Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk returns Wednesday for the first episode on Facebook Watch since her husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars last month. Check out a trailer below.
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Season 5 of the Daytime Emmy-winning digital talk series, which also stars Pinkett Smith’s daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne “Gammy” Banfield Norris, begins with guest Janelle Monáe. The LGBTQ+ advocate and eight-time Grammy nominee reveals why she no longer sees herself as a woman and what inspired her to come out at the age of 32.
Other S5 guests include Kim Basinger and her daughter Ireland Baldwin; the parents of Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who committed suicide earlier this year; and The Tinder Swindler victim Ayleen Charlotte. Also, Smith siblings Willow, Jaden and Trey are taking over the table for their first solo episode.
But there’s no mention of The Slap in the trailer or other promotional materials, so there’s no telling whether Pinkett Smith or anyone will address it on Wednesday or later in the season.
Each episode of Red Table Talk is filmed at the Smith family home, where the passionate and opinionated hosts bring their unique perspectives on real issues that affect real people. The series, which won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Informative Talk Show last year, is produced by Westbrook Studios, with Pinkett Smith, Ellen Rakieten, Miguel Melendez, Meghan Hoffman and Jill Van Lokeren serving as executive producers.
Here’s the trailer for Season 5: