What Does Will Smith Really Think Of Jada Pinkett Smith's Shaved Head?
As you may recall, Jada Pinkett Smith recently decided to let her hair go by shaving her whole head. Taking to Instagram, Jada said that her daughter Willow Smith convinced her. "Willow made me do it because it was time to let go BUT ... my 50's are bout to be Divinely lit with this shed," the actor wrote in July. Though inspired by Willow, Jada likely also shaved her head due to her past issues with hair loss.
In a 2018 episode of "Red Table Talk," Jada opened up about her alopecia experience. "A lot of people have been asking about why I've been wearing turbans," she said. "Well, I haven't talked about it. It's not easy to talk about, but I am going to talk about it." As she explained, Jada first began losing hair while in the shower. "It was terrifying when it first started," she recalled. "And I was just like, 'Oh my God, am I going bald?' It was one of those times in my life when I was literally shaking with fear." So, in order to mask the loss of hair, Jada began wearing turbans. "When my hair is wrapped, I feel like a queen."
Meanwhile, Willow spontaneously shaved all of her hair back in 2012 when she was only 11 years old. "We came downstairs and she had shaved her head bald," Will said in 2017 (via E! News). "I was like, 'Oh, s**t.'" What was his reaction to seeing Jada bald, though?
Will may be Jada Pinkett Smith's biggest fan
On the September 15 episode of "Red Table Talk," Jada Pinkett Smith sat down with guest Tiffany Haddish, alongside daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris for a conversation. At some point during their chat, Haddish asked Jada about Will Smith's reaction to her shaving her hair. "What did Will say when you cut your hair off? How did he respond?" the comedian asked (via Us Weekly). "He loves it," Jada said. Willow also shared that, at the time, she received a text from her father saying how Jada looks "stunning." How sweet!
Later in the episode, Jada further discussed saying goodbye to her hair. "It was just time," the actor admitted. "I was just ready for that kind of expression and release. I'm so glad I did it. It was such a beautiful experience and such a freedom." Jada also said that she now feels "more connected with [herself] and to the great diving," adding that this experience taught her to simply stop caring what people think.
Haddish, who shaved off her hair in the summer of 2020, shared similar sentiments as the host. "During that pandemic time — the beginning of the pandemic, I was reading the Bible more, checking up on the Torah and everything," she said on "Red Table Talk." "Everything is talking about 'know thyself, know thyself.' And that just kept resonating with me," Haddish continued. "I'm like, 'Okay.' When I hear things, I take it literal."
Will Smith once cut off Jaden Smith's dreadlocks
Jada Pinkett Smith and Willow Smith aren't the only ones in the family to have shaved their hair. A few years ago, Jaden Smith cut off his dreadlocks for a movie role — with some help from his dad Will Smith. Taking to Facebook, Will shared a few pictures of the aftermath. "Getting Jaden Smith ready for the first day of filming 'Life in a Year'...maybe I should've used scissors?!," he wrote in April 2017.
Still, Jaden wasn't ready to let his locks go for good. A few months later, at the 2017 Met Gala, the young actor arrived on the red carpet with an unusual companion: his old dreadlocks. "Since I couldn't bring my sister as a date, I brought my old hair," Jaden told Teen Vogue. For now, the locs are stored in a safe place. "The dreads are at my parents' house right now, just chilling in a glass box," Jaden said on "The World According to Jaden Smith" (via Teen Vogue) that same year.
However, Jaden described a few downsides of having long dreadlocks. "They smelled like coconut oil and metal, because I had the rings in them," he explained. "So it smelled like coconut oil, metal, and bleach. And when you mix those together, it's not amazing." He continued, "I'm glad I have no dreads. I'm glad that I can go swimming at night and I don't have to be really cold and wake up with wet hair."