Jada Pinkett Smith attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) LOS ANGELES - The Academy Awards audience was left in shock after Will Smith marched onto the Oscars stage on Sunday night and smacked Chris Rock over a joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance.The exchange began when Rock took aim at Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, saying, "Jada, I love you. ‘G.I.
Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it, all right?" Rock’s reference was made from the 1997 film "G.I. Jane," starring Demi Moore, who shaved her head to portray a fictional Navy SEAL candidate.List: Oscar 2022 winnersPinkett Smith revealed in 2018 that she was diagnosed with alopecia areata, a condition when the immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss.
She has often discussed the challenges of hair loss on Instagram and other social media platforms.The joke did not sit well with Will Smith, who later returned to the Oscars stage to accept his first-ever Academy Award for his role as tennis dad character Richard Williams in "King Richard" and delivered a tearful apology to several people — excluding Rock.RELATED: Chris Rock declines to press charges against Will Smith for Oscars slap, LAPD saysThe moment, which almost certainly overshadowed his first-ever Academy Award, also shined a light on alopecia areata.