Jada Smith on her kids: ‘Even though I have two teenagers, I still like them’

This ^ is what Jada Pinkett Smith wore on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night. It’s a two-tiered feather miniskirt and a ribbon cut black t-shirt over a black vest. She has dynamite legs and this certainly shows them off but even Jada pointed out she had to “make sure everything was covered.”

The Smiths don’t believe in putting too many restrictions on their kids. But they have always been very loving parents. Will loves his kids so much he waxed poetic about their conception. Now Jada has gone on the record as saying she is pretty fond of them as well. Promoting her return to the TV show Gotham, Jada said that, compared to her teenage self, her kids are “angels.”

The Bad Moms star appeared on NBC’s The Tonight Show Wednesday and spoke candidly about her life at home with husband Will Smith, 47, stepson Trey Smith, 23, son Jaden Smith, 17, and daughter Willow Smith, 15. “Family’s good. I will have an 18-year-old in two months,” the 44-year-old actress said. “But I must say, even though I have two teenagers, I still like them. You know, you have to love your children, but it doesn’t mean you have to like them—especially when they’re teenagers, OK? You have to love them. I know when I was a teenager my mother, from 13 to about 40, I made a turn; she didn’t like me. I was a wild child on the streets of Baltimore. That’s real talk. Compared to my children and what I was doing, they’re angels.”

[From E! Online]

I am two years from having a proper teenager and the thought scares me. Not because I don’t like my kids or don’t trust them but because of what a nightmare I was. I wasn’t wild but I was a D-R-A-M-A queen. I just know karma is coming for me and my mother provided the directions. Showing that the “like” goes both ways, the Smith children filmed this video for Jada for Mother’s Day. It includes all three kids, including Trey, Will’s son from his first marriage to Sheree Zampino. When they first got together, Jada advocated for Will to repair his relationship with Sheree so Trey and Will could have a healthy connection. I always held a soft spot for her after I read that.

Jada and Jimmy also talked summer plans. Jada said Will had many plans for the family but she gave him the responsibility to arrange them because, she said, “You know, everybody has pretty tight schedules.” When I say I have to check the kids’ schedule, I have maybe a birthday party conflict; when Jada checks her kids schedules, she has to figure out what career they will be on that week.

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Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at LAX in a bold full length red coat

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  1. Alexander says:

    Jada Smith is an interesting woman with such kids she has and Will Smith to add on, Whoa!

  2. Birdix says:

    I feel you Hecate, I have an almost-teen and there are moments…. but she can’t be as bad as I was, can she??? On one hand, this old dog knows the old tricks, so I can predict a lot and easily recognize some of the old tricks. On the other, it’s near impossible for this old dog to keep up with all of the new technology, as much as I try…

  3. Bapril says:

    I’ve always thought Jada was so pretty and in a way that was unlike every other actress in Hollywood, you know? So it still makes me sad that she got those cheek implants. It makes her look weird and awful.

  4. Sarah01 says:

    Gorgeous family, I like your kids too Jada

  5. Mgsota says:

    I have a teenager and I don’t like her most days. I love her dearly, but like? Not so much. She’s a bit of a self centered ass. Luckily I have a little one too who is still so sweet and loveable.

  6. KiddVicious says:

    I hated the teen years. I was having some petty argument with my son when he was around 15 and yelled “Act your age!” he yelled back “I am!” We both cracked up laughing. After that with any argument I’d tell him to stop acting his age.

  7. Notthemafia says:

    I too was a pain in the arse when I was a teenager. You know how I know that? My mother used to tell me. Daily. I think the mantra ‘I love you, because you’re my child, but I don’t like you’ must have been repeated to me at least once an hour. And it made me feel awful, totally worthless, and ready to do anything I wanted to find validation elsewhere. So I’m definitely going to try and remember that in a few years when my own daughter is making me want to rip my hair out and make sure that phrase never comes out of my mouth, no matter how much of an awful drama queen she is!

  8. CharlotteCharlotte says:

    It makes me so happy when mothers are able to talk real about this. My eldest is still a few years out from being a teenager, but the attitude began long ago. The love is always there, but the liking takes more work.