“It’s a scary time to have an opinion or to say the wrong thing…”
,” but the infamous incident is still fresh on Zoë Kravitz’s mind. Two days after Will Smith smacked Chris Rock for cracking a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s alopecia while onstage at this year’s Oscars, the 33-year-old actor became embroiled in the scandal by simply posting an Instagram caption and comment.
“I’m torn about what to say right now, because I’m supposed to just talk about it; I have very complicated feelings around it,” she told the. “I wish I had handled that differently. And that’s okay.” The response made Kravitz reflect on speaking out in general. “It’s a scary time to have an opinion or to say the wrong thing or to make controversial art or statements or thoughts or anything,” she continued. “It’s mostly scary because art is about conversation.
Kravitz has learned from what she now considers her mistake. “I was reminded that I’m an artist,” she added. “Being an artist is not about everybody loving you or everyone thinking you’re hot. It’s about expressing something that will hopefully spark a conversation or inspire people or make them feel seen. I think I’m in a place right now where I don’t want to express myself through a caption or a tweet. I want to express myself through art.
Kravitz isn’t the only one who’s still thinking about The Slap: Less than a month ago, Smith broke his silence in an extremely belatedin which he formally apologized to Rock. From the sound of it, though, Kravitz is ready to put it the whole thing in the past. Her grid has returned to its usual programming: ads for Saint Laurent, photos of her dad Lenny, and teases of her directorial debut
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