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In reply to the discussion: For the record - this was Will Smith's reaction to the GI Jane joke [View all]meadowlander
(4,411 posts)30. She was compared to GI Jane, not Demi Moore
and the only reason the "joke" makes sense is that they both have shaved heads.
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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
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
The number of people "concurring" is not relevant to the FACT that WS laughed at the joke
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#50
"many" doesn't change reality ONE bit in this context. Fact: WS laughed at Rocks GI Jane Joke ...
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#54
No way I'm convinced Smiths laugh was a "nervous" one. Too many people are trying to twist
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#43
+1, here and other places are trying to twist reality to fit a narrative about WS laughing at the...
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#47
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
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
Demi Moore played GI Jane in 1997, both the character AND the person were beautiful badass
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#33
+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
Yep, to your edit this is the reasons they are coming out strong with "we don't condone ...
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#41
"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
Soooooo, WS didn't know who GI *JANE* was? Didn't know Demi Moore at that time was a ..
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#39