Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jamaal Bowman posted and then deleted tweets that seemed to defend actor Will Smith for slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars.
"#Alopecia nation stand up! Thank you #WillSmith,” tweeted Pressley. “Shout out to all the husbands who defend their wives living with alopecia in the face of daily ignorance & insults.”in Jan. 2020 that she has alopecia areata, a condition that results in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere. Her tweet Sunday included a photo of her bald with her husband.what Bowman tweeted and then deleted, which said,"Teachable Moment: Don't joke about a Black Woman's hair.
The tweets came after Smith slapped Rock at the 94th Academy Awards Sunday night after the comedian joked about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who revealed her alopecia diagnosis in 2018. Smith walked up on stage from the audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and hit Rock, and then the sound cut out on the U.S. broadcast. After returning to his seat, Smith responded to Rock's comment on the assault, appearing to shout an obscenity in telling the comedian not to speak about his wife.
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