Jada Pinkett Smith recently delved into her past relationships and her connection with the late rapper Tupac Shakur. Following her earlier revelation that she and her husband, Will Smith, had been leading “completely separate lives” since 2016, Pinkett Smith opened up about her friendship with Tupac.
When asked about Tupac being her “soulmate,” she agreed and discussed their strong connection. Tupac Shakur, a celebrated rapper and actor, tragically lost his life in a shooting in 1996, but his friendship with Jada Pinkett Smith has remained a significant and cherished part of her past.
“If there is such a thing as past lives, I definitely think that Pac and I have traveled a few together,” she said of Shakur, whom she became friends with as a teen when they were both living in Baltimore, Maryland.
As for any type of romantic connection, she said that “wasn’t possible” because “there was no chemistry between us.”
When the interviewer insisted that their chemistry was apparent to others, Pinkett Smith pushed back.
“It’s that friendship-love chemistry,” she said.
“It was almost like God made us that way,” Pinkett Smith continued. “It was like, look, I’m going to put y’all together, right? Y’all are going to be a dynamic duo. But I’m going to tell you right now, I’m going to make it so y’all are not going to be able to get together ‘cause that just wasn’t the purpose.”
Jada Pinkett Smith has been engaged in press activities for her upcoming memoir, “Worth,” scheduled for release on October 17. In the book, she writes about her relationship with Tupac Shakur, offering a deeper insight into their connection and the impact it had on her life. This memoir promises to provide readers with a more profound understanding of her personal experiences and relationships.
In a new clip from “Jada’s Story – An NBC News Special,” Pinkett Smith returns to the 2022 Oscars. She said she was surprised by her husband slapping and yelling at Chris Rock to “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!”
Rock had made a joke about Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia hair loss.
“First of all, I’m really shocked, because mind you, I’m not there,” Pinkett Smith told Hoda Kotb during the special. “We haven’t called each other husband and wife in a long time.”