Jada Pinkett Smith addresses outcome of Oscar slap, hair-loss ‘shame’

Jada Pinkett Smith appears on an episode of her online series “Red Table Talk.” (AP)

LOS ANGELES — Jada Pinkett Smith turned her husband’s Oscar-night blowup into a teachable moment about alopecia areata, the hair-loss disorder affecting her and millions of others that, in some cases, can impact a person’s sense of identity.

“Considering what I’ve been through with my own health and what happened at the Oscars, thousands have reached out to me with their stories,” Pinkett Smith said on Wednesday’s episode of “Red Table Talk.”