Five months afterJordyn Woodsshared her side of theTristan Thompson cheating scandalonRed Table Talk,Jada Pinkett Smithis sharing new details about the interview.
At a screening ofRed Table Talkin London on Thursday, Pinkett Smith, 47, revealed that Woods was “happy” with the interview, according to theDaily Mail.
“It was a learning experience for me because Jordyn is like a daughter to me,” Pinkett Smith explained. “But then I also had to have an objective point of view. I had to be able to see it from every angle. That was tough.”
The actress continued, “I had to not to go in and go ‘rah, rah, rah’ — but to go, ‘okay, let’s hear your story, but let’s also have compassion for the other side.'”
During the March episode,Kylie Jenner’s former BFF opened up about the allegations that she had kissedTristan Thompson,Khloé Kardashian‘s then-boyfriend. Woods said that Thompson — the father of Kardashian’s daughterTrue— had kissed her after a party at his house, but shedenied that the two ever had sex.
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Opening up to PEOPLE in June, Pinkett Smith explained that Woods, 21, “really felt like [Red Table Talk] wasthe only safe place that she could do that interview.”
“It actually wasn’t something I wanted to do because it was very close [to home], but as time transpired, Jordyn was just like, ‘I really need you in this platform’ andWill [Smith]felt like it was supremely important. So I was like, okay let’s do it,” the actress revealed. (Woods’ father John was a sound engineer onTheFresh Prince of Bel-Air,creating a close bond between the Smith and Woods’ families.)
“I just wanted her to have a platform to tell her story. That’s it,” Pinkett Smith told PEOPLE. “She’s a young beautiful woman inside and out and me having been a young girl, we sometimes get in situations that we don’t necessarily know how to handle … You just [try to] help young girls navigate through life, through difficult situations we’ve all come across.”
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InCosmopolitan UK‘sSeptember cover issueearlier this week, Woodselaborated on her strained friendshipwith Jenner, 21.
“I love her. That’s my homie,” Woods said of Jenner, who recentlyunfollowed her former bestieon Instagram five months after news of the scandal broke.
She continued, “I hope everything falls into place and that we can all grow and build our relationships with our family and God and come back together one day and be stronger and happier.”
source: people.com
