Jada Pinkett Says Chris Rock Asked Her Out

Jada Pinkett attends a premiere for the film “Emancipation” in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

In her upcoming memoir “Worthy”, Jada Pinkett reveals that Chris Rock once ASKED HER OUT.

It happened one summer when there were rumors that she and Will Smith were divorcing.  He called her and said, quote, “I’d love to take you out.”

But when she told him they weren’t divorcing, he, quote, “profusely apologized and that was that.”

In her interview with “People”, Jada says she’s, quote, “had my feelings hurt a lot by Chris” over the years.  And she thinks it goes back to a misunderstanding they had over the 2016 Oscars.

That was the year of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign, which Jada was a very vocal supporter of.  She even called for a boycott of the show.  But Chris was the HOST that year, and she thinks he took it personally.

He even made jokes about her in his monologue.  Skip to 2:38.

In that same interview, Jada discussed THE SLAP.  And she said that like the rest of us, she initially thought it was a SKIT.

Quote, “I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him. It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

The first thing Jada said to Will once they were alone was, quote, “Are you okay?”

Jada says that right after the slap, during a commercial break, Chris came to the end of the stage and tried to apologize to her.  But she told him, quote, “I can’t talk about this now, Chris.  This is some old [stuff].”

As for the joke that prompted the slap, Jada won’t say it offended her.  Quote, “I mean, that’s what comedians do. I would just have to say that I am not really here to make any judgment on how people decide to express themselves and express their art.”

SOURCE: People