Dawson's Creek alum Joshua Jackson sprang into action to defend his wife after saying she proposed to him first. Racist trolls came for her with online misogynoir after he shared the info.
Jackson told a sweet story of how his wife, Jodie Turner-Smith, proposed to him on vacation in Nicaragua back in 2019. After that, Turner-Smith started seeing some rather unkind comments on her Instagram page.
Jackson told Refinery29:
"The way people get in her comments and the ignorance and ugliness that comes her way is truly shocking."
"For anybody who is freaked out by a woman claiming her own space, shut the f**k up."
The way @VancityJax loves and defends his wife, @MissJodie : "And also for anybody who is freaked out by a woman claiming her own space, shut the fuck up."https://r29.co/3iQ3J2N— Refinery29 (@Refinery29) 1629224544
I have been \u201ctoting \u201c this black body around for 75 years and I appreciate your kind husband appreciating the good in his woman. Amen and thanks Mr. JJ. I have for real initials \nJ Jackson, too.— JJ (@JJ) 1629244705
well spoken. Love this!!— Jamie Simpson (@Jamie Simpson) 1629298533
Best man ever.— my \u2764\ufe0f never left this \u26f5\ufe0f (@my \u2764\ufe0f never left this \u26f5\ufe0f) 1629239984
Jackson continued:
"We're happy. That's it. That's all you need to know."
"That has been a real education for me as a White man, truly..."
"And it has been a necessary, but an unpleasant education in just the way people relate to Black bodies in general, but Black female bodies in specific."
"It is not okay. We have a long way to go."
a Manhttps://twitter.com/Refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026— DJohn\ud83d\udc99DJ\ud83d\udc51 (@DJohn\ud83d\udc99DJ\ud83d\udc51) 1629301956
Love, love, love!!!!https://twitter.com/Refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026— Jamie Simpson (@Jamie Simpson) 1629298557
I love @VancityJax! This is a great interview. Also, it\u2019s really nice that one of my childhood crushes has not let me down in adulthood.https://twitter.com/refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026— Kristin (\ud06c\ub9ac\uc2a4\ud2f4) (@Kristin (\ud06c\ub9ac\uc2a4\ud2f4)) 1629271434
I love this interview @VancityJax https://twitter.com/Refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026— \u2022life goes on\u2022 (@\u2022life goes on\u2022) 1629277490
Jackson also acknowledged his wife's struggle in dealing with the bigotry and sexism.
The interviewer, Kathleen Newman-Bremang said:
"Jodie is such an inspiration because it seems like she handles it in stride. She handles it all with humour and with grace."
Jackson replied:
"She does. And look, I think it's like a golden cage, the concept of the strong Black woman."
"I would wish for my wife that she would not have to rise above with such amazing strength and grace, above the ugliness that people throw at her on a day to day."
"I am impressed with her that she does it, but I would wish that that would not be the armor that she has to put on every morning to just navigate being alive."
https://twitter.com/refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/QFsrvEQnje— Kandis (@Kandis) 1629245910
A) This interview is great\nB) I immediately downloaded \u201cOracle\u201d, which also sounds great! https://twitter.com/Refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/rWntuw4FkG— alissa (@alissa) 1629244501
Well this is delightful.https://twitter.com/Refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026— Jada A Graves (@Jada A Graves) 1629244395
JJ has been a cutie since childhood. I\u2019ve been in love with him as Conway in The Mighty Ducks, as Pacey in Dawson\u2019s Creek, as Peter in Fringe. The fact that he\u2019s even cooler as Joshua Jackson the real man and even more of a dreamboat irl is wonderful. Also, I love being right.https://twitter.com/refinery29/status/1427697335983919110\u00a0\u2026— emelevil (@emelevil) 1629241901
Joshua Jackson is currently appearing in Peacock's streaming miniseries Dr. Death, as the titular Dr. Christopher Duntsch, who was convicted of gross malpractice and murder after injuring 33 patients and killing two of them.
The series has received accolades—and with such a star at the center, we'd expect nothing less.
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