Jada Pinkett Smith on Chris Rock’s Oscars jibe: 'It comes with the territory'

Speaking out: Jade Pinkett Smith responds to Chris Rock's Oscars jibe
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Jennifer Ruby7 March 2016
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Jada Pinkett Smith has finally responded to Chris Rock’s Oscars jibe about her.

The actress, who boycotted this year’s ceremony to highlight the lack of ethnic diversity in the acting categories, admitted that jokes about her ‘came with the territory’.

During his opening monologue, the comedian joked that Pinkett Smith hadn’t even been invited to the ceremony.

He said: “Jada said she’s not coming. I was like, ‘Isn’t she on a TV show?’ Jada’s gonna boycott the Oscars? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.”

Responding for the first time, the actress told X17: “Hey look, it comes with the territory but we gotta keep it moving. We gotta keep it moving. We gotta keep it moving.

“There’s a lot of stuff we gotta handle, a lot of stuff in our world right now. We gotta keep it moving.”

Will Smith, who also decided to boycott the Academy Awards after failing to be nominated for his role in Concussion, got a mention in Rock’s opening monologue as well.

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Taking aim at the actor, Rock said: “It’s not fair that Will was this good and didn’t get nominated.

“It’s also not fair that Will was paid $20 million for Wild Wild West!"

The Smiths were among a number of high profile stars who decided to boycott this year’s awards after it was revealed that no black actors had been nominated for the second year running.

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