Jada Pinkett Smith Said Chris Rock Asked Her Out Amid Her Rumored Separation From Will Smith
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Jada Pinkett Smith is spilling it all in her upcoming memoir, Worthy.
Among the surprising revelations was her claim that Chris Rock once asked her out after rumors that she was getting a divorce from Will Smith.
Jada told People: “I think every summer all the reports would come out that me and Will were getting a divorce. And this particular summer, Chris, he thought that we were getting a divorce. So he called me and basically he was like, ‘I'd love to take you out.’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean?’"
Jada said: "He was like, ‘Well, aren't you and Will getting a divorce?’ I was like, ‘No. Chris, those are just rumors.’ He was appalled. And he profusely apologized and that was that.”
Jada also reflected on what happened with the three of them at the 2022 Oscars, when Chris was slapped by Will after making a G.I. Jane joke about her.
Jada — who has alopecia — said she had her own "premonition right before the incident on the Oscar stage. It flashed through my mind as Chris Rock's face came across the screen as one of the presenters that night. In fact, my stomach clenched."
She said: "[Chris] had been known to take swipes at me — and from the Oscar stage, no less. That had been in 2016, six years earlier, during what became known as #OscarsSoWhite."
Jada was among many celebrities who boycotted the 2016 Oscars over its lack of diversity among nominees. There had been predictions that Will would be nominated that year for Concussion, but he ultimately was not. Chris hosted the show in 2016 and joked about the couple's absence on stage. He also later claimed that Jada had tried to get him to quit hosting, to no avail.
Jada said she wished she'd talked to Chris in 2016 to tell him that, even though she'd decided to boycott the show, she wished him well. But she said, eventually, they did speak, and she thought things between them were fine.
“He apologized and I apologized to him as well,” Jada recalled. “So I actually thought that we were good, that the hatchet was buried between us. And we hadn't talked since then, until 2022 came.”
Jada said that when Will hit Chris, she initially didn't even think it was real. "I thought, ‘This is a skit.' ... I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him. It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”
Jada said when she was alone with Will, she checked to see if he was okay — but she was also "unclear on the reason why Will is so upset," as they had been secretly separated since 2016. "We had been living separate lives and were there as family, not as husband and wife. But when I hear Will yell 'wife' in the chaos of the moment, an internal shift of 'Oh shit...I am his wife!' happens instantly."
Jada said she also spoke to Chris that night, explaining he approached her and "tried to apologize."
"He said, ‘I didn't mean you any harm.’ I said, ‘I can't talk about this now, Chris. This is some old shit.’ I thought this was [about] the Oscar 2016 and … their stuff that they had before I even came into the picture in the late ‘80s. I’ve got to leave that to Will and Chris to talk about, but they got their stuff for sure.”
Regarding how she felt about Chris's joke, Jada said it was hurtful, and she rolled her eyes, thinking about "people I had met whose condition was far worse than mine." But she also said she gets it, coming from a comedian.
"I mean, that's what comedians do," she explained. "I would just have to say that I am not really here to make any judgment on how people decide to express themselves and express their art. I'll say that several times, I've had my feelings hurt, for sure. I've had my feelings hurt a lot by Chris. But at the end of the day, too, being in the spotlight, it comes with the territory."
You already know people had a lot to say about this online.
From Jada's claim that Chris once asked her out...
Chile this is so messy 😭
— Subscribe to howtofindaparty.xyz 🪩✨ (@_johnsonator) October 11, 2023
Oh now The slap situation is beginning to make sense pic.twitter.com/9NxProwKW8
— LOLO (@LoloEtny) October 11, 2023
chris rock asked jada pinkett smith out on a date? that must be the real reason will smith slapped him but she said she thought the fight at the oscar’s was a skit 😭
— ni👱🏽♀️ (@ninalasnina) October 11, 2023
So Chris Rock, thinking Will and Jada are divorced, asks her out, she says no, she’s still married. He then proceeds to make jokes about her appearance on stage? How very incel-y
— 2.0 (@blixberrie) October 11, 2023
Jada pinkett is a goofy
— Chris (@mrcpitts) October 11, 2023
...to the reveal that she and Will weren't even romantically together during the Oscars slap.
So Jada and Will been separated since 2016. Living “separate” lives….. and y’all decided to do all this red table talk and Oscar slaps for what?!?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/UrJim5Xyg3
— Adrienne!!!! (@_NoRocky) October 11, 2023
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So if Jada and Will been separated since 2016....what was the slap for??? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/xnc06S5FKf
— Solo Sickoa 🗣️🔥🤢 (@LynessRaymond) October 11, 2023
FOX / Twitter: @LynessRaymond
Soooooo was the Oscar slap just a way for Will Smith to win Jada back???? Since they’ve been supposedly separated for years??? What is going on???? pic.twitter.com/xCpi5vuSCz
— vanessa (@assenavmarie) October 11, 2023
Prime Video / Twitter: @assenavmarie
The thing I like most about the slap being while they were separated is that Jada matters to Will period. Whatever they have going on internally is their battle but she’s still valuable to him. I’m careful not to envy folks’ marriage but I admire his devotion to her here
— Pseu-Pseu-Pseudio (@CrazyLexxiCool) October 11, 2023
Some people asked to be removed from the group chat.
Willard and Jada remove us from the group chat, abeg.
— Apuje Kalu (@Apuje) October 11, 2023
Will Smith don’t be bothering nobody than here come Jada telling the world every few months things about they relationship that we don’t need to hear
— The Hood Therapist (@OhhMar24) October 11, 2023
While others appreciated Jada's candor and truth.
I honestly dont get what is so upsetting or surprising about this Will and Jada business. They sound like the average Black couple of a certain age that refuses to divorce but keeps getting into it over the years, they just have money and new age words
— Comorienne 🇰🇲 (@_ShamGod) October 11, 2023
Maybe it’s just me..but you all are unnecessarily vile to Jada Pinkett Smith. That woman has done nothing to deserve the vitriol she receives. Especially because at the end of the day it doesn’t affect none of y’all.
— Jay (@IYSKold) October 11, 2023
What are your thoughts on all this? Tell me down in the comments below.
You can also read more from Jada's interview with People here and grab Worthy when it hits shelves on Oct. 17.
