HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) –U.S. stand-up comedian and actor, Chris Rock has had enough of Will Smith and his estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith talking about him in interviews as he urges them to keep his name out of their mouths.
In a recent interview, the Red Table Talk show host made waves after she revealed that she and the King Richard actor have been separated for seven years.
She did not stop there and went on to reveal that following the Will Smith 2022 Oscars controversy, Chris apologized to her for joking about her alopecia.
However, one revelation did not sit well with the comedian, when Jada claimed that he asked her out after hearing rumours that she and the Emancipation star were parting ways.
Speaking of Chris’ reaction, an insider told Daily Mail that he is “frustrated” over Jada’s recent comments and would love it if she “keep his name out of her damn mouth.”
“Chris has said his piece on the entire Will Smith slap, but now with these new revelations from Jada that her and Will have been living separate lives it is just another WTF moment in the whole saga from these past few years between Chris, her, and Will,” a source revealed.
“Chris hates that she keeps bringing it up and bringing up the other revelations about Chris asking her on a date and all of that,” the insider added.
“He is a relatively private person and was just getting to a point where people may have started to move on, but now it is back in the limelight, and it’s just frustrating that everything is coming back to the forefront,” the source explained the comedian’s frustration.
The insider said before concluding that “Chris is over it and would actually love for her to keep his name out of her damn mouth.”
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In her riveting new book Worthy, out Oct. 17, the actress opened up about her difficult childhood, mental health and their complicated marriage.
Jada is aware of how her life looked from the outside, especially about a decade ago.
The glamour and the smiles, the mansion, gowns and movie premieres. The “they have it all” of it all. “But, while I was really living the dream, I hit a huge wall — a massive amount of depression. I think that I looked at having outside sources to supplement for the voids that I was feeling inside.”
She said the “voices” were incoming. “‘Just kill yourself. You’re not worth anything, you ain’t s—.’ ” Jada began to plot her death. “I started looking for places, cliffs where I could have an accident, because I didn’t want my kids to think that their mother had committed suicide.”
“Ayahuasca helped me, it gave me a new intimate relationship with myself that I had never had before.” Jada says since the first time she took the drug, “the suicidal thoughts completely went away.”
Jada says her husband and children — “as adults” — have also taken ayahuasca. She knows that her family life, and in particular her marriage, are a topic of fascination for many people. She remembers how they first got together.
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“Will called me up one day and said, ’Hit me when you get to L.A.’ and then … click. And I was like, ‘Whoa. Okay.’ And so when I got to L.A., I called him. I haven’t been able to get rid of him since.”
Once they got together, Jada says there was no turning back. She was, at the time — while her career was taking off — being treated for depression, suicidal ideation, and taking medication. “Once I met Will, I completely abandoned my mental health. I was so intoxicated by him and our dynamic. I really felt like I’m cured.” She stopped taking Prozac. “He became the drug.”
Their marriage, held in a quiet ceremony in Baltimore on New Year’s Eve in 1997, while she was pregnant with Jaden has long been a subject of fascination by fans. Immediately upon their union they were crowned Hollywood royalty, which brought a lot of gossip and speculation.
“We’re still figuring it out,” Jada says of the state of their marriage. She says they had been separated for six years before the Oscars in 2022. “We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”
As for her kids: “My children, they’re little gurus. They’ve taught me a deep sense of self-acceptance.”
“They love every part of me,” she says of Jaden, 25, Willow, 22, and Trey, 30. “The level of love, unconditional love that they have for me and their dad. And it’s one thing to want to be the person that gives that unconditional love. And then there’s, to be the recipient of that.”