Jada Pinkett Smith has shared her first full statements regarding her husband Will Smith's slap of comedian Chris Rock at this year's Oscars. The actress discusses the topic in the latest episode of her Red Table Talk series on Wednesday (June 1).

“My deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile," she says to the camera. "The state of the world today, we need ’em both. And we all actually need one another more than ever. Until then, Will and I are continuing to do what we have done for the last 28 years, and that’s keep figuring out this thing called life together.”

The majority of the episode is dedicated to discussing Pinkett-Smith's battle with alopecia; a disease which causes hair to fall out. At the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, Rock made a joke onstage about Pinkett-Smith's bald head, which led to Will Smith taking the stage and slapping the comedian in the face, before returning to his seat and screaming "Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth!" Smith would take home the Academy Award for Best Actor on the same night, for his performance as Richard Williams in King Richard.

The incident became one of the year's most widely-discussed controversies; with the Academy electing to ban Will Smith from all Academy functions, including the Oscars, for the next ten years.

During the episode, Jada reveals that 147 million people live with the condition, and she recalls the stress of having hair grow and disappear.