Jada Pinkett Smith Says Chris Rock's Comedy Special Was 'Full of Lies and Unwarranted Insults'

Though she doesn't call out Chris Rock's Netflix special by name in her book 'Worthy,' she appears to reveal her reaction to it

In Jada Pinkett Smith's new book Worthy, the actress appears to share her thoughts on Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, which aired live on Netflix in March, though she does not mention the project by name.

"... What do you do, say, if someone decides to make a comedy special full of lies and unwarranted insults? You love them as God does, and you say to yourself when people hurt that it could be they believe they will feel better if they lash out," writes Jada. "Can I honestly say I’ve never been there? The answer is no. And that’s where compassion and well-wishing come in."

Jada — who goes in depth about the 2022 Oscars incident where husband Will Smith smacked Rock in the face — writes that Rock had "hurt my feelings in the past" and "although I wanted to hold on to my resentments, I'd learned that would hurt me more than him."

She adds that Rock "deserves my concern and my consideration despite how he may decide to drag me on stages. That's his issue, not mine. From spirit to spirit, he is my brother...."

Selective Outrage, which was filmed in Jada's hometown of Baltimore, marked the first time Rock publicly addressed the incident. Will, who has since apologized, was banned from Academy events for 10 years.

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"Everybody that really knows knows I had nothing to do with that s---. I didn't have any 'entanglements,' " Rock, 58, said in his comedy special. He called Will, 55, a "bitch" multiple times in the special and ranted about Jada, referencing their clashing over the 2016 Oscars.

"I did some jokes about her. Who gives a f---? That's how it is: She starts it, I finish it," Rock said at the time in the comedy special. "That's what the f--- happened. Nobody's pickin' on this bitch. She started this s---. Nobody was pickin' on her."

A source told PEOPLE back in March after Selective Outrage: "Jada has had no part in all of this other than being heckled. Chris is obsessed with her and that's been going on for almost 30 years."

Jada reacted to the Emmy-nominated comedy special in a recent interview with The New York Times, saying, "I remember my heart piercing, my heart cracking, and I remember my feelings being so hurt. And then I remember being able to smile and wish him well at the same time.”

She told PEOPLE she hasn't spoken to Rock since the Oscars incident, but revealed he approached her at the edge of the stage during a pause in the broadcast directly after the slap.

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“Chris came down to the end of the stage and tried to apologize to me. He said, ‘I didn't mean you any harm.’ I said, ‘I can't talk about this now, Chris. This is some old s---.’ 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.”

Was Jada offended by the joke at the center of the Oscars incident?

“I mean, that's what comedians do,” she said. “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.”

Worthy is available now wherever books are sold.

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