Jada Pinkett Smith Reveals Lessons Of Alopecia At Centre Of Oscars 2022 Slap Scandal
deadline.comJada Pinkett Smith has addressed the issue at the heart of the Slap – the sound that echoed around the world almost a year ago at the 2022 Oscars, when her husband Will Smith took to the stage after comedian Chris Rock made a joke targeted at Pinkett Smith’s lack of hair.
Pinkett Smith has broken her silence on the subject to tell the UK’s Guardian how she felt about her autoimmune disease, and the alopecia that comes with it, becoming the subject of a global scandal.
She says now: “I learned a lot about detachment. And I learned a deeper beauty within myself, being able to let my hair go. “It’s been a hard one, a scary one – because specifically as Black women, we identify so much of ourselves with our hair.
And it was scary. I had to really dig deep and see the beauty of myself beyond my aesthetics.” In the same interview, Pinkett Smith – who exec-produces and narrates new Netflix docuseries African Queens, focusing on royal figures from African history – also discussed navigating the entertainment industry 30 years ago, when she saw far fewer Black faces around her.
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