Jada Pinkett Smith confesses she once had 'a porn addiction' on Red Table Talk... as daughter Willow admits she first watched porn 'around 11'

Jada Pinkett Smith has opened up about her previous 'porn addiction' on Red Table Talk.

The 47-year-old actress was joined by her 18-year-old daughter Willow Smith and mom Adrienne Banfield-Jones for the candid discussion on her Facebook Watch show about the relationship all three women have had with pornography.

'Back in the day I had a little porn addiction, but I wasn't in a relationship when I had a porn addiction, believe it or not, thank goodness,' said the Girls Trip star. 

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Candid: Jada Pinkett Smith [R] has opened up about her previous 'porn addiction' on Red Table Talk

The mother-of-two later appeared to walk back her statement.

'I actually feel like I was using "addiction" a little lightly,' said Jada, once the women had sat down at the titular table. 

'And maybe I'll say now that I had an unhealthy relationship to porn at one point in my life where I was trying to practice abstinence.' 

Nothing's off limits: 'Back in the day I had a little porn addiction, but I wasn't in a relationship when I had a porn addiction, believe it or not, thank goodness,' said the Girls Trip star

Nothing's off limits: 'Back in the day I had a little porn addiction, but I wasn't in a relationship when I had a porn addiction, believe it or not, thank goodness,' said the Girls Trip star

The daughter she shares with actor husband Will Smith then asked if her porn fixation came from an 'emotional' place.

'It was actually like filling an emptiness, at least you think it is,' Jada explained. 'But it's actually not.' 

Earlier in the episode, the teenage Whip My Hair hitmaker admitted she began watching porn with her friends at a young age on Tumblr.

She said she was 'around 11' at the time. 

Woah! The daughter she shares with actor husband Will Smith then asked if her porn fixation came from an 'emotional' place

Woah! The daughter she shares with actor husband Will Smith then asked if her porn fixation came from an 'emotional' place

Disbelief: "I cannot believe that I'm having this conversation with my daughter and granddaughter!"'

Disbelief: "I cannot believe that I'm having this conversation with my daughter and granddaughter!"'

Confession: Earlier in the episode, the teenage Whip My Hair hitmaker admitted she began watching porn with her friends at a young age on Tumblr

Confession: Earlier in the episode, the teenage Whip My Hair hitmaker admitted she began watching porn with her friends at a young age on Tumblr

 'All my girlfriends were like, ‘Oh, you should [watch],' the I Am Legend actress said. 

Jada then picked up her daughter's story.

'I remember the first time I went on Willow’s Tumblr, she was 10 or 11,' the actress began. 

'She was very matter of fact, she said, "I’m going to my Tumblr page but as we’re going to the Tumblr page you’re going to see a lot of stuff. This has nothing to do with me."' 

'So she’s just scrolling, scrolling. And when I tell you I saw some of the most hardcore pornography on Tumblr.'

Willow countered, 'It wasn’t! Mom. It really wasn’t.' 

Peer pressure: 'All my girlfriends were like, ¿Oh, you should [watch],' the I Am Legend actress said.

Peer pressure: 'All my girlfriends were like, ‘Oh, you should [watch],' the I Am Legend actress said.

Jada said: 'And maybe I'll say now that I had an unhealthy relationship to porn at one point in my life where I was trying to practice abstinence'

Jada said: 'And maybe I'll say now that I had an unhealthy relationship to porn at one point in my life where I was trying to practice abstinence'

Also joining the mother and daughter was a third generation of family: Willow's grandmother and Jada's mother Adrienne.

The 65-year-old seemed rather embarrassed by the frank conversation going on around her at one point. 

Willow nodded along in agreement as he mother spoke openly about her own addiction, saying 'exactly, exactly' while Adrienne looked on aghast.

'You keep saying exactly,' Adrienne says to Willow. 'And I’m like, "I cannot believe that I'm having this conversation with my daughter and granddaughter!"' 

Generations: Also joining the mother and daughter was a third generation of family: Willow's grandmother and Jada's mother Adrienne

Generations: Also joining the mother and daughter was a third generation of family: Willow's grandmother and Jada's mother Adrienne

During the talk they invited a married a husband and wife to discuss how his lifelong addiction to porn almost destroyed their relationship.

Described as leaders 'in a new nationwide movement,' the couple are affiliated with the Porn Kills Love campaign - which has Mormon ties.

The Church of Latter Day Saints is strongly opposed to pornography and masturbation. 

Jada, Willow and Adrienne don't usually hold back when they talk about sensitive subjects.

During previous sessions they have covered awkward and gritty subjects like Jada talking about her grandmother teaching her about masturbation, Adrienne opening up about suffering domestic abuse and a confession from Willow that she used to cut herself.

 

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Jada Pinkett Smith confesses she once had 'a porn addiction' on Red Table Talk

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