Jada Pinkett Smith Reacts To Taraji P. Henson's Viral Comments About Pay Disparities In Hollywood

The "Red Table Talk" host's response comes after "The Color Purple" star shed tears over Black women facing pay inequity in Hollywood.

Jada Pinkett Smith is showing support for Taraji P. Henson months after the “Color Purple” star went viral for getting emotional about facing pay disparities in Hollywood as a Black woman.

While appearing on NPR’s “It’s Been a Minute,” Pinkett Smith, 52, was asked by host Brittany Luse if she resonated with Henson’s words as a longtime Hollywood actor.

“Absolutely,” the “The Matrix Resurrections” star said in an interview that published Tuesday. “My heart broke for Taraji, and I was also happy [to see] how courageous she was to speak about it in the way that she did.”

Pinkett Smith continued, “One of the things with Taraji is that she is the breadwinner of her family. Her pressures would be different than mine. I have to put that out front, because if it’s time to walk away, that’s not always the solution.”

She added: “Because what people don’t understand with us as Black entertainers, we carry a lot of people with us.”