[ APPLAUSE ] >>> JADA PINKETT SMITH IS AN ACTRESS, MUSICIAN, MOTHER, ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST, THE WOMAN HAS DONE IT ALL. NOW, SHE'S OPENED UP IN HER NEW SERIES "RED TABLE TALK." JADA IS HERE. FIRST, A LOOK BACK AT HER CAREER. JADA PINKETT SMITH HAS MADE HER NAME IN "SET IT OFF," "THE MATRIX," "MADAGASCAR" AND "GIRLS' TRIP." SHE BURST ON TO THE SCENE IN THE '90s HIT, "A DIFFERENT WORLD." SOON AFTER, PINKETT SMITH AUDITIONED FOR A SITCOM "THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR." SHE DIDN'T GET THE PART BUT SHE GOT THE MAN. AFTER A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE, SHE MARRIED WILL SMITH IN 1987. THEY HAVE BEEN ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST POWER COUPLES. AND NOW, JADA PINKETT SMITH IS GETTING REAL, AND SHARING THE LESSONS SHE LEARNED IN LIFE AND LOVE, IN A FACEBOOK SHOW CALLED "RED TABLE TALK." >> THE TABLE OF PASSION. THE TABLE OF TRUTH. THE RED TABLE. HELLO, FACEBOOK. >> Reporter: THE SERIES FEATURES PINKETT SMITH HAVING CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH HER MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND VARIOUS FRIENDS. COVERING TOPICS FROM BODY IMAGE TO PARENTING. >> I HATE WHEN I GET ONE. >> OH, MOM. >> I THINK PARENTS HAVE TO GIVE THEMSELVES MUCH MORE FORGIVENESS. >> Reporter: JADA PINKETT SMITH LEAVES IT ALL ON THE TABLE. >> AS MOTHERS, THERE'S SO MUCH EXPECTATION TO BE PERFECT FOR YOUR KIDS. IT'S OKAY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THERAPY. IT'S OKAY. >> LOVE THAT. HELP ME WELCOME JADA PINKETT SMITH. [ APPLAUSE ] RIGHT OVER THERE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. IN YOUR HONOR, WE GOT OUR OWN RED TABLE GOING TODAY. >> I LOVE THIS. THIS IS AWESOME. >> I AM LOVING THIS SHOW. >> THANK YOU. >> IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED IT OUT, YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND FACEBOOK JUST ANNOUNCED -- >> YES. WE'RE DOING 13 MORE EPISODES. >> YAY. [ APPLAUSE ] AS WELL YOU SHOULD. IT IS COMPLETELY UNFILTERED. THE RED TABLE, WHY IS IT CALLED THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TABLE OF PURIFICATION, WHERE WE CAN BRING SUGGES SUBJECTS THAT MAY DIFFICULT OR NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT, THE TABLE OF TRANSPARENCY, THE TABLE OF LOVE, THE TABLE OF PASSION, THE TABLE OF FRIENDSHIP, THE TABLE OF COMMUNION. >> AND IT'S IN YOUR HOME. >> YES, IN MY HOME. >> WE GET TO GO INSIDE HER HOME. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN BANNED. YOU'VE GONE TO INTIMATE REVEALING PLACES. WHY? WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THIS? >> I THINK THAT AT 47, I'VE COME THROUGH SO MUCH. YOU KNOW? AND THE ONE THING THAT I'VE REALIZED IN MY LIFE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO SHARE THEIR TESTIMONIES WITH ME, HAVE BEEN POWERFUL ELIXIRS. AND I JUST FELT LIKE, ALSO, IN THIS WORLD TODAY, WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE OUTSIDE. AND WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN US. I WANTED A PLACE WHERE WE CAN FEEL SAFE TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, I DO THAT OFTEN, WITHIN MY OWN FAMILY. I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SHARE THAT. >> YOU ARE VERY OPEN. AND IT'S A CREDIT TO YOU. I KNOW YOU THINK IT WILL HELP PEOPLE IF THEY HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. AND I COMPLETELY AGREE. THERE WAS A MOMENT ON THE SHOW, BECAUSE YOUR DAUGHTER, WILLOW, IS THERE. WHO IS AMAZING. SHE'S SO EVOLVED AND SUCH A, LIKE, DEEP THINKER. I MEAN, HOW OLD IS SHE? >> SHE'S 17. >> ONLY 17. SHE'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE YOUNG WOMAN. AND SHE REVEALS TO YOU THAT WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER, AND SHE WAS COMING TO FAME AT A YOUNG AGE, 10, WITH WHIP MY HAIR BACK AND FORTH, SHE DESCRIBED FAME AS EXTRAORDINARILY EXCRUCIATINGLY TERRIBLE. AND ADMITTED SHE TOOK TO CUTTING. >> YEAH. