Will Smith has opened up about how he used to feel about Tupac in his new memoir, Will, which was released across the world on Tuesday (November 9). His wife, Jada Pinkett, was close with the legendary rapper after meeting at the Baltimore School for the Arts in the 1980s, causing Will Smith to feel threatened by their past.
“Though they were never intimate, their love for each other is legendary – they defined ‘ride or die,’” he writes in the book. “In the beginning of our relationship, my mind was tortured by their connection. He was PAC! and I was me.”
He also talks about Tupac having a “fearless passion that was intoxicating, a militant morality, and a willingness to fight and die for what he believed was right.”
Will Smith Admits To Once Wanting To Kill His Own Father - In Addition To Himself
Will Smith continues, “Pac was like Harry [Smith’s younger brother] – he triggered the perception of myself as a coward. I hated that I wasn’t what he was in the world, and I suffered a raging jealousy: I wanted Jada to look at me like that.”
He goes on to admit he felt a “twisted kind of victory” when she spent more time with him than Tupac.
“If she chose me over Tupac, there was no way I could be a coward,” Will Smith says. “I have rarely felt more validated… I was in a room with Tupac on multiple occasions, but I never spoke to him. The way Jada loved Pac rendered me incapable of being friends with him. I was too immature.”
Will Smith previously spoke about Tupac and Jada Pinkett relationship on The Breakfast Club in January 2020.
“[Me and Tupac] had a little bit of a thing because [Tupac and Jada] grew up together, and they loved each other, but they never had a sexual relationship,” he said at the time. “But, they had come into that age where now that was a possibility, and then Jada was with me.”
He added, “Pac had a little thing on that, but she just loved him. Like, he was the image of perfection, but she was with The Fresh Prince.”
I am not smart enough to understand the bigger plan behind this. Is it good marketing to offer personal life details? Or is it a bet you lost? I really don´t get what drives Family Smith into this presentation of self. The Fresh Prince from Philly is 100% Beverly Hilled in 2021.
You’re looking at what could possibly be a self-destruction. Sadly. He has no reason to be saying the things he says. Stuck in a marriage he doesn’t want to be in that has circumstances that he doesn’t want to be a part of. He would lose most of what he has if he filed for divorce.
Alpha fuccks, Beta bucks!
I like your name. Solid band
Lol damn Rollo!! In years past I would’ve been surprised to hear Will Smith say this, but looking at it through a red pill lens, I can see why. Tupac just didn’t care. He was THE quintessential bad boy and even the Fresh Prince was feeling the heat. I can see Will acting a bit simpish, needy and insecure in this dynamic.
I’m pretty sure ‘Beta’ Will has fucked numerous women you’ve jacked off to, ‘Rollo’ – without the RP bullshit.
Will Smith was one of the first rappers for those who didn’t like rap music. It’s reasonable to be jealous and to hate himself. He’s an okay actor tho, but as a rapper he’s a double zero.
Blah blah blah. Just to sell a book. Dude fucked mad bitches over the years including the ones in his movies
So did YOU have something to do with Pac’s… nvm
Salut to Will for opening up about his insecurities. He’s one we’d call real for admitting that he saw a man with greater significance and purpose than himself. Meek need to learn from this and admit the same about King Tekashi.
Only a lame mf would call snitch9 a king . Huge L
I don’t take no L’s coz The King already walked away with W. You bussaz just don’t know when to stop.
CAN’T wait till Ur SNITCH BITCH ass Queen goes out like ALPO MARTINEZ ??????
Will Smith is looking mad corny nowadays, all this weird emotional simp behaviour. Man up Will!
Pac was a hidden gay rapper… the picture on this article speaks for itself. what was there to be jealous about?
That’s just how Indians be looking, B
PAC isn’t Indian?
Naw there’s only one gay Pac and that’s the oh-so fabulous Juicy Smollett
oh don’t feel inferior.
Will gotta chill out. The book would’ve sold regardless but all these revelations just make him look weak emotionally, something I never associated with him before…
it’s the opposite of weak to be vulnerable and open. free urself
That’s how most these rappers feel but don’t have the heart to say it. Instead they rather slander him. True definition of a coward. Respect to Will an American icon and legend
Hip Hop Heads: We got respect for those that tell it like it is, that keep it real, that ain’t try to hide or be fake. Those the real ones.
Also Hip Hop Heads: What he doin’ telling it like it is and keeping it real?
Some of y’all need Jesus for real. Man’s out here being real with himself, let him be if you’re not about it.
It’s an awkward situation because you could see Pac and her never took it there, but it could have gone down at any time, and Pac was the opposite of Will but in the same space. Both were actors. Both were rappers. Both were famous. It’s like you can see where he would be in his head about it.
He should be more worried and scared in August.
bro better stop getting jealous of gangsta rappers lol its a lifestyle and requires larger balls than anyone can buy ,besides robot think should be living
A lot of folk have a whole different image of themselves in their head but it takes a special person to walk it like they talk it. No fugazi, just str8 up this is me. To have that mentality and be likeable, is rare. Pac was generational
Will’s a cool guy but man he comes across as soft so often, dude needs to toughen up
Soft? He’s a millionaire while your ass is typing ?
Plenty of rich people are soft, money got nothing to do with someone’s toughness
Soo all this makes sense will smith was tupacs cuckold and he was sooo jelous he had to sit in the corner and watch pac hit off jada it’s haunted him all these years
Pac was very contradictory with his messaging. That also made him a very complex individual/personality. Will was never contradicting. Just corny as eff!! One stayed in his lane (Will) while the other drove blindnessly all over the road.
“blindnessly”?? lmfaooooooo
I get your point… But use good English next time
Why even compare himself to pac ?He had literally nothing in common. ??♂️??♂️??♂️ Imagine being will smith & being so stuck on one girl.
The cold part is Will met her back in 94 and they started dating the Yr Pac died. Pac was also in a serious relationship. Will was a big star and about to become a huge star in the up coming yrs. Pac was everywhere and had this persona, but never cower to another man. They had a strong connection which is few and far between especially without sleeping with ea other.
Pac died in 1996
Most men that don’t have a strong connection with or at have any connections with his father and that father or figure isn’t the embodyment of masculinity then you get a Will Smith or another kind of simp as a result. Tupac could of ended up that way, and in away he was at some point but he was The exceptional kind of person, the person that reprogrammed himself.
Will ain’t no simp wym, you have no idea what you are talking about ??♂️