Jada Pinkett Smith’s talk show called the Red Table Talk is a weekly show that is aired on Facebook Watch every Monday afternoon. During this time, millions of Facebook viewers tune in for fresh episodes that are hosted by Jada, Willow Smith (her daughter), and Adrienne Banfield-Jones or Gammy to Jada and Willow.
The Red Table Talk show discusses topics that a lot of people find very awkward to bring up, especially with their families during dinner. Included are issues related to mental health, relationships, grief, fame, and the like, plus some wild revelations and facts about her family and herself.
Millions of people are hooked on this weekly show because it feels like you are witnessing a private family conversation that you have no business listening to. Here are 10 of the wildest things Jada Pinkett Smith revealed on her talk show Red Table Talk.
10 Jada Buried The Hatchet With Leah Remini
A feud that left Jada Pinkett Smith and Leah Remini not talking for many years dates back to 2015 when Remini included her and Jada’s evening in her book Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology. In the said memoir, Remini declared that Jada might be a Scientologist to which the latter denied.
Jada said she was upset as to why she was included in Remini’s book when she had nothing to do with it, with Remini admitting to not considering the effects the controversy would have on Jada and her husband, Will Smith. Towards the end of the conversation, Remini finally gave her heartfelt apologies to Jada, explaining how she should have thought harder before exposing names in her book. In the end, the two forgave each other.
9 Jada Was Hooked On Adult Toys
During one of the episodes, Jada Pinkett Smith discussed openly how women are branded by society when it comes to their sex life. In her statement, she said that women are not supposed to enjoy something that is not created for them – saying that these intimate things are supposed to be for men only.
She then went on to confess during the days when she experimented on abstaining from having relationships with men, that she became addicted to adult toys, which left her daughter and her co-hosts in shock.
8 Jada Admitted To Being An Alcoholic In The Past
Successful in life and her family now, Jada Pinkett Smith did not have all of these overnight. There was a time in her life that she became addicted to alcohol. In one of her episodes, she openly talked about how she reached rock bottom – she was in her house all by herself and she would finish two bottles of wine.
A little later, after downing two bottles, she was reaching for her third. This was where she started questioning herself and her life choices. After some self-evaluation, she concluded that the way she was drinking, she might have a big problem at hand.
7 Jada Revealed Her Hair Loss Struggles
Ever wonder why Jada Pinkett Smith always sported short hair? This was because years ago, as she recalled during one episode of Red Table Talk, she was having a shower and while she was rinsing her hair, she noticed that handfuls of it were falling on the shower floor.
In shock, she even questioned herself and wondered if she was going bald at the time. She also added that the incident was also one of the times in her life where she was trembling in fear. She concluded that this was the reason why she always cuts her hair short.
6 Jada Reflects On Her Parenting Skills
During one of her shows, Jada Pinkett Smith talked about parenting, saying that parents should not only forgive their family but most importantly learn how to love and forgive themselves as well. She added that when someone becomes a parent, they will have ideals, even for themselves as they come into parenting bringing some childhood traumas of their own.
5 Jada Revealed How She Labeled Her Relationship With Will
In life, some people have a practical approach and some do not. Some believe that marriage is sacred, a requirement to validate your relationship, and a prerequisite to starting a family. This is not the case for the couple Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. She revealed that once, the couple decided to put aside the idea of marriage saying that their union is a lifetime partnership where they created a foundation as partners that they know is forever.
4 Jada Revealed How She Felt When She Got Married
Brides often dream of having the grandest wedding that they could ever imagine, with their family and all the world to see. Jada Pinkett Smith is not one of those women, as she revealed in one of the Red Table Talk episodes on Facebook. She recounted being so upset about being forced to get married. Jada was so incensed that she was crying hard while she was walking down the aisle.
3 Jada Talked About Her Misunderstandings With Will
Jada explains in one of the episodes of her show how she approaches their marital strife. She advises couples to go their separate ways to avoid clashing pride and anger and to have an opportunity to examine one’s self. She said that during fights, she has to go away to gain her strength not as a wife or a mother, but as Jada herself.
2 Jada Spoke About Sheree Fletcher
Sheree Fletcher was the former wife of Will Smith. During one of her shows, she admitted that she had a hard time during the first years of her relationship with Will because of his ex-wife, pointing to her lack of understanding of the concept of marriage and divorce.
1 Jada’s Revelation On Pleasuring Herself
Jada revealed in one of her shows that her grandmother taught her about pleasuring herself, so that she would understand that the pleasure came from her and not from a man. She continued by saying that this helped her strengthen her self-security and self-reliance.