Jada Pinkett Smith admits she was only able to write her memoir as she's finally in a ‘better place‘

17 October 2023

Jada Pinkett Smith was able to write her autobiography as she is in a better place after once being filled with thoughts of ending her life.

Jada Pinkett Smith was able to write her autobiography as she is in a better place after once being filled with thoughts of ending her life

The actress, 52, has just published her memoir ‘Worthy’, which opens with her telling how she wanted to commit suicide.

She told Parade when asked if she was finally about to write the tell-all book

because she was in a better place: “Yeah, I decided, it was December 2021 where I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going on this journey.’”

Referring to how her 55-year-old husband Will Smith attacked comic Chris Rock, 58, on the stage of the 2021 Oscars after he poked fun at her shaved head, Jada added: “Definitely after the Oscars I was like, ‘Whoa, maybe I shouldn’t; maybe this is telling me I shouldn’t.’

“And I was like, ‘No, this is part of the process.’

“But I had gotten to a place in my life where I was ready to share my journey from feeling unworthy to worthy.”

Jada also admitted even though she has opened up about her life in the book, she doesn’t think it is possible for anyone to really know others.

She said: “I don’t know if it’s even possible for people to know the real you. “Shoot, I’m still trying to know the real me. I’m still on that journey.

“I think for me, I feel like women sharing the depths of their journey is still very taboo.

“I feel like women are still often really judged for the truth of what we endure and what we go through to become the women we want to be.

“It’s not a pretty path, and I think a lot of times women are expected to have very pretty paths, very pretty, conventional, conformed paths.

“Through everything I’ve been through, I’ve been through the gauntlet. I’ve been through the gauntlet of the harshest criticism, and I am here standing 10-toes-down in my self-worth, right?

“And so, I felt that if anybody can share a lot of the truth of her journey, it would be me, so that other women who might not have that courage yet can feel seen and shed whatever shame or whatever judgment that they might have on their journey. And to know that part of feeling holistic is embracing it all, the light along with the shadow, and that we are allowed to dance with our shadows.”