Jada Pinkett Smith's Mother Tells Willow That Porn Has Been Beneficial For Her

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The next episode of "Red Table Talk" is going to be a doozy.

No topic is off limits on Red Table Talk, but we can only imagine that discussing pornography with your mother and grandmother had to have been a tad awkward for Willow Smith. The Facebook Watch show gave fans a preview of what to expect on Monday's episode as Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow, and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris gathered together to chit-chat about porn.

"To me, there's something about porn that's unnatural," Adrienne says as Jada and Willow verbalized their agreement. "I don't have any..." Willow interjects attempting to help her grandmother by saying, "Qualms." Adrienne replies, "Well, I actually do, but it's not like I look down on people who use it because it's been beneficial for me, too." The admission causes Willow to sit up in amazement as her jaw dropped. "Has it?" she asks before the teaser ends.

Tonja Renée Stidhum from The Root recently attended a Red Table Talk event where Jada spoke about partnering with Facebook Watch to create a vulnerable space where she, her family, and her guests could feel safe and trusted. Jada also mentioned the pornography conversation she had with her mother and daughter, admitting that getting through it was difficult.

“I think that one was hard, because I had to have some conversations with my daughter and my mother and that was just like, ‘T.M.I.’,” she reportedly said as the crowd chuckled. “I was literally like, ‘Wow this is a lot’, really having to get into what our experiences have been, what we’ve seen and what we think about it. It was deep.” Check out the preview of Monday's episode below.


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Erika Marie is a seasoned journalist, editor, and ghostwriter who works predominantly in the fields of music, spirituality, mental health advocacy, and social activism. The Los Angeles editor, storyteller, and activist has been involved in the behind-the-scenes workings of the entertainment industry for nearly two decades. E.M. attempts to write stories that are compelling while remaining informative and respectful. She's an advocate of lyrical witticism & the power of the pen. Favorites: Motown, New Jack Swing, '90s R&B, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, & Punk; Funk, Soul, Harlem Renaissance Jazz greats, and artists who innovate, not simply replicate.
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