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In 2016, the comedian made a joke while hosting the show about the news that Jada had decided to boycott that year's awards over the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.
In his monologue, he jibed: "Isn't she on a TV show? ...
Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties. I wasn't invited." In that same run, he said that it was not fair that Smith had not received an award for his work on the movie Concussion, before joking it was, "also not fair Will was paid $20 million for Wild Wild West."
More recently, Chris Rock made a joke at Smith's expense on the actor's Instagram. In 2018, after Smith wished his ex-wife a happy birthday on Instagram, Rock joked: "Wow. You have a very understanding wife."
Rock, Smith and Pinkett have all known each other for many years. Rock and Smith have known each other since at least 1995, when Rock guest starred on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the dual role of a movie director name Maurice and his sister Jasmine, who Smith is forced to take out on a date. Pinkett and Rock, meanwhile, starred together in three films in the Madagascar franchise.