Jada Pinkett Smith told People that Chris Rock asked her on a date, although she wasn’t specific as to when.
“I think every summer all the reports would come out that me and Will were getting a divorce. And this particular summer, Chris, he thought that we were getting a divorce. So he called me and basically he was like, ‘I’d love to take you out.’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ He was like, ‘Well, aren’t you and Will getting a divorce?’ I was like, ‘No. Chris, those are just rumors.’ He was appalled. And he profusely apologized and that was that.”
Chris was married to his ex-wife, Malaak Compton, between 1996 and 2016.
She also said that while she and Chris aren’t on the best of terms, that he has apologized and she understands that he did not intend harm with his 2022 joke.
“I mean, that’s what comedians do. I would just have to say that I am not really here to make any judgment on how people decide to express themselves and express their art. I’ll say that several times I’ve had my feelings hurt, for sure. I’ve had my feelings hurt a lot by Chris. But at the end of the day, too, being in the spotlight, it comes with the territory.”
Sources:
https://people.com/celebrity/chris-rock-divorce-from-malaak-compton-finalized/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/11/entertainment/chris-rock-jada-pinkett-smith/index.html
