To rapidly recap what occurred, Will walked onstage finally 12 months’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 identify out your fucking mouth.”
A number of folks have lengthy accused Jada of being the one to inform Will to slap Chris, on condition that she was filmed rolling her eyes at Chris’s remark, whereas Will initially appeared to chortle. Nevertheless, Will spoke out in protection of Jada final 12 months and said that she had “nothing to do” along with his determination. As a substitute, he mentioned his determination to slap Chris was based mostly on his private “experiences” and “historical past” with him.
Quick-forward to this month, and Jada is trying 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,” on condition 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 youngsters, have been residing “fully separate lives” since 2016. Jada added that the pair had gotten “exhausted with attempting” to repair their marriage, which she mentioned had been “fractured” by “plenty of issues.”
Whereas the pair have been secretly separated, they discovered themselves on the heart of infidelity rumors again and again, 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 Individuals, 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…whenever you have a look at the breadcrumbs, folks want one thing in charge,” she went on.
“And so folks not realizing what was taking place behind the scenes, I certainly wasn’t stunned that I obtained blamed,” she added. “However I understood that that is simply the human nature of all of it.”
Jada’s memoir, Worthy, will likely be launched subsequent week on Oct. 17.
