Jada Pinkett Smith is proud of her crown!
In the days leading up to the 2022 Oscars, Jada Pinkett Smith took to her TikTok account to discuss her own hair journey. “Being a Black woman and dealing with hair in Hollywood, in the era I came up in, having your hair look as European as possible was always the thing, and that was really challenging, you know, because I liked my hair out wild and curly,” she dished in the “Crown Act. Be proud of your crown” video, per People. “But nobody wanted that, so I always had to do my hair in ways that didn’t feel natural to me because I’m trying to play the game,” she lamented. “So if I’m doing a cover, everybody’s [like], ‘No, we want your hair straight and flowy,’ when it’s like, ‘All right, cool, but that’s not really what my hair likes to do.'”
Eventually, however, Jada found her own groove and never looked back. “I had to learn to get the courage to go, ‘Nah, I’m not doing that.’ Which is why I feel the freedom today – I don’t give two craps what people think of this bald head of mine. Because guess what? I love it,” she proudly declared. Ahem — Chris Rock and Will Smith. Pay attention, PUH-LEASE.
