Jada Pinkett Smith Once Pulled A Knife On An Ex Boyfriend Who Became Too Aggressive
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk is hitting serious issues a lot of women face, including domestic abuse.
The actress revealed she once had to arm herself with a knife in order to protect herself from a former boyfriend who became “aggressive.”
“I’ve definitely been in relationships that have been emotionally abusive,” she said during Monday’s episode. “I think emotional violence is really prevalent.” Jada explained she and her then-boyfriend were leaving a restaurant “and he had been drinking and he was driving.”
“He started getting really aggressive in the car. Thank goodness I knew where I was and I knew how to get out of the car and get to the house,” she recalled. “I ran to the house. I had to take my clothes off, take off my heels. I always travel with a black Russell hoodie and black Russell sweats.”
She continued, “I remember jumping in that sweatsuit, grabbing a big ol’ knife from the kitchen and hiding in his son’s room. I’ll never forget.” He ended up sneaking in the house through the back. “I heard him. I came out of his son’s bedroom and I was at the bottom of the hallway. I was like, ‘Don’t come near me.’ He said the quintessential line you hear in movies all the time, ‘You think I would hurt you? I would never do that to you.’”