Laura Mathias, a British advocate for people with alopecia, condemned Smith's actions, but said that the incident brought more public awareness of the condition. She also said that she was more likely to go out in public without a wig to cover her baldness in response to Chris Rock's joke, and encouraged other bald people to do the same.[115] U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, who has also been diagnosed with alopecia, said that the condition is "not a line in a joke".