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'Put on a f*****g wig': Bill Maher's SCATHING advice to Jada Smith if she's so bothered by her alopecia

'It’s not life-threatening. It’s part of - for most people, 80 percent of men, 50 percent of women, it’s part of aging,' Maher said

Bill Maher shared a few thoughts on the infamous Oscar slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards. Maher said that Jada Pinkett Smith should thank God that alopecia is the worst she’s dealing with during his HBO show, 'Real Time With Bill Maher' on Friday, April 1.

“If you are so lucky in life as to have that be your medical problem, just say ‘thank God," Maher cracked to his guests, attorney Laura Coates and former presidential and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang. The comedian added, “It’s not life-threatening. It’s part of - for most people, 80 percent of men, 50 percent of women, it’s part of aging. Aging is, trust me, I know, it’s the degradation of the flesh. It happens to all of us." Then, he suggested that Jada should have put on a wig if she was conscious about it saying, “And, you know, just put on a f–king wig like everybody else at the Oscars if it bothers you so much.”

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After the comment, the political talk show host said Will Smith’s smacking Chris Rock in front of millions of viewers on stage during one of the biggest nights over a joke about Jada’s bald head exposed ugly aspects of society, like toxic masculinity, victim culture and liberal hypocrisy, as he claimed that most Americans associate the Academy Awards with the Democratic party and coastal elites.

Maher's guests also agreed that they were distressed that a theater full of well-known movie stars would stand and applaud Smith’s best actor trophy minutes after his attack. Attorney Laura Coates commented. “I remember as a prosecutor prosecuting quite a few assaults and batteries, and they didn’t stand by and be like, no, no, no. I’ve got the rest of my kid’s soccer game. I gotta stay for this. So the fact that he was there to be like ‘here’s my award’ in, and of itself was shocking, let alone a standing ovation.”

Andrew Yang said he thought Smith would have had thicker skin. “I do feel like it’s part of the job of a world-famous celebrity attending an award show to absorb mild insults directed at you and yours,” he said. Bringing his own context into the matter, Yang added. “I ran for office and people said things around me I didn’t like and I didn’t get up and smack anyone.”

But such comments by the comedian about such a trending controversial topic are stirring up quite a commotion online. Some supported the comedian saying that Jada is lycky to have such medical problem rather then something serious like cancer. A Twitter user tweeted, "Yes! She could cancer like my mom did. Or live in the Ukraine. Or just barely be eking by like a big percent of Americans. Or... Eh, I could go on for hours, but you get the point." Another wrote, "Thank you - my thoughts exactly. No one has ever died from this."

Some feel that Maher should not have talked about Jada in that manner even though Smith's action was wrong. A user tweeted, "Glad it’s monday not friday so i don’t have to hear bill maher decry “the woke left” for ruining comedy for comedians since we don’t think making fun of Jada’s alopecia is funny -note this is not defense of will smiths violent outburst -chris rock was bad but will smith was worse". Another added, "Bill Maher talking shit about Jada Pickett Smith and her alopecia is pathetic."