Jada Pinkett Smith shares her first post since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars: 'This is a season for healing'

• Jada Pinkett Smith shared her first post on social media since Sunday's Academy Awards.
• At the Oscars, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith's bald head.

Jada Pinkett Smith appeared to react to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars after the comedian made a joke about her bald head.

On Tuesday morning, Pinkett Smith shared her first post on social media since the incident took place two days prior.

The actress posted a plain image on Instagram with the following text placed over it: "This is a season for healing and I'm here for it."

Pinkett Smith didn't include a caption and she disabled comments on the post.

Pinkett Smith attended the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday with Smith, to who she's been married since December 1997.

Smith was the frontrunner in the best actor category for his performance as Richard Williams, the real-life father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, in the 2021 biopic "King Richard."

During the ceremony, Rock appeared onstage to present the award for best documentary, which went to Questlove for "Summer of Soul."

Prior to announcing the winner, Rock made a joke about Pinkett Smith's bald head.

"Jada, I love ya. 'G.I. Jane 2,' can't wait to see it," he said.

Smith initially laughed at Rock's joke at the Oscars, but Pinkett Smith rolled her eyes and appeared unamused.

The actress had opened up about her hair loss due to the autoimmune disease alopecia on several previous occasions.

Days before the Oscars, Pinkett Smith posted a video on TikTok, in which she spoke about the challenges of "being a Black woman and dealing with hair in Hollywood" and said: "I don't give two craps what people feel about this bald head of mine. Cuz guess what? I love it."

Seconds after Rock delivered his joke about Pinkett Smith's appearance, Smith walked up to the stage and slapped Rock in the face before returning to his seat next to Pinkett Smith.

Rock played off the attack, leading viewers and audience members to question whether the moment was staged or not.

"Oh, wow! Wow. Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me," Rock said, in a moment that was muted in the broadcast in America. However, the broadcasts in Australia and Japan didn't censor the verbal spat.

Back in his seat, Smith shouted, "Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth!"

In response, Rock said: "Wow, dude. It was a 'G.I. Jane' joke."

"Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth!" Smith said.

"I'm going to, OK," Rock replied, seemingly unsure how to respond. "That was the greatest night in the history of television, OK."

According to Rob Mills, executive vice president of unscripted and alternative entertainment at Walt Disney Television, Rock's "G.I. Jane" comment was not in the script.

"You started to realize this is real once Chris, who certainly knows the limits of broadcast standards, said, 'Will Smith slapped the shit out of me,'" Mills told Variety. "That's when it became obvious that this was not a joke."

Later in the evening, Smith returned to the Oscars stage to accept his award for best actor.

In his five-minute-long speech, the actor apologized to the Academy was his behavior. Smith said that he wants "to be a vessel for love" and that "love will make you do crazy things."

At the end of his speech, he said: "I'm hoping the Academy invites me back."

On Monday, Smith shared a lengthy apology on Instagram, in which he called his conduct "unacceptable and inexcusable."

"Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally," he said, apologizing to Rock.

"I was out of line and I was wrong," he said. "I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness."