The Emmy Award winner, 50, posed for a selfie with theDance Momsalum, 56, at Saturday’sgrand opening of the Rhimes Performing Arts Centerin Los Angeles, where Miller says they connected over their respective struggles with hair loss.
“I had a chance to talk to the radiant @jadapinkettsmith and we both agree - it’s just easier to throw on a baseball cap than it is [to] do your hair!” she captioned thephoto. “Whether you lose it all going through rounds of chemotherapy (like I did) or as a result of many other illnesses, functional disorders, too much wear and tear, even a hereditary disposition - you can always be beautiful inside & out!”
Miller has been openabout her hair lossas a result of chemotherapy treatments for her 2018diagnosis with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which has since gone into remission. She laterdocumented her wig-shopping journeyon Instagram.
Jada has also shed light in recent years onher struggles with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes bald spots and hair losses. She most recently discussed the condition when sheunveiled her bald ‘doin December.
“It was terrifying when it first started. I was in the shower one day and had just handfuls of hair in my hands and I was just like, ‘Oh my god, am I going bald?'” JadasaidonRed Table Talkin 2018.
TheMatrix Resurrectionsactress’ hair loss recently became a hot topicafter the controversial momentat the 94thAcademy Awardslast month when her husbandWill SmithsmackedChris Rockacross the face for making a joke about her.
“Jada, I love ya.G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see ya,” Rock, 57, said before Will, 53, took the stage and hit him.
“Keep my wife’s name out your f—ing mouth!” Smith yelled up to the stage at Rock after taking his seat again.
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Many have shown their support for Jada over her struggle with alopecia, pointing out the disparities in how self-esteem around hair loss affects Black women. Rock evenmade a documentary about the topicwith 2009’sGood Hair.
Chris’ brother Kenny Rockhas also defended him, arguing that “if he knew that she had alopecia … he wouldn’t make a joke about that. But he didn’t know.”
Meanwhile, some have taken aim at Jada over the condition.Bill Maherchose todownplay her alopeciaearlier this month on his HBO talk show,Real Time. “I mean, alopecia, it’s not leukemia, OK?” he said.
Willhas since resignedfrom the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hasbanned him from the awards showfor 10 years.
source: people.com
