Will Smith has admitted his “heart shattered” when his son Jaden asked to be emancipated when he was a 15-year-old.The King Richard star opened up about the struggles his son faced after their 2013 film After Earth bombed commercially and critically, with Jaden enduring attacks from the media.Writing in his new memoir Will (via People), he described the film as “an abysmal box office and critical failure”.“And what was worse was that Jaden took the hit,” he admitted. “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 went on to admit.
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