To shortly recap what occurred, Will walked onstage ultimately yr’s awards present and struck host Chris Rock throughout the face after he made a joke about Jada’s bald head. The comic, who reportedly had “no thought” that Jada has alopecia, informed Will and the opposite viewers members that it was only a “G.I. Jane joke,” to which Will yelled, “Preserve my spouse’s title out your fucking mouth.”
A number of individuals have lengthy accused Jada of being the one to inform Will to slap Chris, provided that she was filmed rolling her eyes at Chris’s remark, whereas Will initially appeared to chuckle. Nonetheless, Will spoke out in protection of Jada final yr and acknowledged that she had “nothing to do” along with his resolution. As a substitute, he mentioned his resolution to slap Chris was primarily based on his private “experiences” and “historical past” with him.
Quick-forward to this month, and Jada is wanting again on the evening of the 2022 Oscars intimately forward of the discharge of her tell-all memoir, Worthy.
Jada additionally mentioned that she was confused about why Will was “so upset,” provided that — as she just lately shockingly revealed — they weren’t really collectively on the time, and haven’t been for the previous seven years.
Jada revealed throughout a bombshell interview that she and Will, who tied the knot in 1997 and share two children, have been dwelling “fully separate lives” since 2016. Jada added that the pair had gotten “exhausted with making an attempt” to repair their marriage, which she mentioned had been “fractured” by “quite a lot of issues.”
Whereas the pair have been secretly separated, they discovered themselves on the middle of infidelity rumors repeatedly, together with when Jada had an “entanglement” with singer August Alsina.
With all this in thoughts, Jada is now reflecting on what it was like being “blamed” for Will’s Oscars slap.
Talking with Folks, Jada mentioned that whereas she discovered it “ridiculous” that she was accused of being the one to inform Will to slap Chris, she additionally “wasn’t stunned.”
“It was ridiculous how far it went,” she mentioned. “However I additionally understood on the similar time, contemplating the false narrative that I had cheated on Will or I used to be some adulteress. Will had by no means performed that earlier than.”
“I feel that once we simply have a look at human nature…if you have a look at the breadcrumbs, individuals want one thing guilty,” she went on.
“And so individuals not realizing what was taking place behind the scenes, I certainly wasn’t stunned that I received blamed,” she added. “However I understood that that is simply the human nature of all of it.”
Jada’s memoir, Worthy, will probably be launched subsequent week on Oct. 17.
