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Will Smith Breaks Silence on Jada Pinkett Smith's Memoir 'Worthy

“If I had read this book 30 years ago, I definitely would have hugged you more.”

Jada Pinkett Smith sat down with Jay Shetty last week to talk about her new memoir, “Worthy” on his podcast, “On Purpose with Jay Shetty.” She was met with a surprising message from her estranged husband, Will Smith.

Shetty read a letter from Will to Pinkett Smith: “I applaud and honor you. If I had read this book 30 years ago, I definitely would've hugged you more.”

“I'll start now. Welcome to the Authors Club. I love you endlessly. Now go get some Merlot and take a rest.”

Holding back tears and laughing, Pinkett Smith replied, “He know I can't have no Merlot. That's beautiful. That's why I can't divorce that joker.”

The podcast episode is centered around “ways you can heal your past and start loving yourself again,” according to the teaser Shetty posted on Instagram.

“We also get into Oscar night and so much more!” the caption reads.

Following last week’s shocking revelation that Pinkett Smith and Will have been separated 2016, the details of their nearly 30-year relationship have been unfolding daily. But she also delves into other relationships that have shaped her in the podcast episode, including that with her late father, Robsol Pinkett, Jr.

The “Girls Trip” actress recalled Robsol telling her at seven years old, “I can't be your father,” to which she thought, “Okay, what do I do with this?” At the time, Pinkett Smith thought “the only way out of the pain was death,” she said.

“You think in your mind you've tried, everything's all like, God, I can't do this. I can't keep doing this,” she said.

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