Jada Pinkett-Smith is a very intelligent woman and we’re pretty sure nobody wants to play a game of semantics with her…that is, if they’re hoping to come out alive!
The superstar has been blogging recently, and she’s given some very insightful advice on relationships and maturity, all while speaking on her own marriage with Will Smith.
After some blogs blew one comment she made out of proportion, Jada set out to let everyone know just exactly what she meant.
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Jada’s original statement was:
“I’ve always told Will, ‘You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay. Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I’m here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that’s not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.”
This further ignited rumors that the pair have an open relationship.
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To clarify, she posted yesterday:
“Let me first say this, there are far more important things to talk about in regards to what is happening in the world than whether I have an open marriage or not. I am addressing this issue because a very important subject has been born from discussions about my statement that may be worthy of addressing.
The statement I made in regard to, ‘Will can do whatever he wants,’ has illuminated the need to discuss the relationship between trust and love and how they co-exist.
“Do we believe loving someone means owning them? Do we believe that ownership is the reason someone should “behave”? Do we believe that all the expectations, conditions, and underlying threats of ‘you better act right or else’ keep one honest and true? Do we believe that we can have meaningful relationships with people who have not defined nor live by the integrity of his or her higher self? What of unconditional love? Or does love look like, feel like, and operate as enslavement? Do we believe that the more control we put on someone the safer we are? What of TRUST and LOVE?
Should we be married to individuals who can not be responsible for themselves and their families within their freedom? Should we be in relationships with individuals who we can not entrust to their own values, integrity, and LOVE…for us???
Here is how I will change my statement…Will and I BOTH can do WHATEVER we want, because we TRUST each other to do so. This does NOT mean we have an open relationship…this means we have a GROWN one.”
Jada makes a lot of great points.
They trust one another, they make their own decisions – it’s not about control for Will & Jada. Maybe that’s why they’ve lasted so long?
SOURCE: RadarOnline || Photo Credit: GETTY
