Willow Smith has revealed that she loves her parents ‘to death’ after overcoming years of ‘friction’ while she was growing up, as she posed for an eye-catching new shoot with Dazed Magazine.
The former teen star, 23, has reinvented her image in recent years, and in the new interview, shared that she’s been able to patch up her bond with mother Jada and father Will, after realising they’re just as ‘afraid and confused’ as she is.
Willow also stripped naked for one eye-popping image during the shoot, as she told the publication: ‘I was born into a family who does entertainment.
‘I could have chosen to not put myself in front of the world… but I think there are a lot of things that need to be expressed and a lot of issues that need to be raised.’
Willow admitted that while her parents were at the helm if her career during her younger years, she struggled with anxiety attacks, leading her to rebel in ways such as shaving her head.
Willow Smith has revealed that she loves her parents ‘to death’ after overcoming years of ‘friction’ while she was growing up, as she stripped naked for a shoot with Dazed Magazine
The star shared that she’s been able to patch up her bond with mother Jada and father Will (pictured second right with brothers Jaden and Trey, Will, Jada and Jada’s mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris)
Posing for an array of eye-catching images, Willow told the publication: ‘I was born into a family who does entertainment’
At the time, Willow lashed out at her father when she told him she wanted to pull out of her gig as a supporting artist on Justin Bieber’s tour, and when he didn’t take her seriously, she decided to shave her head.
But in recent years, Willow said her relationship with her parents is better than ever, saying: ‘I think when you’re growing up, it’s natural to have that friction with your parents, and I think everyone goes through that..
‘But when it really changed for me was realising that my parents are human beings, just like me, and they’re afraid and confused, and sometimes they don’t know the answers.’
‘I just love my parents to death. I would do anything for them.’
Willow has previously spoke about her struggles with self-harm during her younger years, and went onto explain that it ‘was a way for her to let those emotions come out in a way where I wasn’t opening herself up to judgment.’
Willow also reflected on the backlash she faced in 2014, when she expressed interests in quantum physics and the Indian philosopher Osho, as well as identifying herself as an ‘indigo child.’
Shrugging, she added: ‘Conscious young Black kids are a ”cool” thing now, but I feel like, back then, they weren’t.
‘I don’t know what people thought, it’s not really my concern. I do think it was a little bit mocked, maybe a lot mocked, but it was still the truth. The truth is still the truth, even if nobody believes it.’
As well as releasing a spritual new album, titled Empathogen, Willow’s company MSFTS has also bought the film rights to Alwyn Hamilton’s trilogy Rebel of the Sands.
Asked how she envisages her future, she said: ”I want to be someone who creates a loving community. I want to be someone who supports and uplifts those who are doing the work. And I want to create systems and structures to enhance the lives of people.’
‘I could have chosen to not put myself in front of the world… but I think there are a lot of things that need to be expressed and a lot of issues that need to be raised,’ she added
Willow admitted that while her parents were at the helm if her career during her younger years, she struggled with anxiety attacks, leading her to rebel in ways such as shaving her head
But in recent years, Willow said her relationship with her parents is better than ever, saying: ‘I think when you’re growing up, it’s natural to have that friction with your parents, and I think everyone goes through that..’
‘But when it really changed for me was realising that my parents are human beings, just like me, and they’re afraid and confused, and sometimes they don’t know the answers,’ she added
‘I just love my parents to death. I would do anything for them,’ Willow continued
As well as releasing a spritual new album, Willow’s company MSFTS has also bought the film rights to Alwyn Hamilton’s trilogy Rebel of the Sands
Asked how she envisages her future, she said: ‘I want to be someone who creates a loving community. I want to be someone who supports and uplifts those who are doing the work’
The singer’s newest album Empathogen, was released back in May
The accompanying shoot also showed Willow in an array of Acne looks, including a dramatic red fringed coat, a gold mini dress and a daring black leotard
The accompanying shoot also showed Willow in an array of Acne looks, including a dramatic red fringed coat, a gold mini dress and a daring black leotard.
In October, Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and Smith have been secretly separated for more than seven years, but had no plans to divorce.
Read the full interview in Dazed Magazine, on September 12
While appearing on the Today Show, Pinkett Smith told Hoda Kotb that they made the decision after feeling ‘exhausted with trying’ to work on their marriage.
‘I think we were both still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,’ she explained of what caused them to drift apart.
Jada also previously confirmed she has no plans to divorce Will after recently revealing they’ve been secretly separated since 2016.
‘We’re staying together forever,’ Jada told Drew Barrymore on the Drew Barrymore Show. ‘I tried. We tried,’ alluding to her and Will’s years-long separation that they kept tightly under wraps from the public.
Previously, at a publicity event for her tell-all memoir Worthy, Jada revealed that she was ‘not leaving Will’s side’ and he’s ‘not going to leave’ hers.
