Jada Pinkett Smith finally responds to Chris Rock's Oscar joke

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Jada Pinkett Smith is brushing off Chris Rock's joke about her at this year's Oscars. 

On Saturday, the actress responded to paparazzi who asked what she thought about Rock's dig about her boycotting this year's awards ceremony. 

"It comes with the territory, sweetheart," she responded. 


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In his Oscars monologue, Rock mocked Pinkett Smith's choice not to attend the show.

"Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited," he joked. 

Rock continued that Pinkett Smith was just "mad" that husband Will Smith wasn't nominated for his lead role in Concussion. But Pinkett Smith isn't concerned, she told the paparazzi. Instead, she wants to focus on other issues. 

"There's a lot of stuff going on in our world right now," she says. "We've got to keep it moving." 

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Yohana Desta

Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.

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