“Jade, I love you. GI Jane 2. I can’t wait to see her“was the comment Chris Rock made about Smith, referring to the actress’s shaved head, similar to the one Demi Moore wore in the 1997 film in which she played a female soldier. Before the joke and the others Will Smith’s well-known reaction initially reacted with a smile, but after seeing his wife’s extremely serious face, he got up to, without saying a word, go up on stage and slap Rock.
The comedian also apologized, saying “it was just a GI Jane joke.” A joke he made without knowing the autoimmune disease that Jada Pikket Smith faces and that causes alopecia, reported TMZ.
The entertainment portal consulted with a very close friend of the comedian, and stated that his comment “did not have a hint of evil”, so Rock was “shocked and bewildered” by how Will reacted, but still went to the party Guy Oseary’s post-Oscars to try and have some fun before the night was over.
Chris Rock still does not issue any statement regarding what happened, although Will Smith has already apologized for his reaction. After these events, the comedian’s tour has become a box office success.