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Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, has finally spoken out about her husband’s notorious on-air smack of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.

Jada shared her side of the story on the debut of her popular Facebook series Red Table Talk on Wednesday (June 1).

“This is a really important ‘Red Table Talk’ on alopecia,” Jada started. “Considering what I’ve been through with my own health and what happened at the Oscars, thousands have reached out to me with their stories. I’m using this moment to give our alopecia family an opportunity to talk about what it’s like to have this condition and to inform people about what alopecia actually is.”

She continued, “Now about Oscar night, my deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile. The state of the world today, we need them both. And we all actually need one another more than ever. Until then, Will and I are continuing to do what we have done for the last 28 years, and that’s keep figuring out this thing called life together. Thank you for listening.”

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Will Smith attacked the stage at the 94th Academy Awards and assaulted comedian Chris Rock when he referred to Jada as “G.I. Jane,” comparing her shaved head to the role played by Demi Moore in the 1997 film. Jada had been outspoken about her alopecia, and the joke enraged her husband, who ordered that Chris rock take “his wife’s name” out of his “fucking mouth” after the slap.

Will willingly resigned from the Academy as a result of the attack, and the academy eventually imposed a 10-year suspension on the King Richard star. As a result of the incident, several projects featuring Will Smith have been placed on hold.

“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home,” Smith said in a statement following his resignation. “I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken.”

He added, “I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the Academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film,” he stated, concluding with “change takes time and I am committed to doing the work to ensure that I never again allow violence to overtake reason.”

On Wednesday, June 16th, the famous 2Pac turns 50 years old. To commemorate the occasion, Jada Pinkett Smith shared a never-before-seen poem penned by the late rapper on Instagram.

“Tupac Amaru Shakur would have been 50 midnight tonight!” In the caption, she wrote. “As we prepare to celebrate his legacy … let’s remember him for that which we loved most … his way with words. Here are a few you may have never heard before. Happy ‘you goin’n to be 50 at midnight’ Birthday Pac! I got next. P.s I was planning to post tomorrow which is why the video says today is Pac’s bday. But I decided to start earlyyyyy.”

Before reciting “Lost Soulz,” Jada Pinkett Smith explained the poem’s context and stated that she believed 2Pac would be ok with her sharing his thoughts with the public.

“I went down memory lane over the years,” she remarked. “Pac wrote me many letters and many poems and I don’t think this one has ever been published, honestly. He had a song called ‘Lost Souls’ on the Gang Related soundtrack but I believe this was the original concept because he wrote this, I believe, when he was at Rikers [Island]. And I was like, I don’t think he would have minded that I share this with you guys.”

According to 2Pac, “Some say nothing gold can last forever/And 2 believe this [I] need no proof/I have witnessed all that was pure in me/And be changed by the evil men can do/The innocence possessed by children/Once lived inside my soul/But surviving years with criminal peers/Has turned my warm heart to cold/I used 2 dream and fantasize/But now I’m scared 2 sleep/Petrified, not to live or die/But to awaken and still be me.”

He goes on to say, “It is true that nothing gold can last/We will all one day see death/When the purest hearts are torn apart/LOST SOULS are all that’s left/Down on my knees I beg of God/To save me from this fate/Let me live to see what was gold in me/Before it is all too late.”

After meeting in high school at the Baltimore School for the Arts, Jada Pinkett Smith became close friends with 2Pac and was greatly affected by his murder in a drive-by shooting on September 13, 1996. During an episode of her Red Table Talk show in 2018, she discussed the passing of 2Pac.

“I’ve had a lot of loss,” she said. “So many of my close friends gone. They didn’t make it to 30. They didn’t make it past 25. A lot of people talk about my relationship with Pac and figure that out. That was a huge loss I my life.”

She added, “Because he was one of those people I expected to be here. My upset is more anger because I feel like he left me. And I know that’s not true and it’s a very selfish way to think about it… I really did believe he’d be here for the long run. And when I think about it I still get really mad.”