“Jordyn really felt like it was the only safe place that she could do that interview,” Jada tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story, in which she, Willow and Adrienne discuss their family’s bond.
“It actually wasn’t something I wanted to do because it was very close [to home], but as time transpired, Jordyn was just like, ‘I really need you in this platform’ and Will [Smith] felt like it was supremely important. So I was like, okay let’s do it.”
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Woods’ father John was a sound engineer onTheFresh Prince of Bel-Airand the Smiths and Woods families have been longtime friends. As Jada said on theMarch 1Red Tableepisodethat featured an often-emotional Woods, “I’ve known Jordyn Woods her whole life.”
On the show, Woods opened up about the night of her alleged “hook-up” with Thompson — Khloé Kardashian’s ex and the father of her daughter, True — as well as the fallout from the ensuing public scandal. While Woods told Jada the pair shared a kiss, she denied she was “all over him,” as reports claimed.
Will Smith and Jordyn Woods.Jodryn Woods/Instagram
The appearance, which broke records as the most-viewed Facebook Original episode in its first 24 hours, helped humanize Woods and deepen the dialogue about the incident.
“That was my intention honestly,” says Jada. “I just wanted her to have a platform to tell her story. That’s it. She’s a young beautiful woman inside and out and me having been a young girl, we sometimes get in situations that we don’t necessarily know how to handle… You just [try to] help young girls navigate through life, through difficult situations we’ve all come across.”
source: people.com
