Jada Pinkett Smithis revealing some potentially life-saving advice momAdrienne Banfield-Norrisonce gave her.
This week’s episode of Facebook Watch’sRed Table Talkdeals with mother-daughter relationships, as guest Kelly McDaniel, author ofMother Hunger, joins Jada, her daughterWillow Smithand Banfield-Norris (aka Gammy) for an emotional discussion.
“Remember when the valet said to me, ‘I have a boat, I want to take you out to dinner’? I’m thinking, ‘Oh, I’m in Italy! I’m 20, you know what I’m saying?” says Jada with a laugh. “So I called my mother. I said, ‘Mom, the valet wants to take me on this boat.’ She said, ‘Well, first of all, if he has a boat, what’s he doing parking cars? And second of all, you are not getting on no boat with nobody.’ "
She continued of her mom’s advice, " ‘If something happens to you, nobody’s gonna hear you. You’re gonna be in the middle of nowhere. Do not — Jada!’ And I said, ‘Oh, snap, Mom. You right.’ "
“And let me tell you,” Jada added, “‘cause I was about to get on that boat. For all I know I could’ve been trafficked. Straight up. Because they knew I was alone. I think to that day like, ‘She saved my life again.’ "
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Also in this episode, which is titled “How Destructive Mothers Damage Their Daughters: Could This Be You?”, Jadaremembers her childhood, saying, “I had to, like, 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.”
“So those women you see that you think are so strong, there’s this terrified little girl underneath. And that’s me,” the star added, holding back tears and nodding her head as Willow, 21, said to her, “Oh, Mommy.”
Willow added, “This is why we do the work.”
New episodes of the Emmy-winningRed Table Talkpremiere Wednesdays (12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET)on Facebook Watch.
source: people.com
