Jada also touched on the idea of healing during the season five premiere of Red Table Talk, which she co-hosts alongside daughter Willow Smith and mom Adrienne Banfield Norris. On the April 20 episode, the first since the slap, the Facebook Watch show opened with a title card reading: “With 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 comes.”
On the latest episode of her show, Jada and her family spoke to Niki Ball, whose 12-year-old daughter Rio Allred was diagnosed with alopecia and died by suicide after she was severely bullied for the skin condition. Recounting her thoughts after seeing what transpired on Oscars night, Niki voiced her beliefs that the incident sparked an important conversation about alopecia and how “it’s not a joke.”
Will, for his part, has apologized to Chris for the slap. He said in a statement on March 28, “Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally. I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong.”
He added, “I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”
