Popular American actor Will Smith has revealed how his heart shattered when his son Jade told him that he wanted to become an emancipated minor at the age of 15.
Will Smith who opened up in his memoir, Will, revealed how he felt his son was “betrayed” by his father’s actions after it was he (Will) who had “coached” him through the box office film After Earth.
“After Earth was an abysmal box office and critical failure, and what was worse was that Jaden took the hit. Fans and the press were absolutely vicious; they said and printed things about Jaden that I refuse to repeat.
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‘‘Jaden had faithfully done everything that I’d instructed him to do, and I had coached him,” he wrote in his memoir, Will.
“We never discussed it, but I know he felt betrayed. He felt misled, and he lost his trust in my leadership,” the father-of-three-continued.
“At fifteen years old, when Jaden asked about being an emancipated minor, my heart shattered. He ultimately decided against it, but it sucks to feel like you’ve hurt your kids.”
