Jada Throws Will Under The Bus! Or How To Make "Relevant" Roadkill!
“I was really worried for him,” said Jada Pinkett-Smith recently while horing out her new tell-everything book. She was referring to Will Smith, of course, who leaped on the stage at the 2022 Oscars and whacked Chris Rock across the noggin. You remember, don’t you? The whack in question transpired just after he’d hollered, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fuckin’ mouth!” To which Jada now says, “I was shocked, because, mind you, we hadn’t called each other husband and wife in a long time.”
And with those two comments, Jada has coolly hurled Will under the bus, first by implying that he was bonkers with her “worried” comment, then by allowing the bus to both run him over and back up, finishing the job, by revealing that they’d been separated for 7 long years, by which she means to say that when Will referred to her as his “wife,” he wasn't just being an assclown and a liar, he’d gone full-on Britney.
This is not a surprise. Jada's ruthless, naked over-eagerness to remain in the spotlight – for “her truth” and her “journey” to remain “relevant” – might not be unusual in Hollywood, but it is remarkable in terms of how many times she’s gripped Will’s balls and ripped them clean off in order to accomplish it. When Jada started “Red Table Talk,” her chat show where she overshared and encouraged her guests to follow suit, she set Will up to look the fool when she said she’d cheated on him - or rather, had an “entanglement” - with another man, her admission crafted to make her seem The Superior One since she was revealing “her truth.”
Jada has long used her marriage – or whatever she’s calling it now – to display herself in the very best possible light, and increasingly, as a Wise Sage reigning over The High Church of Hollywood. Since the beginning, she’s presented her and Will as the most devoted Hollywood couple. Ever. Will often referred to her as “My Queen,” after which she would give a practiced blush and say, “The King has spoken.” She once coyly implied that they had an open relationship. “I’ve always told Will, you can do whatever you want. Will is his own man,” only to later shut it down, as if we were all filthy rubes given our assumptions, by exclaiming, “We do not have an open relationship!” Keep them guessing, keep them interested; always be the one who does the talking so there’s no confusion about where the spotlight should land.
Does Jada even like Will? Hard to say! She definitely has doubts about his acting abilities. When he decided to take on his first big dramatic role in 2001’s “Ali,” she made sure to be on record as saying, “I didn’t think he could really do anything like that. I’ve always thought of him as a popcorn movie guy who did sci-fi movies and things like that.” In other words, see the definition of “back-handed compliment.” Will’s career was on rocket-ride high at that point, which presumably didn’t sit well with her, since she is every inch the star of the family, as she’ll never hesitate to remind you. Yet beyond her early work in movies like “Menace II Society” and “Set It Off,” her career is laughably littered with dozens of forgettable popcorn movies, like the two “Matrix” sequels and “Girls Trip.”
What to do? Thereafter, she cut out the middle man! She created “Red Table Talk,” and has now written a book, making sure it's all chock-a-block with excruciating personal anecdotes. Surprisingly, she hasn’t yet weighed in on the Hamas attacks in Israel (side note: I’m waiting for Britney to ask, "Ya'll, what's a hummus attack? And is it good eatin' with an espresso frappe?"), but then the world beyond her own nose is of limited interest. We live in an age of icky self-exploitation. Nothing is too personal, too embarrassing, or with OnlyFans, too bodily revealing. Yet hilariously, Jada’s own self-exploitation is a losing game. She would be surprised, perhaps even appalled, to know that she’s not at all on the radar of anyone under 30 (though if she does know, it could explain why she’s Pimp Mama Kris’d her kids). Oh, and before anyone thinks that all this shameless mess is only Jada’s fault, and not Will’s, too, rest assured, he been in on the asshattery from day one. He doesn't merely let her cut off his balls, he hands them to her with a smile.
Ultimately, when Jada said, “I was really worried for him,” she was really worried about herself. Will’s violence at the Oscars was "off-brand" for the self-proclaimed “Queen” and lower-case “king” of Hollywood. When she was recently asked why they didn’t reveal that they’d been separated for 7 long years, she pointedly explained that they hadn’t found the “right way” and the “right time” to do so. “Red Table Talk” was cancelled last May. The “right way” and the “right time,” for Jada, and Jada only, is now.
This is not a surprise. Jada's ruthless, naked over-eagerness to remain in the spotlight – for “her truth” and her “journey” to remain “relevant” – might not be unusual in Hollywood, but it is remarkable in terms of how many times she’s gripped Will’s balls and ripped them clean off in order to accomplish it. When Jada started “Red Table Talk,” her chat show where she overshared and encouraged her guests to follow suit, she set Will up to look the fool when she said she’d cheated on him - or rather, had an “entanglement” - with another man, her admission crafted to make her seem The Superior One since she was revealing “her truth.”
Jada has long used her marriage – or whatever she’s calling it now – to display herself in the very best possible light, and increasingly, as a Wise Sage reigning over The High Church of Hollywood. Since the beginning, she’s presented her and Will as the most devoted Hollywood couple. Ever. Will often referred to her as “My Queen,” after which she would give a practiced blush and say, “The King has spoken.” She once coyly implied that they had an open relationship. “I’ve always told Will, you can do whatever you want. Will is his own man,” only to later shut it down, as if we were all filthy rubes given our assumptions, by exclaiming, “We do not have an open relationship!” Keep them guessing, keep them interested; always be the one who does the talking so there’s no confusion about where the spotlight should land.
Does Jada even like Will? Hard to say! She definitely has doubts about his acting abilities. When he decided to take on his first big dramatic role in 2001’s “Ali,” she made sure to be on record as saying, “I didn’t think he could really do anything like that. I’ve always thought of him as a popcorn movie guy who did sci-fi movies and things like that.” In other words, see the definition of “back-handed compliment.” Will’s career was on rocket-ride high at that point, which presumably didn’t sit well with her, since she is every inch the star of the family, as she’ll never hesitate to remind you. Yet beyond her early work in movies like “Menace II Society” and “Set It Off,” her career is laughably littered with dozens of forgettable popcorn movies, like the two “Matrix” sequels and “Girls Trip.”
What to do? Thereafter, she cut out the middle man! She created “Red Table Talk,” and has now written a book, making sure it's all chock-a-block with excruciating personal anecdotes. Surprisingly, she hasn’t yet weighed in on the Hamas attacks in Israel (side note: I’m waiting for Britney to ask, "Ya'll, what's a hummus attack? And is it good eatin' with an espresso frappe?"), but then the world beyond her own nose is of limited interest. We live in an age of icky self-exploitation. Nothing is too personal, too embarrassing, or with OnlyFans, too bodily revealing. Yet hilariously, Jada’s own self-exploitation is a losing game. She would be surprised, perhaps even appalled, to know that she’s not at all on the radar of anyone under 30 (though if she does know, it could explain why she’s Pimp Mama Kris’d her kids). Oh, and before anyone thinks that all this shameless mess is only Jada’s fault, and not Will’s, too, rest assured, he been in on the asshattery from day one. He doesn't merely let her cut off his balls, he hands them to her with a smile.
Ultimately, when Jada said, “I was really worried for him,” she was really worried about herself. Will’s violence at the Oscars was "off-brand" for the self-proclaimed “Queen” and lower-case “king” of Hollywood. When she was recently asked why they didn’t reveal that they’d been separated for 7 long years, she pointedly explained that they hadn’t found the “right way” and the “right time” to do so. “Red Table Talk” was cancelled last May. The “right way” and the “right time,” for Jada, and Jada only, is now.
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