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Jada Pinkett Smith confessed that she “really didn’t want to get married” to Will Smith. In fact, the “Matrix” actress — now on the roasting spit of Smith’s infamous Oscars smack-down of Chris Rock and the Academy’s decision Friday to ban him from the ceremony for 10 years — admitted to “crying down the freaking aisle” before tying the knot with the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star on New Year’s Eve in 1997. “I was under so much pressure, you know, being a young actress, being young, and I was just, like, pregnant and I just didn’t know what to...

Jesse Watters tried to pull one over on Mel Gibson in an interview aired Friday on Fox News, asking the veteran actor, director and producer about the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars incident. But it quickly became apparent Gibson had no interest in discussing the matter — and Fox News and Watters had been told as much beforehand. "You understand it probably better than a lot of people, with your career," Watters led in with, transitioning from the topic of Gibson's latest movie, "Father Stu," which they had discussed for nearly five minutes (see the full interview below). "And I was...

Slapping Chris Rock was also a blow to men, women, the entertainment industry, and the Black community. When Will Smith stormed onto the Oscar stage to strike Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife’s short hair, he did a lot more damage than just to Rock’s face. With a single petulant blow, he advocated violence, diminished women, insulted the entertainment industry, and perpetuated stereotypes about the Black community. That’s a lot to unpack. Let’s start with the facts: Rock made a reference to Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, as looking like Demi Moore in GI Jane, in which...

Was the Will Smith Slap Staged or Real? Here is what I believe! I’m exposing the Oscars Terrence K Williams weights in and gives his opinion. What do you think?