Jada Pinkett Smith & Mother Adrienne Mirror on Lacking “Nurturing Contact”

Adrienne Banfield Norris is opening up about a component she did not have in her relationship together with her daughter Jada Pinkett Smith. 

“One of many issues that was so lacking in my relationship with my mom and with Jada was simply contact,” she mentioned in a sneak peek at this week’s episode of Crimson Desk Speak shared solely with E! Information. “Very not often will you see Jada and I even contact, hug.” 

And in the event that they do, Jada mentioned, “it is awkward.” As Adrienne (also referred to as Gammy) defined, this simply wasn’t the best way they confirmed love of their household.

“It is awkward as a result of we did not hug in our household,” she continued. “We knew we had been cherished, nevertheless it simply wasn’t that sort of nurturing contact.” 

Trying again to when Jada and Will Smith‘s daughter Willow Smith was a baby, Adrienne recalled how the now 21-year-old cherished to cuddle. And whereas Willow and Adrienne mentioned they cuddled lots, Jada mentioned this was a change from how she had been raised. 

“However that was totally different from her,” the actress mentioned. “She by no means cuddled with me.”