Willow Smith

After her dad, Will Smith, slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Willow Smith shared a message on social media about being “kind.”

Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally." "He was in a good mood dancing and having fun," the eyewitness said. Will posed with his entire family, including his oldest son Trey Smith, 29 (whose mom is Sheree Zampino) on the red carpet and headed inside, where he was "acting as if nothing happened," a source exclusively told E! News. Will got up onstage and slapped the 57-year-old comedian across the face before screaming twice, "Keep my wife's name out of your f--king mouth." In another post that evening, the 23-year-old musician seemingly addressed Will's outburst, writing, "And That's How We Do It." And I'm here for it."

Willow Smith shared a reminder that people should be kind because they never know what someone is going through.

“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. Just be kind.” The reminder came just days after Willow’s dad Will Smithbecame the center of the controversial incident where he slapped Chris Rockat the Academy Awards over a joke that the comic made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. The 21-year-old singer reposted an Instagram post from the author Jay Shetty that said, “You know who’s going through a lot right now?

From 'The Fresh Prince' to Oscars infamy, Will Smith and Chris Rock have met many times over the course of their careers.

Rock and – what a coincidence – Jada Pinkett Smith were handing out the award for Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Both Rock and Smith appeared in Torrance Rises, a mockumentary co-directed by and starring Spike Jonze, the ingenious film and music video director. He then followed up with a swing at both her and Smith, suggesting she was annoyed her husband wasn’t nominated for the sports drama Concussion: “It’s not fair that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated, you’re right. The gag – prepare your sides – is that Jasmine isn’t considered to be attractive and Will is uncomfortable to be seen in public with her. To promote the film she guested on The Chris Rock Show, where they joked about how quickly Black characters get offed in horror films. Their relationship spans three decades and stretches back past 1997, the year Smith and Pinkett were married and G. I. Jane – the action-drama starring a shaven-headed Demi Moore which Rock referenced in his joke – was released.

Will Smith was a man about town Sunday, celebrating his Oscar win with his wife and kids at an after-party, acting as if he hadn't slapped Chris Rock.

The gossip site reported Monday that Smith and Rock hadn’t spoken since the altercation and that Rock was stunned by the debacle and went straight to his dressing room. However, on Monday, the film academy announced that it had “ officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law.” Inside, he was flanked by a bodyguard and several members of his entourage, as well as his wife. Smith has not since released another statement about the incident and appeared to be all smiles when he celebrated his victory about town. And Smith apologized to his fellow nominees and the motion picture academy during his tearful acceptance speech. There, Smith smiled for the cameras and triumphantly posed with his Oscar upon arrival. He was seen talking with “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah and a number of other stars, as well as happily posing for photos and videos at the shindig’s portrait studio. Images also surfaced of him and Pinkett Smith leaning their heads together in solidarity. At first, Smith laughed at the joke while his wife appeared irked. Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was the next presenter, said Smith and Rock would work it out. Then he walked onstage and slapped Rock across the face, walked away and yelled at Rock to keep his wife’s name out of his mouth. The “Red Table Talk” host has been vocal about her struggles with hair loss caused by alopecia.