According to a source who is "close to" Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock has been "obsessed" with the actor and podcast host for almost 30 years. Rock recently targeted Pinkett Smith in his Netflix stand-up special, Selective Outrage, and made a controversial joke about her shaved head during the 2022 Oscars ceremony, which led to Will Smith slapping Rock onstage.
The source explained that Pinkett Smith had no involvement in the feud other than being heckled and questioned why Rock chose to film his special in her hometown of Baltimore.
Furthermore, they suggested that Rock had become fixated on Pinkett Smith because of her involvement in the 2016 movement to address the lack of racial diversity among Academy Awards nominees.
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During his stand-up special, Rock claimed that Pinkett Smith had encouraged him to quit the Oscars in 2016 when her husband, Will Smith, was not nominated for Concussion.
However, the source stated that Pinkett Smith had never asked Rock not to host the awards show and had even publicly endorsed him for the job.
As for this year's Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the event, and he recently discussed how he would respond if there were to be another incident like the slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock. The ceremony is set to take place on March 12th.