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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Marriage and Parenthood With Jada Pinkett Smith

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by actress, host, and author Jada Pinkett Smith to discuss her new memoir, ‘Worthy’ (:56), growing up in Baltimore (10:03), and correcting the record on what people get wrong about her (14:32). Plus, advice on navigating marriage and parenthood in the public eye (16:35). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Jada Pinkett Smith Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

And welcome to another episode of the McCarty Sellers podcast.

0:18.0

Today we have a very, very, very special guest with us, somebody who I know I've loved and adored and we collectively probably have loved and adored for a very long time.

0:27.0

She's been in our life for a long time, but none other than Jada Pinkett Smith.

0:31.0

How are you doing today?

0:32.0

I'm good. You look radiant. You look like you just

0:36.0

been drinking your water and mind of your business. You look good.

0:38.4

I'm trying. Mind in my business, that's the part.

0:43.0

That's the part.

0:45.0

So look, my show is unique in the beginning of it,

0:47.5

we usually ask all of our guests the same question,

0:50.1

which is to walk us through the arc of their career.

0:52.6

But a lot of people know who you are,

0:54.1

so I'm not sure we need to introduce you to our listeners.

0:56.4

I want to jump into Worthy though,

0:58.3

your new book, the title itself.

1:01.1

Why?

1:25.0

Man, because it's my journey from lack of self-worth to feeling worthy, you know, and finally landing in that place of like knowing that I am worthy and that, you know, it's such a universal journey. It's so universal and so just that idea of like because I was going to call the book unlovable right because I was like we're all yeah we all kind of feel

1:29.2

unlovable at times you know and then it was like, I think worthy is more of an

1:36.5

inspirational, more of an inspirational word, right? It's like, let's, let's use the word of the landing place, you know, and so, yeah.

1:47.0

I understand that. I don't know, it sounds like both of those journeys sound like you're preparing to write some R&B tunes in your future.

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