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE SEEING MORE OF IN OUR YOUNG GIRLS. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU SEEMED SHOCKED AT THAT. >> I WAS. BUT IN THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT, WILLOW WAS SPEAKING FROM A PLACE OF POWER. AS HER MOTHER, I NEEDED TO MEET HER THERE, INSTEAD OF CRUMBLING WITHIN MY OWN INSECURITIES OR MY OWN DOUBTS, OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT DID I DO WRONG? MY DAUGHTER WAS REVEALING SOMETHING TO ME IN A PLACE OF POWER SHE HAD COME THROUGH. IN THAT MOMENT, I HAD TO MEET HER IN THAT SPACE THAT SHE WAS IN AND GO, OKAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> LISTENING TO YOU HEAR, I FEEL THE WAY LIKE WHEN I LISTEN TO YOU ON THE SHOW, WHICH IS, MY FEELING IS HOW LUCKY YOUR KIDS ARE TO HAVE YOU AND WILL, IN THIS EVOLVED SPACE YOURSELVES. YOU DIDN'T GET THERE WITHOUT A LOT OF HARD WORK. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. THAT'S REAL TALK. I MEAN, A LOT OF HARD WORK. I WAS SHARING ON MY INSTAGRAM THE OTHER DAY, OF JUST THOSE TIMES THAT I WAS IN DEEP DESPAIR, THAT I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING MY LIFE, YOU KNOW? HOW YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ONE ANSWER. IT'S LIKE LIFE IS A JOURNEY TO HELP US GET TO A PLACE OF HEALING. AND I WISH SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME THAT. I WISH SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OBSTACLES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFICULT TIMES. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DARK TIMES. YOU KNOW? BUT JUST UNDERSTAND, KEEP STEPPING. LIFE STARTS TO REVEAL ITSELF TO YOU. AND THE LIGHT WILL COME. KEEP STEPPING. YOU KNOW? >> LOVE IT. AND SO -- [ APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THAT'S ANOTHER MESSAGE THAT I JUST WANT TO SHARE. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SUCH DIFFICULTY. >> IT WAS BRAVE OF YOU. BRAVE TO ADMIT HAVING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEK, REALLY NEEDED, PEOPLE TO BE HONEST ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL WELL-BEING. JADA IS OPEN ABOUT HOW SHE'S GOTTEN TO THIS HEALTHY PLACE, AND WHAT SHE DOES EVERY DAY. AND ALSO, THERE'S A LITTLE GIRLS AND BEES TALK ON THE SHOW. >>> MY INTRODUCTION TO SEX WAS OBVIOUSLY WALKING IN ON YOU AND DADDY. THAT WAS THE FIRST INTRODUCTION TO SEX. >> WHEN DID YOU WALK IN ON US? >> IT WAS IN UTAH. NOT UTAH, ASPEN. I THINK IT WAS IN ASPEN. I WAS GOING DOWNSTAIRS TO GET SOME JUICE. I SAW FOR A LITTLE MOMENT AND I RAN AWAY. THAT WAS A SHOT FROM "RED TABLE TALK." YOU SEE JADA PINKETT SMITH, HAVING SOME CANDID CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HER DAUGHTER WALKING IN ON YOU AND WILL IN THE ACT, SHALL WE SAY? >> ANOTHER SHOCKING MOMENT. >> YOU'RE LEARNING A LOT. >> I'M LEARNING SO MUCH. THAT WAS INTERESTING. I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT ONE. >> ARE THE DOORS LOCKED? WHERE IS EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE? AM I GOOD? YOU -- AS I SAID, NO HOLDS BARRED. YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOUR GRANDMOTHER TALKED YOU TO SELF-PLEASURE AT AGE -- >> 9. SHE TAUGHT ME ABOUT SELF-PLEASURING, YES. >> WASN'T LIKE A HOW-TO MANUAL? >> YEAH, THERE'S NO TUTORIAL. NO TUTORIAL. BUT SHE DID EXPLAIN TO ME THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, AT 9 YEARS OLD. THAT'S WHEN SHE TAUGHT ME ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES. IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT