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Will Smith Shares His Feelings About Tupac Shakur—”I Hated That I Wasn’t What He Was In The World, I Suffered A Raging Jealousy…I Wanted Jada To Look At Me Like That”

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">&num;Roommates&comma; the bombshells from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;will-smith-opens-up-about-his-spectacular-intimate-life-with-jada-pinkett-smith-at-the-start-of-their-relationship&sol;">Will Smith<&sol;a> just keep coming as the intimate details of his life are once again making headlines—and this latest update involves none other than the iconic Tupac Shakur&period; In a recently released excerpt from his new memoir&comma; Will Smith reveals that he had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;raging jealousy” towards Tupac Shakur due to his status and very close relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Within the last few weeks&comma; Will Smith has been <a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;hiphopdx&period;com&sol;news&sol;id&period;65755&sol;title&period;will-smith-tupac-jada-pinkett-raging-jealousy-book">extremely open<&sol;a> regarding his consistently talked about marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith&period; After previously admitting he fell in love with one of his co-stars while filming a movie to admitting that he went to great lengths to please her sexually—he has practically laid his entire relationship out for the public to discuss&period; Keeping with that theme&comma; this latest bit of information from Will involves his feelings about Tupac&comma; specifically how he felt inadequate in comparison to him largely due to his tight bond with Jada&comma; via &commat;HipHopDX&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a section of his book speaking about &OpenCurlyQuote;Pac&comma; Will admitted the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the beginning of our relationship&comma; my mind was tortured by their connection&period; He was PAC&excl; and I was me&period; I hated that I wasn’t what he was in the world&comma; and I suffered a raging jealousy&colon; I wanted Jada to look at me like that&period; If she chose me over Tupac&comma; there was no way I could be a coward&period; I have rarely felt more validated… I was in a room with Tupac on multiple occasions&comma; but I never spoke to him&period; The way Jada loved Pac rendered me incapable of being friends with him&period; I was too immature&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This isn’t the first time that Will Smith has spoken about how he felt about Tupac&period; Back in January 2020 while promoting &OpenCurlyQuote;Bad Boys 4 Life&comma;’ Will explained at the time&comma; saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&lbrack;Me and Tupac&rsqb; had a little bit of a thing because &lbrack;Tupac and Jada&rsqb; grew up together&comma; and they loved each other&comma; but they never had a sexual relationship&period; But&comma; they had come into that age where now that was a possibility&comma; and then Jada was with me&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued&comma; adding &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Pac had a little thing on that&comma; but she just loved him&period; Like&comma; he was the image of perfection&comma; but she was with The Fresh Prince&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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