*Jada Pinkett Smith has recalled the time Child Protective Services were called to investigate claims she was starving her daughter Willow in 2014.
During Monday’s episode of her Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk, Pinkett Smith and her 19-year-old daughter shared how the drama started when a photo circulated online of then 13-year-old Willow lying in bed with shirtless family friend, Moises Arias, who was 20 at the time. An investigation ensued when CPS received a complaint that Jada and husband Will Smith were starving their daughter, PEOPLE reports.
“That was the first time I ever got furious,” explained Pinkett Smith of the incident.
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“I was looking at the lady and the whole time I was thinking, ‘You could be helping so many kids right now, and you’re wasting your time with a child who has everything they need,’” Willow said.
She didn’t help the situation by eating a bowl of cereal in the afternoon.
“They already think we’re starving you, you’re going to walk in with a bowl of cereal at two o’clock and say this is your first meal! I was like, ‘Lord Jesus take the wheel,’” Pinkett Smith said.
“I walked in with a bowl of cereal specifically because I knew that they said you were starving me,” Willow added. “I was like, ‘You know what? I’m going to walk in with food and eat the entire time! I’m going to eat throughout the entire interview!”
Pinkett Smith went on to explain how Willow and her brother Jaden acted out during the investigation despite being told to be on their best behavior.
“My kids were like, ‘whatever,’” Pinkett Smith said. “And that’s how they treated it. Her and Jaden… and there was nothing Will and I could do. We were just like, ‘please chill out.’ And they were like, ‘No. This is stupid and it’s ridiculous.’”
“We were gangster!” Willow laughed.
“Red Table Talk” airs Mondays on Facebook Watch.
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