I had to deal with a lot of trauma at a young age-Jada Pinkett Smith

26 May 2022

• Jada and Will Smith got married on New Year's Eve, 1997.

• Will Smith has two kids with Jada, namely, Jaden and Willow.

Will Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, has revealed that she has been dealing with childhood trauma in her adulthood.

The mother of two says that there are so many things she wishes she dealt with in the past.

Speaking during a segment on the Red Table talk, she shared that she keeps a strong front but behind that is a little girl who is traumatised.

“I had to deal with a lot of stressful, adult things at a young age. I didn’t have the ability to deal with the emotions that were coming with it. I just had to buck up."

Adding,

"And so those women you see that you think are so strong, there's this terrified little girl underneath. And that's me.”

A few months ago, Jada caused controversy after she refused to stand by her husband Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock.

This was after Chris made a joke about Jada during an event. Speaking about the incident Jada alleged that her husband overreacted.

“It was in the heat of the moment and it was him overreacting. He knows that she knows that. They’re in agreement that he overreacted."

The incident happened after Chris compared Pinkett (who suffers from alopecia) to Demi Moore’s bald character in "G.I. Jane."

Like most of the crowd, Will at first laughed but would later do a Jerkl and Hyde impression and became the aggressor as he went on stage and slapped a stunned Rock.

But that wasn't the end of it. Will then sat down and started shouting vulgarities at Rock, saying,

“Keep my wife’s name out of your f – – king mouth!” And repeated the same phrase another time for effect.

Chris showed his class and continued with his presentation before leaving the stage. Smith would later win the Best Actor Oscar for his role in “King Richard.”

After a fierce backlash to the incident, Will resigned from the Academy which then banned the actor from all Oscar-related events for 10 years.