-Welcome back. -Thank you.
-You look gorgeous. Thank you for coming back.
-Always.
-I want to talk about "Red Table Talk."
But I also have other questions.
I want to ask you about this and what is going on.
-Oh. -Yeah.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-You went skydiving? -I did. I did.
-Now, why would a human being do this?
-You know, that was my question.
But your friend, Will Smith... -Yeah.
-...turned 50. -That's right.
-And so he said, "The only thing I want for my birthday,
a birthday gift from you, is for you to jump out of a plane."
[ Laughter ]
-As a gift? -As a gift.
-To him. -And it's hard.
It's hard to find things for Will,
because he doesn't necessarily like objects.
-Material stuff, yeah. -He doesn't like material stuff.
So I was like, "Man, if that's what you really want,
then daggonit, I'll do it." -Wait, are you kidding me?
-Yeah. -So you did it?
-I did it for his 50th because that's what he wanted.
-But what's going through your brain right now?
-I'm saying to myself --
-Can I just throw a dummy out of here
and have him think that I skydived?
-Let me tell you because he's watching me and I'm going,
"Why would a husband ask his wife to jump out of a plane?"
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly.
-For his 50th. -Yeah.
-Unless he's got some different plans for the next half.
-Yeah, yeah. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. -Insurance -- Insurance money.
-Yeah, exactly! -That's smart.
-Big time. -Yeah, exactly.
But, did you -- Were you scared at all or --
-You know what? I actually wasn't.
It's like, I had more -- I was kind of anxious before,
and I just knew I was gonna freak out
once I got on the plane because I don't like heights
And I don't like planes. I don't like to fly.
-Wow! [ Laughter ]
-Yeah, I hate it, actually. -Wow.
-And I was like, "Jada, this is gonna be a test for you."
Just as far as how you can just keep your composure
in regards to your faith.
And, you know, my instructor, he was with me.
He was like, "You know, by this time I'm usually smelling fear
on the people that I'm strapped to."
He's like, "I'm not smelling any fear on you."
-Wow! -I'm like, "Nah."
-No. -"We gonna do this."
I just had a strong sense of confront.
-You documented this, right, for something?
-We did.
Will has a little special coming out
where he documented the whole thing.
It was very interesting.
-So I don't want you to give away any spoilers.
But would you do it again?
-No. -Okay, there you go.
[ Laughter ]
-I did it once. -Absolutely perfect. All right.
-I did it for his 50th. We're done!
[ Laughter ]
-I love that your voice is getting higher and higher.
[ High pitched ] "Okay, I'll do it, okay."
[ Laughter ]
[ Normal voice ] After this show,
you're headed over to the Sundance Film Festival?
-Yes. -Congrats on that.
-Thank you, thank you.
We have a movie there in competition called "Hala,"
which I'm very proud of, that we produced through --
-H-A-L-A? -Yeah.
And it's directed by a woman,
written by a woman, starring women.
And all of our heads of department were women.
-Hey, there you go. -Yeah.
-Good for you. -Yeah, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Fantastic! -Yeah.
-"Hala." -"Hala."
Yeah, so it's about a young -- a young woman.
A young Palestinian woman who's trying to figure out
how to keep her family traditions,
how to merge her family traditions
with growing up as a young woman in America.
-That's great. -Yeah.
-It's tough to get into that festival, so congratulations.
-Yeah, thank you. -That's awesome.
-I'm really proud. I'm really proud.
-Let's talk about "Red Table Talk."
-Yes. -'Cause I love this.
This is filmed in your home.
-Yes, it is.
-Is it still filmed in your home?
-It is.
-Because now at this point -- -For now.
-Because now you're like, "Hey, can we make it somewhere else?"
-Exactly!
-"So I don't have to keep getting filmed in my own home."
-But, you know, it creates a nice intimacy.
It really does. -Yeah.
-Because I have thought about moving it.
But it's nice to actually invite people into your home
to have these conversations.
-Well, your two co-hosts live in that home, don't they?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
It's your mom and your daughter. -Yeah.
-Look at you guys looking gorgeous together there.
-Thank you.
-On the cover of "Harper's Bazaar."
-That was my mother's first cover.
That's her first cover shoot at 65.
-Good for you, Mom! You look gorgeous!
-Yes! -Oh, my gosh. 65.
-She's bringing it. Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Now, when you first thought of this show,
would you just go like, "Well, let's just shoot, film it,
and see if -- see if something comes out of it?"
When did you learn that you're a good talk-show host?
-Well, you know, I -- I'm really just nosey.
That's kind of -- [ Laughter ]
-Oh, really? -Yeah, I'm really just nosey.
I think that's -- I'm just very interested in people.
So these are conversations
that I would just have on a regular basis.
These are conversations
that we'd have just around the kitchen table.
So we just decided to, you know, create a show
where we as a family, talking about really difficult issues
and important issues to us.
-It's really like hanging out with you.
-Yeah. -It's amazing.
It's on Facebook Watch, and it's great.
And do you have guests on the show?
Because I don't -- I've just seen --
-Yeah. Definitely. We've had quite a few. Will came on.
-Did he -- Oh, really?
-That was a good one. -Really?
-Oh, yeah, we talked about relationships.
-Oh, wow! He's got -- Really? See?
-Yeah. That was a good one.
-And there's a couple moments -- -Kid Cudi.
Kid Cudi came on, yeah.
-Really? -Yeah.
-There's a couple ones where I'm watching.
I'm just going like, who -- -Yeah.
-Like, I was just like,
"How is -- Why is -- Willow's gonna leave.
Willow's gonna walk out."
Willow came to you, she's like, "Mom."
But she's great. -Yes, she is.
-She's fantastic. -She's so smart, you know.
-She is.
-I learn a lot from her. I really do.
It's so nice just having three different generations
because we have three different perspectives about everything.
-Everything. -Yeah, so it's cool.
-Yeah, you cover everything. I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Jada, her daughter Willow and mom Adrienne
and Kid Cudi in "Red Table Talk."
Take a look at this. -Okay.
-I was really good at keeping my troubles hidden.
-Even from your friends?
-Even from my friends. -I understand that.
-Like, I really, like was good with that.
-You can become a master. -Yeah.
-I know all about that. -You know what I'm saying?
And it's, like, scary, 'cause it's when you hear people say,
like, "Well, I had no clue."
-Yeah. -Mm-hmm.
-And then they feel like, "I want to be your friend.
I want to be there for you."
And then it's like, "Dang, you're going through
all of this, and I was unaware."
That kind of makes them feel like,
"Damn, like, I'm not really doing my job as a friend."
-Right. -Trying to help, you know?
-It's sometimes where I let them know that it's not their fault.
-Yeah, yeah. -That's right.
-And, you know, it was me.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-I really went out of my way
to keep what I was going through hidden
'cause I was ashamed.
-Wow. [ Cheers and applause ]
Jada Pinkett Smith, everybody.
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