Will Smith admits to ‘raging jealousy’ over Jada Pinkett’s relationship with Tupac & was ‘tortured by their connection’
WILL Smith admitted to having “raging jealousy” over Jada Pinkett Smith’s relationship with Tupac Shakur.
The 53-year-old actor said he was “tortured by their connection.”
In the actor’s new memoir titled Will, he opened up about how his wife’s friendship with the late rapper made him feel insecure.
After explaining that Jada, 50, and Tupac were high school friends who fought "their way from under the weight of abuse and neglect" to achieve the success they now have, Will revealed how their close bond made him feel when he first started dating the actress.
Will wrote: "Though they were never intimate, their love for each other is legendary -- they defined 'ride or die.’
"In the beginning of our relationship, my mind was tortured by their connection. He was 'PAC! and I was me."
Will said Tupac had "a fearless passion that was intoxicating, a militant morality, and a willingness to fight and die for what he believed was right.”
WILL'S INSECURITIES
As he praised the late rapper, Will admitted Jada’s old friend made him feel inadequate and he compared the feeling to how he felt when he saw his younger brother, Harry, stand up to their abusive father.
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The actor explained: "Pac was like Harry -- he triggered the perception of myself as a coward.
"I hated that I wasn't what he was in the world, and I suffered a raging jealousy: I wanted Jada to look at me like that."
'TWISTED VICTORY'
As Will and Jada's relationship became more serious, the actress was "less available" to spend time with Tupac.
Will said in the book that Jada’s growing interest in him was "a twisted kind of victory.”
He wrote: "If she chose me over Tupac, there was no way I could be a coward.
"I have rarely felt more validated.”
Will continued: “I was in a room with Tupac on multiple occasions, but I never spoke to him.
“The way Jada loved 'Pac rendered me incapable of being friends with him. I was too immature."
STRONG FRIENDSHIP
Jada and Tupac became friends while they both attended The Baltimore School for the Arts.
The legendary rapper tragically died in 1996 at the age of 25.
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Will and Jada tied the knot in 1997, while their share son Jaden, 23, and daughter Willow, 21.
In addition to his insecurities about Jada and Tupac's friendship, Will also opened up about his strained relationship with his father in the memoir.
