I loathe Will Smith. He’s kinda like the Male Paltrow to me. I am so tired of his statements about his parenting styles, and his marriage advice, and his aw shucks I’m good attitude. Here he is at the After Earth—Isn’t After Earth really just Oblivion starring Will Smith? And wasn’t Oblivion really just Generic Oh My God I’m On Earth movie?—with all his children, including older son Trey, by his first wife. That’s relevant to this story, because Will and Jada keep insisting they’re not pushing their kids into “the business” or fame at all, but if that’s true, why trot them all out for a red carpet event where they are photographed? But I digress. It’s not so much what he does, but what he says that irks me. On one hand, he insists he is not pushing his kids into being celebrities, yet then he says this: “I’ve looked for a lot of years. The Barrymores got really close to what I see in my head for my family.” The Barrymores? Um, most of them died of alcoholism and drug abuse. I mean, even Drew Barrymore battled addiction, and this is the model Will Smith looks to for guidance? Oy. “It’s less scary to me than if he wanted to be a dentist in that I couldn’t help with what he’d chosen. I have relationships with some of the biggest filmmakers and actors and producers on Earth. So I can be a huge help.” So, you aren’t pushing them into ‘the business’ but you introduce them around town to all the big shot producers and directors? Howsabout letting the kids be kids and choosing what they want to do? Howsabout introducing them to, oh, teachers and doctors and lawyers and letting them choose their path? Then he says this about daughter, Willow, and how she chose not to be famous: “Willow chose singing and then un-chose it. She said, ‘Daddy, I want to go to school with my friends during the week, and I want to hang out with them on the weekends.’ At the peak of ‘Whip My Hair,’ she’s like, ‘Daddy, I’m done.’ I was like, ‘Wow, wow, wow. No, baby, I got ‘Annie’ [the upcoming movie remake, co-produced by Jay-Z], you know. It’ll be New York, you’ll be with Beyoncé. You can bring your friends.’ And she said, ‘Daddy, I got a better idea. How about I just be 12?’ At the end of the day, it has to be their choice.” Um, she said she didn’t wanna do it and then you tried pressuring her by saying you got the movie and Jay Z and Beyoncé? You’re a delusional dipshit, Mister Smith. |
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