SHE HAD TAUGHT MY MOTHER. BUT I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM WATCHING MY MOTHER AND HER OTHER TWO DAUGHTERS GROWING UP, AS TEENAGERS. I THINK SHE LEARNED WHAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL. AND THEN, SHE TRIED TO CORRECT THAT WITH ME. AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN IN BALTIMORE TO ACTUALLY TEACH SEX EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOL. >> WOW. >> AND YOU SAY, I KNOW YOU FELT, AS A MOM, YOU KNEW WHEN YOUR CHILDREN HAD BECOME SEXUALLY ACTIVE. >> I KNEW WHEN JADEN, FOR SURE. THE NIGHT. >> HOW? HOW? >> THE NIGHT. AS A MOTHER OF THREE, I WANT TO KNOW HOW. >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN SWAG. THERE IS. YOU KNOW? HE WAS WALKING DIFFERENT. THERE WAS JUST A LOSS OF THIS, MY LITTLE BOY WAS GONE. >> OH, RIGHT. >> MY LITTLE BOY WAS GONE. AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON? AND HE'S LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW. JUST WITH A FRIEND. I WAS LIKE, OKAY. YOU WANT TO TELL ME? RIGHT AWAY, HE CAN'T LIE. >> HE DID TELL YOU? >> OH, YEAH. TOLD ME RIGHT AWAY. >> I LOVE HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT WILL WITH YOUR KIDS ON THE SHOW. THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JADEN'S AD CAMPAIGN. IN A COUPLE HE HAD ON THE SKIRT. AND THERE WAS A QUESTION HOW WILL SMITH, THE HUSBAND, REACTED TO JADEN IN THE SKIRT. >> YEP. >> WHAT DID HE SAY? >> IT WAS BEFORE THE OFFER. A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND THE FAMILY. WILL CALLED ME AND IT WAS LIKE, JADEN, YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT MY SON IN A CAMPAIGN WITH SKIRTS. THAT'S ONE THING IF HE WANTS TO LIVE HIS LIFE. HE WANTS TO WALK AROUND THE STREETS, OKAY. BUT A CAMPAIGN? I WAS LIKE, WILL, THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS. AND WILL WAS LIKE, OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, COOL. AND GOT THERE. >> YOU RAISED THESE TWO KIDS THAT ARE EXTRAORDINARY IN THE LIMELIGHT, RIGHT? YOU TALK OPENLY ABOUT, YOU GUYS ARE SUCCESSFUL. YOU HAVE FAME, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FAME. >> YEP. >> THE PRESSURES THAT THAT HAS PUT ON YOUR FAMILY. >> YES. >> IT'S LIKE MOST HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO PRIVATE. THEY DON'T WANT TO SHARE, OR THEY'RE WORRIED THAT PEOPLE OUT THERE WILL THINK THEY'RE DOING A POOR ME ROUTINE IN THIS LIFE OF PRIVILEGE. THAT'S NOT HOW YOU COME ACROSS. YOU'RE KEEPING IT REAL. >> YEAH. >> IT HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES. >> HAS IT CHALLENGES, AND BIG ONES. YOU KNOW? I THINK THAT WE CAN NEVER FORGET THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL HUMAN. WHATEVER YOUR LIFESTYLE MAY BE, WHAT YOUR NATIONALITY, YOUR COLOR, YOUR GENDER, WE ALL BLEED THE SAME COLOR. YOU KNOW. JUST A GOOD REMINDER OF THAT. >> YEP. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS DIDN'T ENJOY THEIR FAME. >> NO. AND YET, IT WAS THEIRS, WHETHER THEY WANTED IT OR NOT. >> WHETHER THEY WANTED IT OR NOT. FOR WILLOW NOW -- JADEN HAS COME INTO HIMSELF A BIT MORE. BUT WILLOW HASN'T DECIDED IF THIS IS SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO DO, AS A CAREER. SHE'S PART OF A FAMILY IN THE SPOTLIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING HE HAD TO DEAL WITH. AND SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO SHE IS IN THE LIFE THAT SHE WANTS TO HAVE WITHIN THAT. LIKE, I'M PART OF THIS FAMILY BUT DO I HAVE TO BE OF THIS HOLLYWOOD THING? SHE'S IN THE MIDST OF FIGURING THAT OUT. AND SHE'S DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB. >> JADA REVEALS AS PART OF THE SERIES, SHE WAS ASKED, FOR WHOM SHE GRIEVED THE MOST? WHAT LOSS SHE HAD IN HER LIFE. AND