Jada Pinkett Smith.Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Jada Pinkett Smithconfidently spoke about her appearance in the lead-up to the 94th annual Academy Awards.
Less than a week before Sunday’s Oscars –– during which husbandWill SmithsmackedChris Rockonstage after the comedian’s joke aboutG.I. Jane 2joke directed at Pinkett Smith –– TheRed Table Talkhost, 50, got candid about her hair in a TikTok video.
The actress, wholives with alopecia, discussed her hair journey in the video captioned, “✨Crown Act✨ Be proud of your crown❣️ #iamnotmyhair #hairjourney.”
“Being a Black woman and dealing with hair in Hollywood, in the era I came up in, having your hair look as European as possible was always the thing, and that was really challenging, you know, because I liked my hair out wild and curly,” Pinkett Smith says in the TikTok.
“But nobody wanted that, so I always had to do my hair in ways that didn’t feel natural to me because I’m trying to play the game,” theMatrix: Resurrectionsactress continues. “So if I’m doing a cover, everybody’s [like], ‘No, we want your hair straight and flowy,’ when it’s like, ‘All right, cool, but that’s not really what my hair likes to do.’ "
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Pinkett Smith has been openabout having alopecia in the past.
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In 2018, the mom of two opened upabout her “issues with hair loss"during an episode of her showRed Table Talk, explaining, “It was terrifying when it first started. I was in the shower one day and had just handfuls of hair in my hands and I was just like, ‘Oh my god, am I going bald?’ It was one of those times in my life where I was literally shaking in fear. That’s why I cut my hair, and why I continue to cut it.”
“Now at this point, I can only laugh,” she said in anInstagramvideo in December 2021 as she ran her finger across a bald line patch on her scalp. “Y’all know I’ve been struggling with alopecia and just all of a sudden one day, look at this line right here. Look at that.”
She continued, “So it just showed up like that and this is going to be a little bit more difficult for me to hide. So I thought I’d just share it so y’all are not asking any questions.”
source: people.com
