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I wanna start this off by saying I'm not a Jada hater. I think she's a great celebrity. I love gossip and she gives me tons of it. Her movies back in the day were some bangers.

Low Down Dirty Shame
Woo
Set It Off

Iconic movies!

She birthed two weirdos and yall know I love a weirdo. I never watched Red Table Talk but I loved the tea she got other celebrities to spill. I knew I was going to read this book as soon as it was announced because I'm a messy bitch who loves drama. I'm happy that Jada gets to tell her story. I think it's weird that people want her to shut up. I don't think she's ruining Will Smith's career/ reputation, he's a grown ass man who I believe loves this messy drama.

All that is to say....this book ain't it. Jada Pinkett Smith is a liar and she seems incredibly self centered. She talks in therapy speak and she uses spiritual language to lie to us. I said when I read Will's book that they shouldn't be married and if we are to believe her they aren't married...on paper....but they are married...and working on their bond. I felt in Will's book like Jada didn't like Will and this book confirmed that for me. She LOVES being Will Smith's wife...but she doesn't love being married to Will Smith. She complains that his career comes first but then doesn't see that his career is how she got her role in The Matrix or how her Punk band got to open for Britney Spears and perform at Ozzfest.

Like girl you really you earned that?

She talks constantly about being authentic while being phony and inauthentic. She said she wrote this book to share what she learned but what did she learn? If you say things using flowery language it sounds less like lying. She turned what sounds like a great friendship with Tupac into this great platonic love affair. She turned preying on a much younger emotionally and mentally fragile man into an "entanglement". She believes everyone should share "their truth" but wonders why that young man chose to talk about their relationship. She never talked about her alopecia but then feels that Chris Rock joking around her baldness is an affront to all alopecia sufferers. She and Will publicly painted their marriage as a rock solid partnership but then seems confused that people are interested in their weird marriage. She talks about growing up poor but then seems obvious to how her wealth makes her children's artistic endeavors much easier( they are gurus).

Oh and she lies about her and Will being Scientologist. She admits that she used their homeschooling curriculum and that she sent her father to their rehab but denies ever being a member. Multiple former Scientologists have said that not only were Will and Jada members but that they were supposed to recruit other Black famous people.

I'm obviously in the minority with my opinions on her book, almost every review I read talked about her openness and honesty. I didn't buy it. She's came off out of touch, self centered and morally superior. But her worst crime was that this book was boring. She has lead a big and action packed life but I actually fell asleep multiple times while reading this book. Usually reading wakes me up, that's why I try to stop reading at least an hour before bed but Jada was a sleeping pill for me. She should stop trying to sound wise and profound and try sounding entertaining.

This book wasn't for me but I still recommend it because Will and Jada are important for the culture....Will's book is better tho.