Zoë Kravitz Responds To Backlash From Woke Mob After Will Smith Slap Comments: ‘Scary Time To Have An Opinion’

When Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars back in March, it seemed like absolutely everyone had an opinion! However, many celebs kept those opinions to themselves, for fear of upsetting people; while others, on the other hand, couldn’t help but give their two cents.

Zoë Kravitz famously fell into the latter category, making her thoughts on the situation very clear. Although she deleted her social media comments quite soon afterwards due to the backlash she was receiving, the internet hasn’t forgotten what she said – and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that she now wishes she “had handled that differently.”

As part of her cover interview for the WSJ. Magazine Fall 2022 Women’s Fashion Issue, the 33-year-old Big Little Lies actress confessed that she regretted posting what she did. If you cast your minds back to the infamous Oscars night, you may remember that the Pussy Island director shared a since-deleted picture of herself on in her stunning pink Anthony Vaccarello for YSL gown on the red carpet, with the caption: “Here’s a picture of my dress at the show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now.”

In a second since-deleted picture of her Vanity Fair after-party look, again by Anthony Vaccarello for YSL, the High Fidelity star wrote: “and here is a picture of my dress at the party after the award show -where we are apparently screaming profanities and assaulting people on stage now.” And when asked by a fan whether she supported the Oscar-winning King Richard actor’s behavior, she replied, “nope.” Seems like her thoughts on the matter were very clear!

“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,” the Batman actress told the pub. “I wish I had handled that differently. And that’s OK.” She went on to say that, “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.”

“It’s mostly scary because art is about conversation. That should, in my opinion, always be the point,” she continued. “The internet is the opposite of conversation. The internet is people putting things out and not taking anything in. I was reminded that I’m an artist. 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.” She concluded by saying: “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.”