Newsweek published an article on April 1, 2022, pointing out that Chris Rock had made remarks about Jada Pinkett Smith's activism as far back as 1997, when Rock made jokes ridiculing Pinkett Smith's participation in the Million Woman March, in a heavily edited video as a part of a monologue, as well as in an interview with Pinkett Smith on his eponymous late night-talk show, The Chris Rock Show.[4]