Jada Pinkett Smith reveals her family is 'focusing on deep healing' after husband Will Smith's Oscars controversy

The upcoming episode of Red Table Talk season five featured a statement from Jada Pinkett Smith which revealed that the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing since her husband Will Smiths recent Oscars slap controversyAs per Billboard the premiere episode of Red Table Talk season five premiered on Wednesday April 20 the first instalment since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face during the live telecast of Oscars 2022To open the episode which featured Janelle Monae as a guest a title card with a statement from Jada Pinkett Smith appeared on the screen Considering all that has happened in the last few weeks the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing Some of the discoveries around our healing will be shared at the table when the time calls the message read as per BillboardUntil then the table will continue offering itself to powerful inspiring and healing testimonies like that of our incredibly impressive first guest Thanks for joining us the statement concludedWhile presenting the best documentary feature award at the 2022 Oscars Chris Rock made a joke about Smiths wife Jada Pinkett Smiths shaved headRock said he couldnt wait to see Pinkett Smith who has alopecia areata star in GI Jane 2 which led Smith to go up on stage and slap Rock Smith returned to his seat and shouted Keep my wifes name out of your fuing mouthA few minutes after the incident Smith was announced Best Actor at the 94th Academy Awards While accepting his firstever Oscar for best actor leading role in King Richard Smith apologized to the Academy and fellow nominees but did not mention RockHowever after receiving backlash for his disorderly behaviour Smith issued an apology to Chris Rock and Academy on his social media handleOn March 29 there was a short virtual meeting between Smith Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson initiated by SmithA few hours later Smith announced his resignation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences claiming he willfully accept any and all consequences for my conductSoon after the Academys statement Smith resigned from his AMPAS membership and the Academy continued its investigation The Academy then moved up its meeting where it banned Smith from its events for the next 10 yearsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever