While the reaction to Smith’s 10-year ban from the Film Academy was mixed, with some calling it light and supporters considering it appropriate, Gervais had the final view. Following the announcement of the sentence on Friday, he wrote on Twitter with his own comment about the move: “We hope he will only do 6 years with good behavior”. Earlier, Gervais said Chris Rock’s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair was “like the mildest joke I would ever say.” When people asked the frequent host of the Globes what would have happened to him under the same circumstances, he replied: “Nothing.” “Nothing would happen to me because I would not tell a joke about his wife’s hair. “I would say a joke about her boy.” (Pinkett Smith said she was “in a relationship” with a younger man when she and Smith were on a break from their relationship in 2020.) As for Pinkett Smith’s hair – she suffers from alopecia, which occurs when the immune system attacks the hair follicles, causing uneven hair loss – and Rock’s joke, Gervais said: “Someone said he was joking about her disability.” The comedian’s answer? “Well, I’ll lose a little weight, I’m disabled,” he said, pointing to his hair in the video chat. “I can park right next to Tesco’s now [in disabled parking]. I am fat. This is a disease. “I’m fat and bald.” Tom Tap contributed to this report.
