Will Smith, wife fight over son’s tough work schedule
May 19th, 2010 - 5:00 am ICT by IANS
London, May 19 (IANS) Hollywood star couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett were embroiled in a tiff over actor son Jaden’s tough work schedules during “The Karate Kid” remake.
Pinkett believes that her 11-year-old son was too young for the extremes his dad had planned. Smith is the producer of the film and set his son a tough schedule of work-outs and filming, while Pinkett felt Jaden needed a break, reports express.co.uk.
During “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Pinket said, “It was a ferocious fight… I was like, ‘My priority is Jaden’. It’s a balance. I told Will, ‘I understand that there’s certain things you are trying to put in, but, at the end of the day, he’s 11. We just had to find a nice balance.”
She added, “I learned why, in African tribes, men would come to the village and remove their sons to initiate them into manhood, because, as a mother, it is an excruciating thing to watch… That mother instinct kicks in.”
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