Jada Pinkett Smith has ghosted me since Will’s Oscars slap
Vivica A. Fox hasn’t had any contact with Jada Pinkett Smith since the former criticized the latter after Will Smith’s infamous Oscars slap.
However, she apparently doesn’t harbor any ill feelings toward the Academy Award-winning actor.
“I think they’re just really going through a season of healing right now,” Fox, 58, told People on Tuesday at the premiere of “The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure.”
“Listen, I love Will Smith. He’s one of my favorite people on the planet. We all make mistakes. If there’s one person that deserves a second chance, it is him. I think he’s taken full accountability for his actions and he apologized,” she continued.
Smith, 53, smacked presenter Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars in March — and his actions shocked all of Hollywood and the world. The “King Richard” star won the award for Best Actor that same night and was subsequently banned by the Academy for the next decade.
However, “Kill Bill” star Fox appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” back in June and broke down in tears about Pinkett Smith’s subsequent statements on her “Red Table Talk” show regarding the incident.
In a June episode of her Facebook Watch chat show, Pinkett Smith addressed the slap, noting: “About Oscar night: My deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile. With the state of the world today, we need ’em both.”
But during her “Wendy Williams” appearance, Fox sobbed: “This is going to be difficult for me. These are my peers. I’ve done a movie with both of them.” She starred with Pinkett Smith in 1996’s “Set It Off” and opposite Smith in “Independence Day” that same year.
“It made me cry,” Fox said of the “Girls Trip” star’s remarks.
“I really felt that to be a partner to Will Smith — whose career basically took a crumble that night … I felt to be a good partner, there was no accountability.” She underscored her point by saying she “wished that we could have had a little bit more accountability and for it to not seem so self-righteous on Jada’s part.”
Back in April, Fox opened up that she received praise for calling the smackdown “black-on-black crime.”
The actress said at the time: “People were actually happy with me that I was honest.”
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