American actor and talk show host Jada Pinkett Smith says she hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock can reconcile in her Red Table Talk episode, addressing events that happened at the Oscars in March.

She has turned her husband's Oscar-night blow up into an educational moment about alopecia areata, the hair-loss disorder affecting her and millions of others.

The actor said she chose to use “this moment to give our alopecia family an opportunity to talk about what it’s like to have this condition” and what it is. 

Before tackling the subject, Pinkett Smith addressed events at the Academy Awards, when Smith slapped Rock on stage after Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith's appearance.

Pinkett Smith addresses Oscars slap

She used the beginning of her episode of Red Table Talk to address the incident.

“Until then, Will and I are continuing to do what we have done for the last 28 years, and that’s keep figuring out this thing called life together."

Red Table Talk episode dedicated to alopecia

Her guests included the mother of a 12-year-old girl, Rio Allred, who was bullied over her hair loss and died by suicide, and a physician who explained the different types of the disorder.

Alopecia areata can make hair fall out of the scalp in patches and also affect other parts of the body, like eyebrows and nose hair.

Rio's mother, Nicole Ball, recounted the impact of the Oscar incident, which took place less than two weeks after her daughter’s death.

Pinkett Smith said she heard "so much outrage" from people who suffer from alopecia because there's "so much shame around it".

“I think the part that makes it most difficult for me is that it comes and goes. You’re going through a spell of something, and you got to shave your head,” Pinkett Smith said.

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