Will Smithis opening up about his life and relationships in an in-depth interview withOprah Winfrey.
“I want to let people have it,” Smith, 53, shared. “I’ve carried, most of my life, the sense of failing every woman I interact with. I haven’t talked about that publicly.”
Also in the teaser, Smith told Winfrey, “I’m lying on the floor in a jail cell and I’m like, ‘What is happening?'”
Smith is about to embark on a national book tour in support of his powerful new memoirWill, which goes on sale Nov. 9.
In the memoir, theMen in Blackstar shares a more vulnerable side with his readers and fans, including how a terrifying act of violence he witnessed his father carry out against his mother changed his life forever. He also writes thathe “fell in love” with hisSix Degrees of Separationcostar Stockard Channingduring his first marriage to Sheree Zampino.
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Smith — who had just welcomed son Trey with Zampino at the time — remained in character even while off the set of the 1993 film. As his romantic feelings for Channing grew, their relationship remained professional, the star writes.
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“After the film wrapped, Sheree and Trey and I moved back to L.A.,” the actor and singer continues. “Our marriage was off to a rocky start. I found myself desperately yearning to see and speak to Stockard.”
There are many such complicated and nuanced stories inWill. It’s a candid look at Smith’s often-difficult childhood; the end of his relationship with Zampino, 53; his 23-year marriage toJada Pinkett Smith, 50; and his journey as a father to Trey, 29,Jaden, 23, andWillow, 21.
Despite his decades of success across the film and music industries, Smith writes that he treasures his personal relationships the most. “To love and to be loved is the highest human reward,” he writes.
source: people.com
