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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Jada Pinkett Smith (EXCLUSIVE): “I just wanted to stay ALIVE until 4pm!”, “Me & Will Are NOT Together”, “Tupac Kissed Me TWICE!”

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Drug dealer, Hollywood star, wife, mother, icon. Jada Pinkett Smith is dismantling her defences and revealing all. In this new episode Steven sits down with global superstar, Jada Pinkett Smith. Jada Pinkett Smith is an American actor who has appeared in films such as, ‘The Nutty Professor’, ‘Magic Mike XXL’ and ‘The Matrix Resurrections’. She is the co-host of the talk show ‘Red Table Talk’, and was named as one of Time magazines’ 100 Most Influential people in 2021. In this conversation Jada and Steven discuss topics, such as: How drugs were here parents priority Taking to the streets to find her identity and self-worth Being told by her father that he couldn’t be her father Using acting and art as an outlet and a way to escape Acting as a way to escape The domestic violence she experienced Wanting to be a hustler and big time drug dealer Drug dealing as a teenager Trying to created herm own safety, security and protection Growing up in a ‘war zone’ and getting used to violence and vigilance Getting a gun pointed to her head at 17 years old Being ‘out of her mind’ and fearless Coming to Hollywood in survival mode Being misunderstood all her life Never feeling as if you have ‘arrived’ and wanting to be loved Meeting Tupac at 14 years old Kissing Tupac and their relationship The greatness of Tupac Meeting Will Smith for the first time How Will Smith taught her never judge a book by its cover Having a mental breakdown and wanting to die Buying a farmhouse to escape Hollywood to build a quiet life Seeing Tupac in Rikers Island prison The last time she ever saw Tupac Still working out her relationship with grief Feeling spiritually bankrupt at the peak of her success Abandoning herself to Will Smith’s dreams The flaws of the romantic dream Being told by Will to go make herself happy Detoxing her need for outside validation and perfection Waking up everyday and just trying to make it to 4pm Planning her suicide to look like an accident Feeling as if she was born broken ‘The Slap’ and taking the blame for events Why ‘The Slap’ was never about her You can purchase Jada’s new memoir, ‘Worthy’, here: https://bit.ly/3S0co4z Follow Jada: Instagram: https://bit.ly/46vt340 Twitter: https://bit.ly/3RSjGYo Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now: https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter: http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin: https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram: http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Sponsors: Eightsleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/uk/steven/ CODE: STEVEN (save $150 on the Pod Cover) Zoe: http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO10 for 10% off Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0

I was in a cycle of self-hatred and it was just a really dark time.

0:34.0

I went out and I knew I had to make it look like an accident

0:38.0

because I did not want my kids to think that I had committed.

0:49.0

Please welcome Jada Pinkett Smith.

0:52.0

Jada, I knew you was a Hollywood actress.

0:55.0

I never knew you were the daughter of two drug addicted parents

0:58.0

and a teenage drug daily yourself on the streets of Baltimore.

1:01.0

I really thought I was going to be the next big-time female drug dealer.

1:04.0

I was absolutely fearless.

1:06.0

But getting two 9-millimeter pointed at you.

1:08.0

They pointed two guns at you.

1:10.0

That's a big wake-up call.

1:12.0

What happened?

1:13.0

Somebody set me up.

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