Two thinks I don’t think are being picked up on enough;
1. being slapped like that, in front of a live audience, on a show being broadcast internationally? Humiliating. The physical harm done to Chris probably pales in comparison to the psychological harm. And will smith knows this all too well. He grew up on a violent home. Violence isn’t just used as a physical tool. It’s used to psychological humiliate and beat someone down. Will Smith, growing up in a home with DV… knows this. Jada grew up in a violent home too. She knows it too. Imagine growing up with an abusive father, and seeing your husband react like that? Which leads me on to my next point…
2. In no way did his actions help Jada. I’m shocked at celebrities saying he “stood up for” jada and that black women aren’t stood up for enough. If Jada was indeed embarrassed by the joke at the time, it would’ve been forgotten about in minutes. A cheap punchline that nooone really paid attention to. Because of Will Smith, the entire world is paying attention to the joke. Paying attention to her hair. Looking at things she’s said previously on it. Will Smith didn’t only harm Chris Rock, he harmed his wife. If he’d really wanted to help her he’d have offered support. It wasn’t about helping Jada. It was about how Will Smith felt. He didn’t consider Jada for a second realistically.
amidst all that, the fact he was able to party the night away after humiliating two people… it looks pyschopathic to me.
Jada and Will are one hell of a toxic couple.