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In a special Father’s Day edition of Red Table Talk, Will Smith and wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith had a candid conversation about fatherhoo
Will Smith, who has three children, opened up about how his dad influenced his parenting.
If you’re familiar with the Facebook web series Red Table Talk, you know that Jada Pinkett-Smith has had many honest and emotional conversations on a myriad of topics, but the latest installment may have been the most raw episode yet. For the first time, Jada invited her husband, Will, for a one-on-one conversation in honor of Father’s Day.
He described his father, who he referred to as Daddy-O, as a strict disciplinarian, who he implies was, at times, abusive toward his mother. Smith admitted that it caused a rift between them when he was younger. But, he did appreciate some of his dad's wisdom and was able to glean what he wanted to replicate and what he didn’t.
"I learned that everywhere is school. That anything you do, you have to do it well. Getting good grades isn't above cleaning the kitchen," the Bad Boy actor said.
