Nick Cannon appears to be relieved that Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” has come to an end… for the time being.
During a segment of his new live radio show, The Daily Cannon, the 42-year-old host opened up about the show’s cancellation and Will Smith’s various appearances over the years.
On Thursday, Meta announced that Facebook Watch would be shutting down, effectively canceling the popular talk show. Cannon described the new development as “good,” before claiming that Jada and Will’s public discussion of their marriage on Red Table Talk was the catalyst for the “King Richard” actor’s infamous outburst at the 2022 Academy Awards.
“If there was no Red Table Talk, then he wouldn’t have slapped the s— out of Chris Rock,” Nick said, referencing the “slap heard ’round the world” after Rock made a joke about Jada’s shaved head during the Oscars ceremony.
Though Nick’s co-hosts Courtney Bee Bledsoe and Abby De La Rosa shared how much they liked the show, Cannon dubbed the series the “toxic table.”
“That was royalty, Will and Jada. Then they brought it to the table,” he said of Smith’s frequent appearances on the program. “I don’t want to know all this s— about y’all.”
“They made all them memes about my brother Will, they didn’t need to do that,” said Cannon. “I just want to mind my Black-owned business. I don’t want to be up in everybody else’s kitchen. Keep that s— to y’all selves.”
“F— that table,” he also exclaimed.
