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Ayanna Pressley tweets, then deletes, support for Will Smith slapping Chris Rock
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of “The Squad,” rushed to have a good time Will Smith when he slapped Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith on the Oscars.
But Pressley seems to have deleted the tweet mere minutes later.
After Rock made a joke a few sequel to “G.I. Jane,” apparently referring to Pinkett Smith’s bald head, Smith reportedly rushed on stage, slapped Rock within the face, after which returned to his seat.
OSCARS: WILL SMITH SLAPS CHRIS ROCK OVER JADA PINKETT SMITH JOKE
Pinkett Smith has been open about her battle with hair loss.
US actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage through the 94th Oscars on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022.
(Picture by ROBYN BECK/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Pressley appeared to establish with Pinkett Smith in her tweet. She used the phrase Alopecia, the medical time period for bald.
“#Alopecia nation rise up!” the congresswoman tweeted. “Thanks #WillSmith Shout out to all of the husbands who defend their wives dwelling with alopecia within the face of each day ignorance & insults.”
US Consultant Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, joins Home Democrats at a information convention on the “Ladies’s Well being Safety Act,” on September 24, 2021, in Washington DC. – The act would set up a federally protected proper to abortion entry.
((Picture by SAUL LOEB/AFP by way of Getty Pictures))
“Ladies with baldness are for the actual males solely solely [sic],” Pressley added. “Boys needn’t apply.”
Pressley’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to an after-hours request for remark from Fox Information Digital.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the Oscars 2022.
(Picture by Emma McIntyre/Getty Pictures)