A telenovela that never seems to end, the one concerning Chris Rock, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. A year has already passed since the 2022 Oscars edition went down in history for the slap gateand in the meantime another edition of the Oscars has also passed (here the whole list of Oscar winners 2023) but the dispute concerning Rock, Smith and his wife does not seem to end. Last year it was talked about extensively for months, immediately after the story: Will Smith was disqualified by the Academy for 10 years, tried to apologize without success, while his wife made few statements and Chris Rock limited himself to a few jokes here and there. After a few months it seemed to fade away, but a year later and just before the 2023 Oscars, Chris Rock came out with his show on Netflix in which he finally talked about the slap-gate and didn’t go lightly. Now, here’s another chapter in this tangled story that seems to never quite end.
Yes, because according to what was revealed by a source very close to Will Smith’s wife to People, Chris Rock has been obsessed with Jada for a long time. More than 30 years, to be exact. As also reported by BestMovie, here are the words of the source in question:
“Jada non has never had any part in this whole business, except to be insulted. Chris is obsessed with her and has been going on for almost 30 years. See where he chose to shoot his Netflix special. His hometown of Baltimore… he’s really obsessed. In the 2016 Jada helped start a real movement against the Academy Awards to protest the very limited presence of black talent, and Chris took it for this? “
According to Chris Rock on his show, Jada Pinkett-Smith would have ordered him to leave the Oscars due to Will Smith’s non-nomination for Shadow Zone. A statement categorically denied by the source in question:
“Jada Pinkett Smith she never asked Chris not to present the Oscars, ever. In a post published on Facebook at the time, he stated instead that he would be a great host of the Oscars and that he was undoubtedly the perfect man for the job. In any case, Jada is now focused on the release of her book and she has nothing more to add on this story.“
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