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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Since 2019, Erika Marie has worked as a journalist for HotNewHipHop, covering music, film, television, art, fashion, politics, and all things regarding entertainment. With 20 years in the industry under her belt, Erika Marie moved from a writer on the graveyard shift at HNHH to becoming a Features Editor, highlighting long-form content and interviews with some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars. She has had the pleasure of sitting down with artists and personalities like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt ’N Pepa, Nick Cannon, Rah Digga, Rakim, Rapsody, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo, Sean Paul, Raven Symoné, Queen Naija, Ryan Destiny, DreamDoll, DaniLeigh, Sean Kingston, Reginae Carter, Jason Lee, Kamaiyah, Rome Flynn, Zonnique, Fantasia, and Just Blaze—just to name a few. In addition to one-on-one chats with influential public figures, Erika Marie also covers content connected to the culture. She’s attended and covered the BET Awards as well as private listening parties, the Rolling Loud festival, and other events that emphasize established and rising talents. Detroit-born and Long Beach (CA)-raised, Erika Marie has eclectic music taste that often helps direct the interests she focuses on here at HNHH. She finds it necessary to report on cultural conversations with respect and honor those on the mic and the hardworking teams that help get them there. Moreover, as an advocate for women, Erika Marie pays particular attention to the impact of femcees. She sits down with rising rappers for HNHH—like Big Jade, Kali, Rubi Rose, Armani Caesar, Amy Luciani, and Omerettà—to gain their perspectives on a fast-paced industry.

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