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‘Worthy’ proves there’s more to Jada Pinkett Smith than her marriage

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It is unfortunate the main concern most people will have about Jada Pinkett Smith’s memoir, Worthy, will be if there are any new revelations about her relationship with her husband, Will Smith.

Maybe she knows this because she takes her time getting there, sprinkling breadcrumbs to show how he appeared in the periphery of her life before they got together. Will you learn anything new?

It depends on how online you are and where you get your celebrity gossip. Jada claims she wrote Worthy to redeem herself from public assumptions, but at times it feels more like a guide for finding a spiritual practice.

Worthy reads like it was written with an eye toward the cinematic adaptation.

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