'MARRIAGE IRKS ME'
Willow Smith comes out as polyamorous on Red Table Talk but insists ‘I have the least sex out of all of my friends’
WILLOW Smith came out as polyamorous during a Red Table Talk discussion, though she claimed that sex was not the major motive for her decision.
The singer's confession follows her mother 's admittance to feeling "sexual attraction" towards women earlier this month.
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, 20, joined her mother and grandmother Gammy on to discuss her affliction towards polyamory on Wednesday.
The I Am Legend star explained how she enjoys the "freedom" to create her own intimate relationships without limiting herself to monogamy.
"With , I feel like the main foundation is the freedom to be able to create a relationship style that works for you, and not just stepping into monogamy because that's what everyone around you says is the right thing to do.
"So I was like, how can I structure the way that I approach relationships with that in mind," she revealed.
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"That's kind of one of the reasons why I actually was interested in poly because I was introduced to it through kind-of a non-sexual lens.
"In my friend group, I'm the only polyamorous person and I have the least sex out of all of my friends," she confessed.
"It's about having the freedom to create a relationship for yourself."
Jada then asked her daughter what her "ideas around marriage are today" as she has made the journey towards being poly.
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"The history of marriage really irks me," the Time Machine artist explained.
"Just the history of marriage as a whole and what it has represented over the years for women in particular."
Willow's announcement follows earlier this month.
During a previous episode of the Facebook Watch series, the mother of two disclosed that she has experienced "strong feelings for women" in the past.
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“Two times I’ve been infatuated with a woman."
Willow then joined in on the sentiment, adding: “I’ve had my fair share of swooning and being like, ‘Oh my God, she’s so beautiful. She’s so talented.’
“I don’t feel like I’ve been in love with a woman just yet, but I definitely feel like it could happen because I’ve had very strong feelings for women before.
“Monogamy, I feel, this is just, personally, just for me — I feel actually inhibits you from learning those skills of evolving past those feelings of insecurity," she reasoned.
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“Just jealousy, you know what I mean. I would definitely want one man, one woman. I feel like I could be polyfidelitous with those two people.
“I feel like if I were to find two people of the different genders that I really connected with and we had a romantic and sexual connection, I don’t feel like I would feel the need to try to go find more."
In July, Jada revealed that she had a romantic relationship with rapper August Alsina while married to Will Smith.
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"As time went on I got into a different kind of entanglement with August," she said about the 27-year-old musician.
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The Girls Trip star recalled clarifying their involvement to her actor spouse, saying: "It was a relationship, absolutely."
Jada and will be celebrating their 24th wedding anniversary this December.
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