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>>> JADA PINKETT SMITH IS AN
ACTRESS, MUSICIAN, MOTHER,
ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST,
THE WOMAN HAS DONE IT ALL.
NOW, SHE'S OPENED UP IN HER NEW
SERIES "RED TABLE TALK."
JADA IS HERE.
FIRST, A LOOK BACK AT HER
CAREER.
JADA PINKETT SMITH HAS MADE HER
NAME IN "SET IT OFF," "THE
MATRIX," "MADAGASCAR" AND
"GIRLS' TRIP."
SHE BURST ON TO THE SCENE IN THE
'90s HIT, "A DIFFERENT WORLD."
SOON AFTER, PINKETT SMITH
AUDITIONED FOR A SITCOM "THE
FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR."
SHE DIDN'T GET THE PART BUT SHE
GOT THE MAN.
AFTER A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE, SHE
MARRIED WILL SMITH IN 1987.
THEY HAVE BEEN ONE OF
HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST POWER
COUPLES.
AND NOW, JADA PINKETT SMITH IS
GETTING REAL, AND SHARING THE
LESSONS SHE LEARNED IN LIFE AND
LOVE, IN A FACEBOOK SHOW CALLED
"RED TABLE TALK."
>> THE TABLE OF PASSION.
THE TABLE OF TRUTH.
THE RED TABLE.
HELLO, FACEBOOK.
>> Reporter: THE SERIES FEATURES
PINKETT SMITH HAVING CANDID
CONVERSATIONS WITH HER MOTHER,
DAUGHTER AND VARIOUS FRIENDS.
COVERING TOPICS FROM BODY IMAGE
TO PARENTING.
>> I HATE WHEN I GET ONE.
>> OH, MOM.
>> I THINK PARENTS HAVE TO GIVE
THEMSELVES MUCH MORE
FORGIVENESS.
>> Reporter: JADA PINKETT SMITH
LEAVES IT ALL ON THE TABLE.
>> AS MOTHERS, THERE'S SO MUCH
EXPECTATION TO BE PERFECT FOR
YOUR KIDS.
IT'S OKAY.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
THERAPY.
IT'S OKAY.
>> LOVE THAT.
HELP ME WELCOME JADA PINKETT
SMITH.
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RIGHT OVER THERE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
IN YOUR HONOR, WE GOT OUR OWN
RED TABLE GOING TODAY.
>> I LOVE THIS.
THIS IS AWESOME.
>> I AM LOVING THIS SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED IT
OUT, YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND FACEBOOK JUST
ANNOUNCED --
>> YES.
WE'RE DOING 13 MORE EPISODES.
>> YAY.
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AS WELL YOU SHOULD.
IT IS COMPLETELY UNFILTERED.
THE RED TABLE, WHY IS IT CALLED
THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TABLE
OF PURIFICATION, WHERE WE CAN
BRING SUGGES SUBJECTS THAT MAY
DIFFICULT OR NOT EASY TO TALK
ABOUT, THE TABLE OF
TRANSPARENCY, THE TABLE OF LOVE,
THE TABLE OF PASSION, THE TABLE
OF FRIENDSHIP, THE TABLE OF
COMMUNION.
>> AND IT'S IN YOUR HOME.
>> YES, IN MY HOME.
>> WE GET TO GO INSIDE HER HOME.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING
THAT'S BEEN BANNED.
YOU'VE GONE TO INTIMATE
REVEALING PLACES.
WHY?
WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
>> I THINK THAT AT 47, I'VE COME
THROUGH SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW?
AND THE ONE THING THAT I'VE
REALIZED IN MY LIFE, PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO SHARE
THEIR TESTIMONIES WITH ME, HAVE
BEEN POWERFUL ELIXIRS.
AND I JUST FELT LIKE, ALSO, IN
THIS WORLD TODAY, WE TALK SO
MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON
THE OUTSIDE.
AND WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN US.
I WANTED A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
FEEL SAFE TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I DO THAT OFTEN,
WITHIN MY OWN FAMILY.
I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST
SHARE THAT.
>> YOU ARE VERY OPEN.
AND IT'S A CREDIT TO YOU.
I KNOW YOU THINK IT WILL HELP
PEOPLE IF THEY HEAR YOU TALKING
ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
AND I COMPLETELY AGREE.
THERE WAS A MOMENT ON THE SHOW,
BECAUSE YOUR DAUGHTER, WILLOW,
IS THERE.
WHO IS AMAZING.
SHE'S SO EVOLVED AND SUCH A,
LIKE, DEEP THINKER.
I MEAN, HOW OLD IS SHE?
>> SHE'S 17.
>> ONLY 17.
SHE'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE YOUNG
WOMAN.
