{"id":110268,"date":"2023-10-13T15:12:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/13\/jada-pinkett-smith-says-tupac-shakur-was-her-soulmate\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:12:18","slug":"jada-pinkett-smith-says-tupac-shakur-was-her-soulmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/13\/jada-pinkett-smith-says-tupac-shakur-was-her-soulmate\/","title":{"rendered":"Jada Pinkett Smith says Tupac Shakur was her \u2018soulmate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jada Pinkett Smith is diving deeper into her past relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After revealing that she and her husband Will Smith have been\u00a0living \u201ccompletely separate lives\u201d\u00a0since 2016, Pinkett Smith\u00a0talked to RollingOut\u00a0about her friendship with the late rapper\u00a0Tupac Shakur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinkett Smith was asked about Shakur, who died\u00a0after being gunned down\u00a0in 1996, being her \u201csoulmate.\u201d She agreed that they had a strong connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf there is such a thing as past lives, I definitely think that Pac and I have travelled a few together,\u201d she said of Shakur, whom she became friends with as a teen when they were both living in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for any type of romantic connection, she said that \u201cwasn\u2019t possible\u201d because \u201cthere was no chemistry between us,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the interviewer insisted that their chemistry was apparent to others, Pinkett Smith pushed back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s that friendship love chemistry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was almost like God made us that way,\u201d Pinkett Smith continued. \u201cIt was like, look, I\u2019m going to put y\u2019all together, right? Y\u2019all are going to be a dynamic duo. But I\u2019m going to tell you right now, I\u2019m going to make it so y\u2019all are not going to be able to get together \u2018cause that just wasn\u2019t the purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinkett Smith has been doing press for her forthcoming memoir \u201cWorth,\u201d releasing Oct. 17. She writes about her relationship with Shakur in the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a\u00a0new clip\u00a0from \u201cJada\u2019s Story \u2013 An NBC News Special,\u201d Pinkett Smith returns to the 2022 Oscars. She said she was surprised by her husband slapping and yelling at Chris Rock to \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out of your f***ing mouth!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rock had made a joke about Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia hair loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst of all, I\u2019m really shocked, because mind you, I\u2019m not there,\u201d Pinkett Smith told Hoda Kotb during the special. \u201cWe haven\u2019t called each other husband and wife in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full NBC special airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jada Pinkett Smith is diving deeper into her past relationships. After revealing that she and her husband Will Smith have been\u00a0living \u201ccompletely separate lives\u201d\u00a0since 2016, Pinkett Smith\u00a0talked to RollingOut\u00a0about her friendship with the late rapper\u00a0Tupac Shakur. 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