Newsweak ran a piece about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s appearance on a 2017 episode of Watch What Happens: Live with Andy Cohen. Pinkett-Smith casually discussed “rumors” surrounding the Smith’s marriage.
But the media accounts focus on Jada Pinkett-Smith’s being the butt of the joke or being the person Smith was “protecting.”
My question is, Why wasn’t Jada protecting Will? This was the greatest moment of his acting career, and with one look from her, he took an un-called for action that threw it all away.
That’s toxic femininity. That’s not a woman looking for protection, she is looking to destroy.
And Pinkett-Smith did.
The damage continues to roll out with every video of past interviews and interactions, and probably will for years. This is what people will remember about what used to be considered a great success story and a fine acting career.
Any good woman would not have allowed for it to happen.
That good woman would have reigned Smith in, because there is a moment and a time for every work, and what happened that Oscar evening wasn’t it.
Pinkett-Smith is not a woman who is interested in being protected or interested in protecting anyone else. In marriage, you have the best interest of your husband and family in the forefront. Pinkett-Smith only sought to serve her own interest.
Toxic femininity at work.
Then there is the glaring example of toxic femininity playing out in the courts: The defamation trial of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.
I have little respect for any woman who manipulates a broken man and drives him further into degradation. While Johnny Depp is a remarkable talent, it is evident that like Smith, he is broken to the core. Depp and his sister testified to this during the trial, and those who have watched his career have seen bits and pieces of that trouble play out over the years.
The couple married in 2015, and after a publicly tumultuous 23 months, finalized their divorce in 2017. Despite his personal struggles, Depp had garnered a reputation as a quality and professional actor and a stable family man (he was with Vanessa Paradis for 14 years).
Heard wrote a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post detailing how she was a victim of domestic abuse. Depp's reputation was trashed and that he lost work because of it. Depp officially sued his ex-wife for $50 million, and after much legal back and forth, Heard counter-sued for $100 million.
Stories of abusive and toxic men abound, but in this case, the spotlight is being shone on an abusive and toxic woman. When you admit to having to lock yourself into rooms and bathrooms to get away from your abusive wife, and that your sobriety was tanked because of this, it is obvious that you’ve been whipped. Depp testifying to having a piece of his finger sliced off by a broken Vodka bottle that Heard threw at him is also a distasteful detail and reflective of the type of person she is.
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2022/04/23/jada-pinkett-smith-and-amber-heard-make-me-question-why-is-no-one-talking-about-toxic-femininity-n554875