AND SHE REVEALS TO YOU THAT WHEN
SHE WAS YOUNGER, AND SHE WAS
COMING TO FAME AT A YOUNG AGE,
10, WITH WHIP MY HAIR BACK AND
FORTH, SHE DESCRIBED FAME AS
EXTRAORDINARILY EXCRUCIATINGLY
TERRIBLE.
AND ADMITTED SHE TOOK TO
CUTTING.
>> YEAH.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE SEEING
MORE OF IN OUR YOUNG GIRLS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YOU SEEMED SHOCKED AT THAT.
>> I WAS.
BUT IN THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT,
WILLOW WAS SPEAKING FROM A PLACE
OF POWER.
AS HER MOTHER, I NEEDED TO MEET
HER THERE, INSTEAD OF CRUMBLING
WITHIN MY OWN INSECURITIES OR MY
OWN DOUBTS, OH, MY GOODNESS,
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
MY DAUGHTER WAS REVEALING
SOMETHING TO ME IN A PLACE OF
POWER SHE HAD COME THROUGH.
IN THAT MOMENT, I HAD TO MEET
HER IN THAT SPACE THAT SHE WAS
IN AND GO, OKAY.
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>> LISTENING TO YOU HEAR, I FEEL
THE WAY LIKE WHEN I LISTEN TO
YOU ON THE SHOW, WHICH IS, MY
FEELING IS HOW LUCKY YOUR KIDS
ARE TO HAVE YOU AND WILL, IN
THIS EVOLVED SPACE YOURSELVES.
YOU DIDN'T GET THERE WITHOUT A
LOT OF HARD WORK.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S REAL TALK.
I MEAN, A LOT OF HARD WORK.
I WAS SHARING ON MY INSTAGRAM
THE OTHER DAY, OF JUST THOSE
TIMES THAT I WAS IN DEEP
DESPAIR, THAT I ALSO THOUGHT
ABOUT TAKING MY LIFE, YOU KNOW?
HOW YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ONE
ANSWER.
IT'S LIKE LIFE IS A JOURNEY TO
HELP US GET TO A PLACE OF
HEALING.
AND I WISH SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME
THAT.
I WISH SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OBSTACLES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFICULT
TIMES.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DARK TIMES.
YOU KNOW?
BUT JUST UNDERSTAND, KEEP
STEPPING.
LIFE STARTS TO REVEAL ITSELF TO
YOU.
AND THE LIGHT WILL COME.
KEEP STEPPING.
YOU KNOW?
>> LOVE IT.
AND SO --
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YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THAT'S ANOTHER
MESSAGE THAT I JUST WANT TO
SHARE.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE
GOING THROUGH SUCH DIFFICULTY.
>> IT WAS BRAVE OF YOU.
BRAVE TO ADMIT HAVING SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS.
IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHAT WE SAW
THIS WEEK, REALLY NEEDED, PEOPLE
TO BE HONEST ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH, MENTAL WELL-BEING.
JADA IS OPEN ABOUT HOW SHE'S
GOTTEN TO THIS HEALTHY PLACE,
AND WHAT SHE DOES EVERY DAY.
AND ALSO, THERE'S A LITTLE GIRLS
AND BEES TALK ON THE SHOW.
>>> MY INTRODUCTION TO SEX WAS
OBVIOUSLY WALKING IN ON YOU AND
DADDY.
THAT WAS THE FIRST INTRODUCTION
TO SEX.
>> WHEN DID YOU WALK IN ON US?
>> IT WAS IN UTAH.
NOT UTAH, ASPEN.
I THINK IT WAS IN ASPEN.
I WAS GOING DOWNSTAIRS TO GET
SOME JUICE.
I SAW FOR A LITTLE MOMENT AND I
RAN AWAY.
THAT WAS A SHOT FROM "RED TABLE
TALK."
YOU SEE JADA PINKETT SMITH,
HAVING SOME CANDID CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HER DAUGHTER WALKING IN ON
YOU AND WILL IN THE ACT, SHALL
WE SAY?
>> ANOTHER SHOCKING MOMENT.
>> YOU'RE LEARNING A LOT.
>> I'M LEARNING SO MUCH.
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT ONE.
>> ARE THE DOORS LOCKED?
WHERE IS EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE?
AM I GOOD?
YOU -- AS I SAID, NO HOLDS
BARRED.
YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOUR
GRANDMOTHER TALKED YOU TO
SELF-PLEASURE AT AGE --
>> 9.
SHE TAUGHT ME ABOUT
SELF-PLEASURING, YES.
>> WASN'T LIKE A HOW-TO MANUAL?
>> YEAH, THERE'S NO TUTORIAL.
NO TUTORIAL.
BUT SHE DID EXPLAIN TO ME THE
IMPORTANCE OF IT, AT 9 YEARS
OLD.
THAT'S WHEN SHE TAUGHT ME ABOUT
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES.
IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
SHE HAD TAUGHT MY MOTHER.
BUT I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM
WATCHING MY MOTHER AND HER OTHER
TWO DAUGHTERS GROWING UP, AS
TEENAGERS.
I THINK SHE LEARNED WHAT DIDN'T
GO SO WELL.
AND THEN, SHE TRIED TO CORRECT
THAT WITH ME.
AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
WOMEN IN BALTIMORE TO ACTUALLY
TEACH SEX EDUCATION IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> WOW.
>> AND YOU SAY, I KNOW YOU FELT,
AS A MOM, YOU KNEW WHEN YOUR
CHILDREN HAD BECOME SEXUALLY
ACTIVE.
>> I KNEW WHEN JADEN, FOR SURE.
THE NIGHT.
>> HOW?
HOW?
>> THE NIGHT.
AS A MOTHER OF THREE, I WANT TO
KNOW HOW.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN
SWAG.
THERE IS.
YOU KNOW?
HE WAS WALKING DIFFERENT.
THERE WAS JUST A LOSS OF THIS,
MY LITTLE BOY WAS GONE.
>> OH, RIGHT.
>> MY LITTLE BOY WAS GONE.
AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND I WAS
LIKE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON?
AND HE'S LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW.
JUST WITH A FRIEND.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY.
YOU WANT TO TELL ME?
RIGHT AWAY, HE CAN'T LIE.
>> HE DID TELL YOU?
>> OH, YEAH.
TOLD ME RIGHT AWAY.
>> I LOVE HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT
WILL WITH YOUR KIDS ON THE SHOW.
THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT JADEN'S AD
CAMPAIGN.
IN A COUPLE HE HAD ON THE SKIRT.
AND THERE WAS A QUESTION HOW
WILL SMITH, THE HUSBAND, REACTED
TO JADEN IN THE SKIRT.
>> YEP.
>> WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> IT WAS BEFORE THE OFFER.
A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONVERSATION
ABOUT IT AND THE FAMILY.
WILL CALLED ME AND IT WAS LIKE,
JADEN, YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT MY
SON IN A CAMPAIGN WITH SKIRTS.
THAT'S ONE THING IF HE WANTS TO
LIVE HIS LIFE.
HE WANTS TO WALK AROUND THE
STREETS, OKAY.
BUT A CAMPAIGN?
I WAS LIKE, WILL, THIS IS WHAT
HE WANTS.
AND WILL WAS LIKE, OKAY.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, COOL.
AND GOT THERE.
>> YOU RAISED THESE TWO KIDS
THAT ARE EXTRAORDINARY IN THE
LIMELIGHT, RIGHT?
YOU TALK OPENLY ABOUT, YOU GUYS
ARE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU HAVE FAME, THEY HAVE THEIR
OWN FAME.
>> YEP.
>> THE PRESSURES THAT THAT HAS
PUT ON YOUR FAMILY.
>> YES.
>> IT'S LIKE MOST HOLLYWOOD
CELEBRITIES WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT
IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO,
BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO PRIVATE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SHARE, OR
THEY'RE WORRIED THAT PEOPLE OUT
THERE WILL THINK THEY'RE DOING A
POOR ME ROUTINE IN THIS LIFE OF
PRIVILEGE.
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU COME ACROSS.
YOU'RE KEEPING IT REAL.
>> YEAH.
>> IT HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES.
>> HAS IT CHALLENGES, AND BIG
ONES.
YOU KNOW?
I THINK THAT WE CAN NEVER FORGET
THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE'RE ALL HUMAN.
WHATEVER YOUR LIFESTYLE MAY BE,
WHAT YOUR NATIONALITY, YOUR
COLOR, YOUR GENDER, WE ALL BLEED
THE SAME COLOR.
YOU KNOW.
JUST A GOOD REMINDER OF THAT.
>> YEP.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS
DIDN'T ENJOY THEIR FAME.
>> NO.
AND YET, IT WAS THEIRS, WHETHER
THEY WANTED IT OR NOT.
>> WHETHER THEY WANTED IT OR
NOT.
FOR WILLOW NOW -- JADEN HAS COME
INTO HIMSELF A BIT MORE.
BUT WILLOW HASN'T DECIDED IF
THIS IS SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO
DO, AS A CAREER.
SHE'S PART OF A FAMILY IN THE
SPOTLIGHT.
THAT'S SOMETHING HE HAD TO DEAL
WITH.
AND SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO SHE IS IN THE LIFE THAT SHE
WANTS TO HAVE WITHIN THAT.
LIKE, I'M PART OF THIS FAMILY
BUT DO I HAVE TO BE OF THIS
HOLLYWOOD THING?
SHE'S IN THE MIDST OF FIGURING
THAT OUT.
AND SHE'S DOING A PRETTY GOOD
JOB.
