In the last few days, we’ve learned so much about Jada Pinkett Smith but now we’re getting to know a little more about her former love and good friend, Tupac Shakur.
In an exclusive cover story for @PEOPLE, Smith who has been public about living with alopecia, says the late rapper also had the health condition. She explained, “I don’t think Tupac ever talked about the alopecia he suffered from.”
Smith says Tupac started to experience hair loss symptoms around 1991. “After he was in Northern California with the police officers that beat him up, he started losing his hair. And his alopecia patterns were far more extreme than mine,” Smith recalled. She went on to tell the outlet that she believes he kept his condition a secret due to “societal pressures” at the time. “I don’t think Pac ever talked about his alopecia, but he also looked really good with a bald head,” Smith said before adding,
“But that was during a time and during an era that you wouldn’t — he just wouldn’t talk about it.”
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More On Jada Pinkett’s Journey Dealing With Alopecia
Earlier this year, the well-respected actress talked more about her autoimmune disease as it was the subject of Chris Rock’s joke at last year’s ceremony.
Smith, 52, dedicated an episode of Red Table Talk to the sufferers of alopecia and their families.
“Considering what I’ve been through with my own health and what happened at the Oscars, thousands have reached out to me with their stories,” she said in the June 2022 episode . “I’m using this moment to give our alopecia family an opportunity to talk about what it’s like to have this condition, and to inform people about what alopecia actually is.”
“It’s so much shame around alopecia and when you go bald, and you don’t have a choice,” she said. “I think the part that makes it the most difficult for me is that it comes and goes. You’re going through a spout of something and you have to shave your head, because it’s falling out.” Despite her troubles, Smith said, “I feel like I’m part of such a beautiful tribe. The alopecia community is such a beautiful, amazing tribe,” she said. “I feel like I have this family that beautiful Rio is a part of.”
More On The Oscars Slap
During the 2022 awards show, Will Smith got out of his seat to smack Chris Rock across the face for making a joke about her alopecia. Jada Pinkett Smith recently revealed that she Italy thought it was a skit but realized it wasn’t until Will uttered the words to her, “are you ok.” The entertainer went on to say more about the infamous moment. Take a look below:
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