Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac’s relationship made Will Smith feel ‘tortured with raging jealousy’

Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac’s relationship explored

Jada and Tupac never had a romantic relationship, but their bond was stronger than one could ever imagine. The two met each other in high school. Following rapper’s death, Jada had noted she had known him when he was dealing with drugs and sinking deep into it.

Nonetheless, they were able to look up to each other and that helped their relationship grow. Speaking about their friendship, Jada once said: “It was about survival and it’s always been about survival between us, and holding each other down in ways that he and I could hold each other down.”

The two had deep respect for each other and to this date Jada does not hesitate to speak kindly about Tupac.

Will Smith felt tortured with raging jealousy

In his memoir, Will, the actor admitted that he wasn’t too pleased with Jada and Tupac’s relationship even though there were no romantic feelings attached.

He said: “Though they were never intimate, their love for each other is legendary — they defined ‘ride or die.’ In the beginning of our relationship, my mind was tortured by their connection. He was ‘PAC! and I was me. Pac was like Harry — he triggered the perception of myself as a coward. I hated that I wasn’t what he was in the world, and I suffered a raging jealousy: I wanted Jada to look at me like that.”

Tupac and Will were unfortunately never able to form a strong bond as the actor noted: “I was in a room with Tupac on multiple occasions, but I never spoke to him. The way Jada loved ‘Pac rendered me incapable of being friends with him. I was too immature.

A look at Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s relationship

Jada and Will first met on the sets of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The two seemed to connect easily but the actor was married to Sheree Zampino. Two years later, when Will was single, the two reconnected and started dating.

It did not take long for them to jump to the next step as they ended up getting married in 1997. However, it wasn’t the feeling that Jada had hoped to get. Opening up about the experience on Red Table Talk, Jada admitted she wasn’t happy when she had to walk down the aisle. She said: “I was so upset that I had to have a wedding. I was so pissed. I went crying down the freakin’ aisle getting married.” Despite those emotions, the pair exchanged their vows and got married on December 31, 1997.

Nonetheless, the two exchanged their vows and officially got married. The pair welcomed two children and made countless appearances as a married couple. However, Jada recently revealed that Will and her have been separated since 2016.

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