'THERE IS SO MUCH LOVE' JADA PINKETT SMITH OPENS UP TO HELLO! ABOUT FAMILY AND FINDING HERSELF AS THE WORLD REACTS TO HER BOMBSHELL MEMOIR

Jada Pinkett Smith has seen more than her share of drama over the past few years. There were endless whispers about her 25-year marriage to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Will Smith, which reached fever pitch in 2020, when August Alsina – a friend of their son Jaden – revealed he’d had an affair with her (Jada later addressed the rumours, saying she and Will were on a break).

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And then, at last year’s Academy Awards, there was Will’s extreme reaction to an off-colour joke Chris Rock made about Jada’s hair loss, resulting in “the slap heard around the world.”

In her new memoir, Worthy, the 52-year-old actress sets the record straight, sharing her reaction to the Oscars incident (she initially thought it was a skit), dropping the bombshell that she and Will, 55, have been separated since 2016 and revealing that comedian Chris once asked her out.

But along with the headline-making revelations, her memoir does much heavier lifting. It charts Jada’s “intense journey” from lacking self-worth to feeling – as per the book’s title – worthy.

“I wish I’d had more stories that I could read that reflected what I was going through,” she tells Hello! Canada, “especially when I was in the teeth of certain aspects of my journey – to give me a bit of oxygen.”

GOLDEN COUPLE 

On the surface, Jada has led a blessed life. She’s had an enviable acting career, starring in blockbusters like The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. She was half of a Hollywood super-couple, tying the knot with Will on New Year’s Eve 1997, before going on to have two children, Jaden, 25, and Willow, 22 (and co-parent Will’s son Trey, 30, from his first marriage).