{"id":27899,"date":"2019-07-30T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T13:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1060619"},"modified":"2019-07-30T07:21:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T13:21:26","slug":"jada-pinkett-smith-reveals-how-red-table-talk-has-affected-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/jada-pinkett-smith-reveals-how-red-table-talk-has-affected-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Jada Pinkett Smith Reveals How Red Table Talk Has Affected Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201895\/rs_600x600-181005130419-600.red-table-talk.ct.100518.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.7\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"23.4\">\n<p><em>Red Table Talk<\/em> has had many effects\u2014just ask its famous host.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After more than a year online, the Facebook Watch show&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jada_pinkett_smith\">Jada Pinkett Smith<\/a><\/strong> co-hosts with her famous daughter,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/willow_smith\">Willow Smith<\/a><\/strong>, and mother&nbsp;<strong>Adrienne Banfield Norris&nbsp;<\/strong>has become a go-to for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/peoples_choice_awards\/news\/974134\/the-most-eye-opening-conversations-from-jada-pinkett-smith-s-red-table-talk?query=Jada%20Pinkett%20Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">real and raw conversations<\/a> about the many elements of life, some very uncomfortable,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/979435\/will-smith-and-jada-pinkett-smith-detail-the-highs-and-lows-of-their-20-year-marriage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from marriage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/941486\/jada-pinkett-smith-was-devastated-when-jaden-asked-to-move-out-at-age-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">motherhood<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1050948\/willow-smith-says-she-loves-men-and-women-equally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">polyamory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1042863\/jada-pinkett-smith-gets-candid-about-her-unhealthy-relationship-with-porn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pornography<\/a>. Such was Smith&#8217;s intent for the show from the start.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very lucky that I have really difficult, transparent conversations with my family,&#8221; the actress said in a new interview on&nbsp;<em>Lorraine<\/em>, noting the original&nbsp;<em>Red Table Talk<\/em> first took place when Willow was 11 years old for Mother&#8217;s Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve all been through various things from different generations,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;I realized, too, Willow didn&#8217;t really know my story or my mother&#8217;s story either because we live with people that we think we know and we don&#8217;t really know them and so that&#8217;s really how the whole concept was birthed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>All these years later, the impactful show has amassed an impressive audience and a Daytime Emmy nod.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, I think in this day and age there is so much transparency\u2014but what we&#8217;re actually watching is like\u2014how healthy is it? How is it improving our lives? So, I really felt like having a show that shows communication.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"62.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"15\">\n<p>The <em>Angel Has Fallen<\/em> actress&nbsp;continued, &#8220;Everybody&#8217;s hurting. Everybody&#8217;s in a struggle and we&#8217;re just figuring out, trying to figure out how to do this thing called life&#8230;so really, that&#8217;s what our show is about and really us sharing our own experiences of what we&#8217;ve been through and how we&#8217;ve navigated through struggle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In return, the show helped Smith as she transitioned into the second half of her life as it was something she wanted to do. &#8220;You realize that you need different things in order to be happy. That was across my whole life personally and professionally,&#8221; she said during the interview. &#8220;I&#8217;m in a really good place and this particular program has really helped my own personal self-growth as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1060619\/jada-pinkett-smith-reveals-how-red-table-talk-has-affected-her?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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