Jada Pinkett-Smith Says She Was Stunned When Will Smith Referred To Her As His ‘WIFE’ In His Oscars Outburst

Jada Pinkett-Smith says the infamous Oscar slap carried an additional shock – when her husband Will Smith called her “wife.”

When Will Smith charged the stage and slapped host Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars, it was in response to a joke at Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense, with the words: “Keep my wife’s name out your f–king mouth!”

Smith now says she was “shocked” by the altercation. “We haven’t called each other husband and wife in a long time,” Smith said in an interview with “Today.”

Smith revealed that she and Will Smith have been separated since 2016 but don’t plan on divorcing.

In the same interview, Smith revealed that Rock apologized to her once the cameras were off, saying, “I meant no harm.” But while Rock was talking to her, Smith was so alarmed by how angry her husband was that she was unable to focus on what the comedian was saying.

“I go, ‘Chris this is about some old sh–t.’ That’s all I could think to say. And I couldn’t really take in his apology,” Smith said.

Jada Pinkett absolves herself of responsibility for Will Smith slapping Chris Rock and says she was shocked when Will Smith referred to her as his wife during the verbal tirade following the Oscar slap.

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