Body Image Issues
She explained how for her and other senior women, the issue of body-image doesn’t improve over time or go away, and sometimes even becomes worse. She even became teary-eyed while sharing some painful truths about her situation, “Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror, and I don’t like what I see.
The worst part of my body for me are my legs, you know, my thighs. Like, I’m thin, and people think it’s ridiculous, but I have mad cellulite, and I hate it, so I hate my legs.”
Mixing it Up
The actress also showed a much more tribal and ethnic hairstyle in a recent event, which made her look more stunning than usual. Jada definitely likes to mix up hairstyles before attending red carpet events, which made it all the weirder when she began appearing exclusively in turbans.
Now that we've seen just how much of a role this actresses hair plays in her many parts, we can see how strange her sudden head-dress shift was to her many fans.
Learning Self-Love
During the Red Table Talk discussing insecurities, Jada started the conversation by putting a stake on the ground and expressing her truth. She suggested that they talk about things that they don't like about themselves. No matter how beautiful of a woman [you are]; we all have things about ourselves that we don’t like.” This remark got an instant reaction of agreement from both her mother and her daughter.
Showing that women’s insecurities are truly a multi-generational problem, and have nothing to do with looks or age. Banfield-Norris, Jada’s mother, expressed how she views the topic of beauty from her angle as a grandmother in her sixties. She explained, “For older women, youth is everything. So, everything that you see on television, everything that you see everywhere is everything about staying young. And so it really becomes challenging as you become older to try to not get obsessed with trying to stay young.”
Keeping Positive
Jada showed everyone how to turn a bad situation into a positive one using honesty, love, and optimism. She replied to her mother, “I love that you’ve gained weight.”
Adrienne responded, “In my mind, I feel fat. I know that that’s not true; I know I’m not fat. But I certainly am bigger than I used to be.” The young Willow also chimed in with her loving opinion, “That’s not a problem.”
Trying to Reach Crazy Standards
Jada’s mother wasn’t convinced by her daughter and granddaughter’s attempt to propping her up. The grandmother said that she still “feels like [it’s] a problem”, and that she hopes to find a way to resolve it through exercise and a correct diet.
Jada pointed out that her mother’s unwillingness to let go of her unachievable body standards comes from her being “used to seeing herself a certain way,” which makes her feel bad whenever she compares herself to how she looked in the past.