Zoe Kravitz Looks Back On Her Reaction To Will Smith's Oscar Slap
Zoe Kravitz has spoken out about the backlash she received earlier this year for criticizing Will Smith's behavior at the Oscars. “It’s a scary time to have an opinion,” the actress said.
At the March 27 Oscars, Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith having a shaved head, unaware that she suffered from alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes spot baldness. In response, her husband Will Smith stormed the stage, slapped Rock across the face, and cursed him out on live TV. Kravitz, who recently played Catwoman in The Batman, had criticized Will Smith for slapping Rock at this year’s Oscars, resulting in a severe internet backlash against her.
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Kravitz reacted to Will Smith's Oscars slap by posting a photo of herself on the red carpet with the caption, “Here’s a picture of my dress at the award show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now.” Another photo showed her dress for the night, with the caption, “And here is a picture of my dress at the party after the award show -where we are apparently screaming profanities and assaulting people on stage now.” In an interview with WSJ Magazine (via The Hollywood Reporter), Kravitz expressed frustration with the reaction she received. “It’s a scary time to have an opinion or to say the wrong thing or to make controversial art or statements or thoughts or anything,” Kravitz said. “It’s mostly scary because art is about conversation. That should, in my opinion, always be the point. The internet is the opposite of conversation. The internet is people putting things out and not taking anything in.”
Kravitz went on to say, “I was reminded that I’m an artist. Being an artist is
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