Willow Smith breaks famous silence on love life with cryptic comments: ‘I’ve had some personal decisions I needed to make this year that were really hard’
She has always been tight-lipped about her love life.
But Willow Smith, 20, shared a bit of it this week on Red Table Talk which she hosts with her mother Jada Pinkett Smith and grandmother Adrienne Banfield-Norris.
‘Willow, what was your recent heartbreak?’ asked Jada, and Willow said: ‘You know, I’ve had some personal decisions I needed to make this year that were really hard.’
Love life: Willow Smith, 20, shared a bit of it this week on Red Table Talk which she hosts with her mother Jada Pinkett Smith and grandmother Adrienne Banfield-Norris
The family trio were sat round the table with intimacy coach to the stars Michaela Boehm who works with Jada and her smoldering Will Smith.
Michaela has also worked with movie star Gwyneth Paltrow and her TV writer second husband Brad Falchuk who often collaborates with Ryan Murphy.
The new episode of the show was called How To Heal A Broken Heart and Willow sighed before offering her answer to Jada’s question.
‘I had to just learn how to set some boundaries in my romantic relationship-slash-ships,’ said the Whip My Hair singer.
Her side: ‘Willow, what was your recent heartbreak?’ asked Jada, and Willow said: ‘You know, I’ve had some personal decisions I needed to make this year that were really hard’
Top talent: The family trio were sat round the table with intimacy coach to the stars Michaela Boehm who works with Jada and her smoldering Will Smith
‘And I’m so grateful that my partner was just open to what I had to say, and when you truly love someone no matter what you’re gonna want what’s best for them.’
Willow, who has been the subject of romance rumors with Tyler Cole, went on: ‘I felt like I was almost making the situation bigger than it needed to be.’
‘And you guys really did a good job working it out together,’ gushed Jada, prompting Willow to note that ‘Michaela helped a lot!’
‘It wasn’t nearly as tough as you thought,’ said Michaela to which Willow interjected: ‘As I was building it up to be.’
Pedigree: Michaela has also worked with movie star Gwyneth Paltrow and her TV writer second husband Brad Falchuk who often collaborates with Ryan Murphy
‘But you had such courage about it and you were so clear that you wanted the best for both of you and that’s really quite extraordinary,’ said Michaela.
Although Willow never confirmed she and Tyler were an item he did appear on Red Table Talk in October for an episode about voting.
His appearance added grist to the rumor mill about him and Willow – but Jada referred to him only as ‘a close family friend.’
Posing up together: Although Willow never confirmed she and Tyler were an item he did appear on Red Table Talk in October for an episode about voting
Earlier this year Jada’s own love life came under the spot light during a one-on-one Red Table Talk with Will about their marriage.
Jada confirmed the reports of her affair with R&B hunk August Alsina, saying the ‘entanglement’ occurred over four years ago when she and Will were broken up.
During the course of the episode Will joked that he would ‘get you back’ prompting Jada to laugh that ‘I think you’ve gotten me back. I think we’re good on that, okay?’
Intro: His appearance added grist to the rumor mill about him and Willow – but Jada referred to him only as ‘a close family friend’
At a more serious moment in their conversation Will said that ‘to be able to make mistakes without fear of losing your family is so critical.’
Will and Jada have been married since 1997 and in addition to Willow they also share a 22-year-old son called Jaden.
Willow also has a dashing 28-year-old half-brother called Trey Smith, who is Will’s son by his first wife Sheree Zampino who has been on Red Table Talk.