The Tragic Real_Life Story Of Jaden Smith…

Jaden Smith is arguably among the most successful nepo babies in Hollywood. The son of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith , Jaden has been in the public eye since infancy. He’s also followed in the footsteps of his famous parents by pursuing various pursuits within the realm of show business.

In that regard, he experienced a significant degree of success when he was still a kid. His first film role — playing the son of his dad’s character in “The Pursuit of Happyness” — begat others, including a starring role opposite Jackie Chan in the 2010 reboot of “The Karate Kid.” As he grew older, he established a successful career as a rapper along with other ventures including his own fashion collective, MSFTSrep.

Yet amidst all that success has come controversy and sadness. To find out more about that side of his life, read on for an exploration of the tragic story of Jaden Smith.

As the child of two huge celebrities, Jaden Smith has been famous since as early as he can remember. “People were following me around when I was in a stroller,” he recalled in an interview with Mr. Porter . “Before I could speak, I could feel the presence of people I didn’t know who were interested in me.”

The celebrity status imposed upon him at birth also hindered experiencing typical relationships with other kids while growing up. “I didn’t always get to hang out with normal people when I was young,” he told Dazed .

As a result of that unorthodox upbringing, Smith found at a young age that he could relate better to adults than his peers. He explained in an interview with BigBoyTV that this dynamic is something that he’s ultimately found to be beneficial. “I am very happy that I spent my childhood with more adults than I did with kids my own age,” he said, “because I was picking up more things from adults than I were [sic] from kids my own age.”

All the movies that Jaden Smith made when he was younger led him to share top billing with his dad in the sci-fi drama “After Earth.” The film flopped, and the uniformly negative reviews tended to focus on Jaden’s middling abilities as an actor. “Cute as a child star, the now teenage Jaden [‘The Karate Kid’] struggles to carry a film that requires acting beyond looking upset/surly/kicking things,” read Metro’s review . “He plays the role throughout with a face like a smacked bum,” observed The Guardian , describing Jaden’s character as showing no fear. “Or any emotion,” the review added. “Or any acting talent of any sort.”

“‘After Earth’ was an abysmal box office and critical failure,” Will wrote in his memoir, “Me,” via an excerpt appearing in People . “And what was worse was that Jaden took the hit. Fans and the press were absolutely vicious; they said and printed things about Jaden that I refuse to repeat. Jaden had faithfully done everything that I’d instructed him to do, and I had coached him into the worst public mauling he’d ever experienced.”

Will also discussed that experience in an interview with Esquire , admitting that the fact he pulled his son into the project made its failure particularly painful. “That was excruciating,” he said.