Will Smith has proven that he’s every inch the proud dad as he watched his kids perform at Coachella last week.
The 54-year-old has had a rough few months, especially following the ongoing drama surrounding his Oscars slap in 2022 – with comedian Chris Rock mocking the incident in his latest Netflix comedy special Selective Outrage. Rock had made his comic comeback a year after he was involved in an awkward and widely-mocked moment at last year’s Oscars, when Smith stormed onto the stage as Rock was presenting and slapped him across the face.
At that time, Rock had made a joke referencing Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and likened her baldness (a result of alopecia) to G. I. Jane – a 1997 movie starring Demi Moore as a female lieutenant who enters the Navy SEALS. Moore had shaven her head for that role.
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Will Smith defended his wife Jada after Chris Rock mocked her bald look at the 2022. Oscars. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy
The doting dad brushed all that aside, however, to make an appearance at the California music festival Coachella – where his two youngest kids Jaden, 24, and Willow, 22, were performing, TMZ reported.
Taking to Instagram, Smith posted a short clip of himself jamming in the moshpit while watching Willow’s solo set in the Mojave Tent. He simply captioned the upload: “WILLOWCHELLA!!” He was grinning from ear to ear as his son Jaden joined Willow onstage.