{"id":286397,"date":"2020-01-13T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1111207"},"modified":"2020-01-13T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T19:55:00","slug":"will-smith-was-deeply-insecure-about-jada-pinkett-smith-and-tupacs-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/will-smith-was-deeply-insecure-about-jada-pinkett-smith-and-tupacs-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith Was &#8220;Deeply&#8221; Insecure About Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac&#8217;s Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37.48678213309\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020013\/rs_634x1024-200113113622-634-will-smith-jada-pinkett-tupac.cm.11320.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Will Smith, Tupac Shakur, Jada Pinkett Smith\" alt=\"Will Smith, Tupac Shakur, Jada Pinkett Smith\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"20.092250922509\">\n<p>Love is&nbsp;complicated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back when <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jada_pinkett_smith\">Jada Pinkett Smith<\/a><\/strong> was just a young kid with a dream, she attended Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland and met classmate and future hip-hop legend <strong>Tupac Shakur<\/strong>. The pair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/861921\/kat-graham-reveals-she-previously-had-jada-pinkett-smith-s-support-in-tupac-biopic-all-eyez-on-me?query=jada%20pinkett%20smith%20tupac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had an instant friendship<\/a> and stayed close throughout his life. However, when Jada met and fell in love with actor <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/will_smith\">Will Smith<\/a><\/strong>, it was a far different story between the two men according to Will.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/em> actor sat down with <strong>Charlamagne tha God<\/strong> on his show <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7QtvgxFFDF\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Breakfast Club<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;and chatted about why it wasn&#8217;t exactly a match made in friendship heaven between the pair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could never open up to interact with Pac. You know, because we had a little bit of a thing. You know, they grew up together and they loved each other, but they never had a sexual relationship,&#8221; Will explained of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/861511\/jada-pinkett-smith-calls-tupac-shakur-biopic-all-eyez-on-me-deeply-hurtful?query=jada%20pinkett%20smith%20tupac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his wife&#8217;s relationship<\/a> with the late rapper.&nbsp;But they had come into that age where now that was a possibility and then Jada was with me. So Pac had a little thing on that, but she just loved him like he was the image of perfection, but she was with the <em>Fresh Prince<\/em>.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"55.147766323024\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.4776632302405\">\n<p>Although they had many chances to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/videos\/261756\/kat-graham-on-playing-jada-in-all-eyez-on-me?query=jada%20pinkett%20smith%20tupac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create a friendship<\/a>, Will admits his ego held him back. &#8220;It was like I never could even, we were in the room together a couple of times and I couldn&#8217;t speak to him,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;You know, he wasn&#8217;t going to speak to me if I wasn&#8217;t going to speak to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.831034482759\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"18.213793103448\">\n<p>Charlamagne remarked that he thought the two would have been kindred spirits, and Will agreed.&nbsp;&#8220;Yeah that&#8217;s what Jada would say all the time,&#8221; he revealed. &#8220;Like, &#8216;I&#8217;m telling you, y&#8217;all are so similar you will love him,&#8217; and I just never&#8230;That was a huge regret of mine&#8230;I couldn&#8217;t handle it. I was the soft rapper from Philly and he was Pac. You know what I mean? I was deeply, deeply insecure, and I wasn&#8217;t man enough to handle that relationship.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jada herself has been very candid about her relationship with the late rapper, and even shared her story of loss on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/935198\/jada-pinkett-smith-on-the-death-of-friend-tupac-shakur-i-still-get-really-mad?query=jada%20pinkett%20smith%20tupac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had a lot of loss. So many of my close friends gone. They didn&#8217;t make it to 30. They didn&#8217;t make it past 25,&#8221; she shared in a touching moment.&nbsp; &#8220;A lot of people talk about my relationship with Pac and figure that out. That was a huge loss I my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3\">\n<p>&#8220;He played his role,&#8221; she revealed. &#8220;He did what he was meant to do\u2026he&#8217;s an icon.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"32\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch <i>E! News<\/i> weekday mornings at 7 a.m.!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1111207\/will-smith-was-deeply-insecure-about-jada-pinkett-smith-and-tupac-s-relationship?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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