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'Why Are Women Mean to Each Other?': Jemele Hill and Cari Champion Join a Red Table Talk on Black Female Rivalry
“Frenemies.” We’ve all had them—those not-quite friendships that seem to thrive on competition rather than compassion. Sadly, in a world where we are frequently told “there can only be one,” Black women often come to know this dynamic better than most. While we have become well aware of the dangers of toxic masculinity, female rivalry…
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I Had a Table Talk With Jada Pinkett Smith (No, It Wasn’t a Red Table), but I Got a Healing
Earlier this week, I limped into a swanky Midtown hotel. Less than 24 hours before, I’d finished the most grueling physical challenge of my life (thus far). In order to get to said hotel, I slowly walked up and down the stairs of the New York City subway. I was having a tough time going…
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Twitter Comes for Ayesha Curry After She Shares (Gasp!) That She Doesn’t Like Groupies Hanging Around Her Man
Ayesha Curry, cookbook author, Food Network personality, mom, and wife of NBA star Steph Curry, once again became the target of Twitter memes and hot takes Tuesday after she acknowledged that she doesn’t like other women hanging around her husband. Shocking, I know. To hear Twitter tell it, one would think it was a common…
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R. Kelly’s Sales and Streams Have Increased and Jada Pinkett Smith Is Confused
After three back-to-back nights of Lifetime’s docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, one thing is painfully clear: Black girls deserve better. Decades of R. Kelly’s disturbing acts have finally made it to the forefront, and what he’s done in the dark has yet again made its way to the light. Stories of sex cults, years of manipulation…
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Red Table Talk: Jada Pinkett Smith and Guests Come Clean About Overcoming Addiction
“This was not an easy decision,” Adrienne Banfield-Norris tearfully says at the open of the latest episode of daughter Jada Pinkett Smith’s series, Red Table Talk. “It’s difficult to talk about something that is gonna go out to the world.” The 64-year-old Banfield-Norris is referring to her over 20-year addiction to heroin, which she managed…
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Real Table Talk: Tiffany Haddish Turned Jada’s Red Table Into an Inspiration Station
We can only imagine how incredible it would be to give Tiffany Haddish a seat at our table—or what it’d be like to receive a Valentino bag just for sitting at Jada Pinkett Smith’s table—but we got a taste on the most recent Red Table Talk, when Pinkett Smith hosted her Girls Trip bestie for…
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The Love Below: Jada Pinkett Smith and Mom Talk Vaginal Rejuvenation in Red Table Talk
Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk—her hit Facebook series featuring herself, daughter Willow and mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones—has provided us with no end of topics to cover. In the month since its debut, the series has explored a number of intimate matters, including blended families, body issues, “mean girls,” hair loss and the challenges of being…
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Jada Pinkett Smith and Gabrielle Union Speak About Their ‘Petty’ 17-Year Feud
Sometimes two people can be mad at each other for years, and then realize they have no idea why they were ever beefing to begin with. It doesn’t even matter if you’re two of the most famous black actresses in Hollywood—and that’s the case with Jada Pinkett Smith and Gabrielle Union. After 17 years of…