Will Smith reveals that Jaden asked to be emancipated at 15 after their film bombed

"He felt mistaken and lost his confidence in my leadership," wrote the actor in his memories.


Both Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith were very open to their experience as parents, including with the difficult times they have known while raising their two children together, Jaden and Willow Smith , and with Will's son, Trey Smith , from his previous marriage to Sheree Zampino . But this opening does not mean that fans have not been surprised by the details that will be revealed in its memories.

In Will be , the actor shared that his son, Jaden, had asked to be emancipated when he was 15 years old after making the 2013 film after Earth . The film was torn my criticism and did not do as well as expected at the box office.

Will shared that he felt the responsibility of putting Jaden in a position where he would receive such severe criticism, and said it led to Jaden's request. Read the rest to find out more about the experience that said "broke" his heart.

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Will and Jaden's film was swept away.

after Earth , which was led by Mr. Night Shyamalan And based on a story of Will, concerns a father and a son in the future of far who crashes on an evacuated land. The film did not go well with criticism or viewers and has a 12% approval note On rotten tomatoes.

In 2015, Will called the film "The most painful failure of my career" in an interview with Squire .

Will felt bad that Jaden was involved.

Jaden and Will Smith at the premiere of
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In his memories, which was extracted in People ,, Will explained that the most difficult part of after Earth Being criticized was that Jaden also had to cross him, and he will be the one who is responsible for his child in the film.

"" after Earth was a terrible box office and critical failure, "wrote Will." And what was worse is that Jaden took up. The fans and the press were absolutely vicious; They said and printed things on Jaden that I refuse to repeat. Jaden had faithfully did everything I had asked to do, and I had trained him in the worst public mulput he ever knew. ""

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He said Jaden asked to emancipate.

Jaden and Will Smith in Moscow in 2013
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Will explained that Jaden asked to be emancipated from him and Jada. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"We have never discussed it, but I know he felt betrayed," wrote the consequences of the film. "He felt mistaken and lost his confidence in my leadership."

The winner of the Oscars continued: "At 15, when Jaden asked to be an emancipated minor, my heart broke. He finally decided not to do it, but it fears to feel as if you have injured your children. "

Will also opened in an interview.

The Smith family at the premiere of
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In the 2015 interview with Squire Will talked about feeling as if he had disappointed his son.

Asked if the failure of after Earth was worse than what he experienced with his 1999 film Wild Wild West , who was also swept, said Will: " Wild Wild West was less painful than after Earth Because my son was involved in after Earth And I led him in it. It was excruciating. ""

The actor explained that the experience with after Earth also changed his perspective on his own life. He asked why he was always after having number one films and how he used it to fill a void that could only be filled with love. He also said that after obtaining the number of box -offs, he discovered that his father had cancer, which "put him in perspective - vicinefully".

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Jada also talked about the demand for emancipation of her son.

Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith, and Willow Smith on
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On an episode of Jada Talk about a red table In 2018, she was joined by Jaden and talked about him ask to be an emancipated minor .

"At 15, Jaden, and I remember this day specifically - this is probably one of the most heartbreaking moments of my life - you arrived at a point where you told me directly, you said to yourself: 'Mom, I have to go here to live my life' ', she said. "I remember thinking, as devastated as me, I said to myself:" He's right. years. It's time for him to leave the house. ""

Jada said she remembered Will when Jaden was a child whom they would have "lucky" if he wanted to stay with them for 16 years, because he seemed so mature from a young age.

Jada then explained: "Being in this lifestyle, in this world is a bubble and he wanted to get out. I understood it, because I did not have the bubble. I knew what my freedom outside the Bubble that I won. And I knew earlier than I let him go, the faster he was going to come back. "

There were previous rumors that Jaden wanted to be emancipated.

Just before the release of after Earth ,, The sun published a Willian quote in which the actor would have declared that Jaden wanted to be emancipated so that he can go home.

On an episode of The Ellen Degeneres show Shortly after, Will and Jaden were interviewed together And Will said he had made a "joke" that was withdrawn from his context.

"You see, here is the thing I have to explain: I'm not going anywhere," said Jaden, then 14 years old. "The thing that people don't receive is that everything at home is free. So I can get everything and everything I want at home, so I think I'm going to be there for 20, 30 more years . "

Referring to his father, he added: "He says that as soon as I have a bigger film than his films, I must have my own house."


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