THE ANSWER [ APPLAUSE ] >>> AND WE'RE BACK, NOW, WITH JADA PINKETT SMITH, WHO DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM ANY TOPIC OF DISCUSSION ON HER SHOW, "RED TABLE TALK," NOW STREAMING ON FACEBOOK WATCH. SO, YOU WERE ASKED WHAT WAS THE HARDEST YOU'VE EVER GRIEVED? AND YOU SAID, THE HARDEST I'VE EVER GRIEVED WAS FOR MYSELF. AND TALKED ABOUT HOW GIING UP YOUR CAREER FOR YOUR CHILDREN, WAS A REAL BATTLE FOR YOU. >> IT WAS. NOT ONLY GIVING UP MY CAREER BUT THE FREEDOM IN MY LIFESTYLE THAT I WAS USED TO. IT WAS JUST ME. YOU KNOW, JADEN WAS A SURPRISE. IT WASN'T PLANNED. >> A STOWAWAY. >> RIGHT, A STOWAWAY. MY LIFE CHANGED QUICKLY. THERE WAS A LOT OF ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE. AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, YOU KNOW, WILL'S CAREER WAS JUST TAKING OFF. AND SOMEBODY HAS TO HOLD THE FORT DOWN AT HOME, YOU KNOW? AND SO, IT WAS A VERY -- IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS NEW LIFE. >> RIGHT. >> AND HAVING TO DIE THE DEATH OF THE OLD JADA. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LET A LOT OF THAT OLD JADA GO, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO. YOU KNOW? IT WAS KIND OF MY IDEA OF WHAT I THOUGHT A MOTHER SHOULD BE, WHAT I THOUGHT BEING IN A FAMILY OR BEING IN A PARTNERSHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT MYSELF AND GOING, WHAT IS IT THAT I NEED THAT MAKES ME HAPPY WITHIN THIS NEW, YOU KNOW, LIFESTYLE. >> WE DON'T ASK OURSELVES THAT ENOUGH. WHAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY. AS OPPOSED TO WHAT SHOULD. >> I DO. ONCE I STARTED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF ALL OF THE BOXES, THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT I SHOULD SIT WITHIN, I GOT A LOT MORE HAPPY. >> HOW IS THE FEELING NOW? "GIRLS TRIP" WAS THE FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER. AND NOW, YOU'RE BACK IN THE SADDLE NOW. HOW IS THAT FEELING TO YOU? >> IT FEELS GOOD. IT REALLY DOES. IT FEELS GOOD TO HAVE MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. ALONG WITH JUST MY LIFE OUTSIDE OF MY FAMILY, AS WELL. YOU KNOW, AND IT FEELS GOOD TO JUST FEEL MORE OF A WHOLE WOMAN. AND OF COURSE, I'M STILL ON THE JOURNEY TO COMPLETE THAT. BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MORE OF WHO I TRULY AM. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED NOW? >> WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 20 YEARS. >> AND YOU HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT, YOU'VE GOTTEN COUPLE'S THERAPY. LOVE THERAPY. I CANNOT RECOMMEND THERAPY ENOUGH. HOW IS IT? AND HOW HAVE YOU LASTED THIS LONG? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING. WILL AND I HAVE A VERY UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT THE RED TABLE FOR THE NEXT 13. WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP. AND IT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN LOVE SOMEONE AND ALLOW THEM TO BE EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> RIGHT. >> YOU KNOW? AND NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE EXPECTATIONS OF, LIKE, YOU NEED TO BE THIS FOR ME OR I CAN'T BE HERE FOR YOU, OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THROUGH MY JOURNEY HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE HIM IN THE MOST PURE WAY AND LOVE EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THAT. YOU KNOW? AND HE'S LEARNING TO DO THE SAME. >> IT'S OUR PRESSURE TO WATCH IT ALL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WILL SMITH AT "THE RED TABLE." >> HE'S COMING UP. >> WE'LL TUNE IN. JADA, SUCH A PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR THE SHOW. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN WATCH NEW
