
One of the most intriguing themes of Jada Pinkett Smith’s new memoir Worthy is her understanding of titles. Father, daughter, friend. Husband. Not only how these small words can signifiy bonds of the greatest magnitude, but how they can cast the person behind them into the shade. How they can “make one blind to love”.
Seated opposite Broadway star Cynthia Erivo at London’s Southbank Centre, where the actors were deep in conversation on Sunday (29 October), Jada was unpacking her 400-page meditation on love, loss, growth, and heartache.