It seems crazy that Will Smith’s Oscars slap heard ’round the world happened less than two weeks ago. Feels like a distant memory, doesn’t it? Suppose that’s inevitable when we live in a world as insane as this one.
Anyway, Will Smith and his delightful wife Jada Pinkett Smith are back on people’s minds today, thanks to some very interesting video footage that sheds some light on their very unique relationship dynamic:
free this man, this man is afraid pic.twitter.com/2B3AdB1uui
— bongwater sun tea (@Raddsurfer) April 7, 2022
Dear Lord. He looks terrified and completely demoralized. What, exactly, have we just watch?
wtaf is this. wtaf. https://t.co/qEWE9fHF6h
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) April 8, 2022
It’s really something, is what it is.
Yikes… she put this online? https://t.co/KlxbXCMWS8
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) April 8, 2022
On Instagram, from the looks of it.
Oh no.
— Matt Welch (@MattWelch) April 8, 2022
It bad.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) April 8, 2022
he, uh, looks like he's about to cry. and she is giving off some deeply creepshow vibes.
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) April 8, 2022
Well, technically, she was giving off some deeply creepshow vibes. Evidently the video is actually a few years old:
Video from 2019. You’ll never believe what happens next! https://t.co/wclY6Imo4N
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) April 8, 2022
That it’s from 2019 doesn’t really make it better. It arguably makes it all even worse.
Apparently the video is from a livecast (!) that Jada Pinkett-Smith did in 2019 that someone dug up. That doesn't actually make it less relevant as a window into a relationship best left unexplored.
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) April 8, 2022
Like, geez. Generally speaking, it’s best not to speculate on other people’s marriages because we can never really know what happens behind closed doors. But in this case, Jada Pinkett Smith was willing to show the whole world what goes on behind the closed doors in her house. And we can’t help but suspect that their marriage is not the healthiest out there.
Getting ready for another round of Jada Pickett and Will Smith takes. pic.twitter.com/Y7C0ypuAQt
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 8, 2022
There will and should be a lot of takes on this. Not all of them will be brilliant …
"Men have been filming women without their consent for decades. Jada Pinkett Smith is taking back control for black women everywhere."
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 8, 2022
Heh.
If you think Jada was being disrespectful by filming Will Smith when he didn’t want to be filmed, wait until you find out what else she has been up to!
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) April 8, 2022
Oh, you mean the openly-cheating-on-her-husband thing?
Yeah, guys, we’re starting to think that open marriages aren’t all that great for long-term marital harmony.
We certainly don’t condone Will Smith slapping Chris Rock over a joke, but in a way, we sort of understand how it happened. Jada’s apparently got a bizarre but powerful grip on him.
ngl, seems a little hostage situation-yhttps://t.co/0nJ9vjmhJ1
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 8, 2022
let's all hope they're just rehearsing a scene for some upcoming horror movie
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 8, 2022
At this point I think it's safe to say that DJ Jazzy Jeff was the lucky one
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 8, 2022
I'm starting to think the whole slap incident was a Manchurian Candidate kinda thing plotted by his wife and her Malibu life coach
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 8, 2022
When you hear the punchline you will slap Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/ZEvgxY2ExD
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 8, 2022
It's nice to know that in this country a plucky kid from the streets of Philly can work hard, become a beloved worldwide film superstar, and marry a beautiful woman who will spend his money on an entourage of $10k/day LA cult gurus to psychologically torture him in his own house
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 8, 2022
Best of luck to those two crazy kids!
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