Jada Pinkett Smith reveals sad thing missing in her relationship with mom

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“Red Table Talk” on Facebook Watch got candid this week about what was missing from their mother-daughter connection while the actress, 50, was growing up.“One of the things that was so missing in my relationship with my mother and with Jada was just touch,” Norris, 68, said in a clip of the new episode shared with E!

News.Jada then confirmed she grew accustomed to not getting “cuddles” as a little girl.The pair was chatting with Kelly McDaniel — author of the book “Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal From Lost Nurturance, Protection and Guidance” — when the bombshell revelations were dropped during a discussion about family bonds.“Very rarely will you see Jada and I even touch, hug,” Norris continued. “It’s awkward because we didn’t hug in our family.

We knew we were loved, but it just wasn’t that kind of nurturing touch.”She also looked back to when the “Gotham” star and Will Smith’s daughter, Willow Smith, was a child.

Norris noted that the 21-year-old loved to cuddle in her younger years. While the “Whip My Hair” singer and her grandmother would embrace often, Jada explained how the touch was a departure from how she had been brought up.“But that was different for her,” Jada said. “She never cuddled with me.” Norris said she now regrets not having a closer physical attachment to her daughter. “It felt so good to be able to have that, and I never had it,” Norris revealed to Willow. “When I had it with you, then I missed it with Jada.