made
a
brief
reference
to
Will
Smith's
Oscars
slap
at
the
beginning
of
the
video,
but
only
on
title
cards.
It
was
not
talked
about
during
the
pre-taped
episode.
Jada's
statement
said
the
family
has
been
focusing
on
deep
healing
and
added
that
some
of
it
will
be
shared
in
other
episodes.
The
cards
read,
"Considering
all
that
has
happened
in
the
last
few
weeks,
the
Smith
family
has
been
focusing
on
deep
healing.
Some
of
the
discoveries
around
our
healing
will
be
shared
at
the
table
when
the
time
calls."
She
further
explained,
"Until
then...
the
table
will
continue
offering
itself
to
powerful,
inspiring
and
healing
testimonies
like
that
of
our
incredibly
impressive
first
guest.
Thanks
for
joining
us."
Jada
during
the
episode
was
joined
by
mother
Adrienne
Banfield
Norris
and
daughter
Willow
Smith,
who
also
discuss
a
wide
range
of
topics
with
guest
Janelle
Monáe.
Notably,
during
the
2022
Oscars
live
telecast
Chris
Rock
had
compared
Pinkett-Smith
-
who
suffers
from
alopecia
and
shaved
her
head
last
summer
-
to
Demi
Moore's
bald
character
GI
Jane.
The
joke
prompted
Will
Smith
to
get
up
on
the
stage
and
slap
the
comedian.
Smith
later
received
the
Best
Actor
Oscar
for
his
role
in
King
Richard
and
apologised
for
the
incident
during
his
acceptance
speech.
Since
then
Will
has
also
publicly
apologised
to
Rock.
However,
after
the
incident,
the
Smith
family
received
a
lot
of
backlash
which
led
the
Academy
to
launch
an
investigation.
Smith
has
now
been
banned
for
10
years
from
attending
any
Academy
of
Motion
Pictures
Arts
and
Sciences
events,
including
the
Oscars.
Smith
also
released
a
statement
resigned
from
the
Academy.
It
means
he
won't
be
able
to
vote
on
future
Oscars
nominations.