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In the light of what happened between Will Smith and Chris Rock this past Sunday, I wanted to talk about Toxic Relationships. I don’t know Will Smith, but from what I’ve seen, he’s always been the nicest guy in comparison to other Hollywood personalities. That’s why it was so surprising when he lost it out of nowhere and hit Chris Rock and cursed at him. I understand he was trying to defend his wife’s honer, but I don’t buy that that was really the issue. I believe that there are a lot of underlying issues that caused this to happen.

Chris Rock made the joke about Jada’s head being shaven. Jada apparently has a disease that causes hair loss in women. It was said that Chris had no idea that that was the case. Whether he knew or not is not important. What is important is how it was handled. If Will had an issue with the joke and he REALLY NEEDED TO SAY SOMETHING, he could’ve walked up on stage, address his wife’s issue, and explain that Chris Rock was insensitive, inappropriate, and that he should be ashamed. That would of made Will look amazing. He would've defended his wife’s honor, and would’ve been praised for his most likely.

When the joke was made, Will looked fine. He was even laughing. And then he looked over at Jada and acted on it. Here are where the underlying issues come in. Jada publicly made it known that she was in an open relationship and that she slept around with other men. I think that one of those men where her son’s friend. People were clowning on Will Smith for this. They were also clowning on him for gaining weight and crying in an interview. And he confessed once that he felt that he couldn’t live up to 2pac when competing for Jada’s love. All of that toxicity was boiling and Chris’ joke is the straw that broke the camel’s back.

It’s almost as if he needed to prove to everyone that he wasn’t a joke and shouldn’t be messed with. And this was all on Chris Rock’s expense. Chris Rock by the way, handled himself as well as he could’ve handled it. I applaud him for staying professional and proceeding with job.

Having said all of that, I think that Will is in a toxic relationship with Jada and he deserves better. He’s always been a nice guy and she brought out the worst in him when he slapped Chris Rock. And this is why people shouldn’t be around toxic people or be in toxic situations. There are a handful of people that say that when they left toxic people or got out of toxic situations, their life changed for the better. They were happier.

Maybe Will puts up with all of this because he truly loves Jada. Sometimes love isn’t enough to stay. Maybe I don’t know enough about their relationship and it’s more complicated. Fine. I was just talking about what I’ve observed and how other people can relate based off of this observation. And that it isn’t worth being with someone who doesn’t appreciate you and takes you for granted even if you love them.