Pinkett Smith’s husband, Will Smith, took the Academy Awards stage in March and slapped presenter Chris Rock after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s closed haircut.
The actress suffers from alopecia, which causes hair loss.
On Her Facebook Watch, Pinkett Smith was the guest of 12-year-old Rio Allred’s mother, who committed suicide after being harassed for having alopecia.
“This is a very important ‘red table talk’ about alopecia. Given what I’ve been through and what happened at the Oscars, thousands of people have contacted me with their stories,” Pinkett Smith said during the program. “I’m taking this opportunity to give our family of alopecia a chance to talk about what it’s like to have this disease and to inform people about what alopecia really is.”
She then addressed the incident between her husband and Rock.
“Now, on Oscar night, my deepest hope is that these two smart, capable men will have a chance to heal, talk, and reconcile. The state of the world today, we need them. “We both need one, and we need one more than ever,” he said. “Until then, Will and I have been doing what we’ve been doing for the last 28 years, and that’s continuing to discover this so-called life together. Thank you for listening.”
It was Pinkett Smith’s first public comment on what happened at the Oscars. In April, a title card at the beginning of his program read: “Given all that has happened in recent weeks, the Smith family has focused on deep healing. Some of the discoveries surrounding “Our healing will be shared at the table when the weather calls. Until then, the table will continue to be offered to powerful, inspiring and healing witnesses such as our incredibly impressive first guest.”
Her husband publicly apologized to Rock and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a statement after the incident. The Academy banned Smith from attending the Oscars for a decade as punishment.