NEW YORK –
Jada Pinkett Smith has a lifetime of ideas she’d prefer to set down.
The actor, singer, entrepreneur and co-host of the Fb Watch present “Purple Desk Speak” has a deal for what Dey Road Books is looking an “trustworthy and gripping memoir” that can cowl her “sophisticated marriage to Will Smith,” amongst different matters. The guide is presently untitled and scheduled for subsequent fall.
“Jada Pinkett Smith chronicles classes discovered in the midst of a tough however riveting journey — a rollercoaster experience from the depths of suicidal despair to the heights of non-public rediscovery and the celebration of genuine female energy,” learn Thursday’s announcement by Dey Road, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Based on the announcement, Pinkett Smith will recount her “unconventional upbringing in Baltimore,” her friendship with late rapper Tupac Shakur, her love story with Smith and her experiences with motherhood.
“In disaster at age 40, Jada recounts the excruciating decisions she was pressured to make to redefine her life in each method,” the writer mentioned.
Pinkett Smith, 51, is thought for such movies as “Collateral” and “The Matrix Reloaded,” in addition to being vocal about her battles with despair and the hair-loss dysfunction alopecia areata, the supply of Chris Rock’s notorious joke at this 12 months’s Academy Awards ceremony.
When the comic likened her shaved head to Demi Moore’s look in “G.I. Jane,” Will Smith — who revealed his personal bestselling memoir final 12 months — shocked the world by striding from his front-row seat to the stage and slapping Rock.
Pinkett Smith addressed the slap two months later, on an episode of “Purple Desk Speak,” saying the incident had prompted hundreds to succeed in out to her with their very own experiences with alopecia areata. She additionally mentioned she hoped “these two clever, succesful males have a chance to heal, discuss this out, and reconcile.”