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19. K&R, if Jada would've kept laughing WS would've kept laughing cause he thought it was funny

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Tue Mar 29, 2022, 04:07 AM

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For the record - this was Will Smith's reaction to the GI Jane joke [View all] speak easy Mar 2022 OP

He laughed- she got pissed off... lisa58 Mar 2022 #1

Yeah..She probably had the nerve to be offended whathehell Mar 2022 #5

He may have seen her reaction and figured he had to act. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2022 #2

Yeah, very odd. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #3

Could you send me the link, please? obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #6

MachoMan... pbmus Mar 2022 #4

His initial reaction.. whathehell Mar 2022 #7

IMO, laughing at a hurtful joke is more offensive than telling it. speak easy Mar 2022 #8

Sometimes things don't "register" right away... whathehell Mar 2022 #10

What I am trying to say is speak easy Mar 2022 #12

Come on, that's a reach. If she would've laughed he would've kept laughing cause he thought ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #18

He thought the idea of her as a GI was funny. He doesn't think her being bald is funny -- pnwmom Mar 2022 #29

Lol. Not a "reach" at all, as several here have concurred whathehell Mar 2022 #49

The number of people "concurring" is not relevant to the FACT that WS laughed at the joke uponit7771 Mar 2022 #50

It is "relevant" and had you seen the whathehell Mar 2022 #53

"many" doesn't change reality ONE bit in this context. Fact: WS laughed at Rocks GI Jane Joke ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #54

Lol, as I said, "I'm done" whathehell Mar 2022 #55

Really? whathehell Mar 2022 #13

Yes really. speak easy Mar 2022 #14

'kay whathehell Mar 2022 #16

laughter can be a defense mechanism jcgoldie Mar 2022 #9

Exactly., and people don't always automatically "tune,in" whathehell Mar 2022 #11

This is a reach too uponit7771 Mar 2022 #20

No it certainly isn't jcgoldie Mar 2022 #42

No way I'm convinced Smiths laugh was a "nervous" one. Too many people are trying to twist uponit7771 Mar 2022 #43

Look I think what he did was ignorant and indefensible jcgoldie Mar 2022 #44

I agree kcr Mar 2022 #46

+1, here and other places are trying to twist reality to fit a narrative about WS laughing at the... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #47

I think he did what he did lest he catch hell from her narcissistic self. Patterson Mar 2022 #15

I believe the same thing happened. nt oasis Mar 2022 #17

K&R, if Jada would've kept laughing WS would've kept laughing cause he thought it was funny uponit7771 Mar 2022 #19

I think Jada was hurt (and rightly so) that he was laughing at a joke that dissed her speak easy Mar 2022 #22

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 I made this point in another thread that she was mad at HIM for laughing at the uponit7771 Mar 2022 #23

That's it: Will was mad that his wife was Mad With Him. speak easy Mar 2022 #24

Except he's not comparing JPS to GI Jane because she's a badass as a compliment. meadowlander Mar 2022 #26

Wrong, Demi Moore has hair too ... and Ripley cut her hair off in A3 ... I don't understand uponit7771 Mar 2022 #27

She was compared to GI Jane, not Demi Moore meadowlander Mar 2022 #30

Demi Moore played GI Jane in 1997, both the character AND the person were beautiful badass uponit7771 Mar 2022 #33

That he and many others were laughing. And untold others in the TV audience. pnwmom Mar 2022 #38

Will wrecked what should have been a proud night for African Americans. speak easy Mar 2022 #40

Exactly, as did several others... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #21

+1, "added salt to the wound by their encouragement of Will Smith " OK, this is why I'm pissed to no uponit7771 Mar 2022 #25

The fact that Will Smith wasn't told to leave... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #32

Yep, to your edit this is the reasons they are coming out strong with "we don't condone ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #41

Seriously? You're put this on slow-mo and repeat? pnwmom Mar 2022 #28

"The truth is that he briefly laughed" length of laugh is irrelevant its OBVIOUS Smith thought it wa uponit7771 Mar 2022 #31

He thought the idea of her being a GI was funny. He doesn't think her being bald is funny. pnwmom Mar 2022 #34

Then why did Smith laugh?! No seriously, that's the point of the OP and "it sunk in" is gas lighting uponit7771 Mar 2022 #35

My husband would laugh, with good reason, if someone said I'd make a good GI. pnwmom Mar 2022 #37

Soooooo, WS didn't know who GI *JANE* was? Didn't know Demi Moore at that time was a .. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Mar 2022 #36

Because it was funny. He thought so too. nt LexVegas Mar 2022 #45

Well she is smiling there too. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #48

Yep... she doesn't look overly pissed there.... Chakaconcarne Mar 2022 #52

Yup. "When you're famous, they let you do it" Arazi Mar 2022 #51