>> JADA REVEALS AS PART OF THE
SERIES, SHE WAS ASKED, FOR WHOM
SHE GRIEVED THE MOST?
WHAT LOSS SHE HAD IN HER LIFE.
AND THE ANSWER
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>>> AND WE'RE BACK, NOW, WITH
JADA PINKETT SMITH, WHO DOES NOT
SHY AWAY FROM ANY TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION ON HER SHOW, "RED
TABLE TALK," NOW STREAMING ON
FACEBOOK WATCH.
SO, YOU WERE ASKED WHAT WAS THE
HARDEST YOU'VE EVER GRIEVED?
AND YOU SAID, THE HARDEST I'VE
EVER GRIEVED WAS FOR MYSELF.
AND TALKED ABOUT HOW GIING UP
YOUR CAREER FOR YOUR CHILDREN,
WAS A REAL BATTLE FOR YOU.
>> IT WAS.
NOT ONLY GIVING UP MY CAREER BUT
THE FREEDOM IN MY LIFESTYLE THAT
I WAS USED TO.
IT WAS JUST ME.
YOU KNOW, JADEN WAS A SURPRISE.
IT WASN'T PLANNED.
>> A STOWAWAY.
>> RIGHT, A STOWAWAY.
MY LIFE CHANGED QUICKLY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ADJUSTMENT TO
MAKE.
AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, YOU
KNOW, WILL'S CAREER WAS JUST
TAKING OFF.
AND SOMEBODY HAS TO HOLD THE
FORT DOWN AT HOME, YOU KNOW?
AND SO, IT WAS A VERY -- IT WAS
VERY CHALLENGING, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO I WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS NEW LIFE.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND HAVING TO DIE THE DEATH
OF THE OLD JADA.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I KIND
OF LET A LOT OF THAT OLD JADA
GO, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO.
YOU KNOW?
IT WAS KIND OF MY IDEA OF WHAT I
THOUGHT A MOTHER SHOULD BE, WHAT
I THOUGHT BEING IN A FAMILY OR
BEING IN A PARTNERSHIP WAS
SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT MYSELF AND
GOING, WHAT IS IT THAT I NEED
THAT MAKES ME HAPPY WITHIN THIS
NEW, YOU KNOW, LIFESTYLE.
>> WE DON'T ASK OURSELVES THAT
ENOUGH.
WHAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY.
AS OPPOSED TO WHAT SHOULD.
>> I DO.
ONCE I STARTED TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WOULD
MAKE ME HAPPY AND HAVING THE
COURAGE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF ALL
OF THE BOXES, THAT PEOPLE
THOUGHT I SHOULD SIT WITHIN, I
GOT A LOT MORE HAPPY.
>> HOW IS THE FEELING NOW?
"GIRLS TRIP" WAS THE FUNNIEST
MOVIE EVER.
AND NOW, YOU'RE BACK IN THE
SADDLE NOW.
HOW IS THAT FEELING TO YOU?
>> IT FEELS GOOD.
IT REALLY DOES.
IT FEELS GOOD TO HAVE MY FAMILY
AND MYSELF.
ALONG WITH JUST MY LIFE OUTSIDE
OF MY FAMILY, AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, AND IT FEELS GOOD TO
JUST FEEL MORE OF A WHOLE WOMAN.
AND OF COURSE, I'M STILL ON THE
JOURNEY TO COMPLETE THAT.
BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MORE OF
WHO I TRULY AM.
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
MARRIED NOW?
>> WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 20 YEARS.
>> AND YOU HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN
ABOUT, YOU'VE GOTTEN COUPLE'S
THERAPY.
LOVE THERAPY.
I CANNOT RECOMMEND THERAPY
ENOUGH.
HOW IS IT?
AND HOW HAVE YOU LASTED THIS
LONG?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY
INTERESTING.
WILL AND I HAVE A VERY UNIQUE
PARTNERSHIP.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT THAT AT THE RED TABLE FOR
THE NEXT 13.
WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE
PARTNERSHIP.
AND IT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE
WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE WHERE
YOU CAN LOVE SOMEONE AND ALLOW
THEM TO BE EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE.
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>> RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW?
AND NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THESE EXPECTATIONS OF, LIKE, YOU
NEED TO BE THIS FOR ME OR I
CAN'T BE HERE FOR YOU, OR WHAT
HAVE YOU.
THROUGH MY JOURNEY HAVE LEARNED
TO LOVE HIM IN THE MOST PURE WAY
AND LOVE EVERYTHING THAT COMES
WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW?
AND HE'S LEARNING TO DO THE
SAME.
>> IT'S OUR PRESSURE TO WATCH IT
ALL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
WILL SMITH AT "THE RED TABLE."
>> HE'S COMING UP.
>> WE'LL TUNE IN.
JADA, SUCH A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR THE SHOW.
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