Jada Pinkett Smith opened up about her own struggle with mental health in the wake of last week’s reported suicides of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.
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Smith, star of the movie “Girls Trip,” wrote on Instagram Monday that “mental health is something we should practice daily,” not just when times get tough.
“With the suicides of Kate and Anthony it brought up feelings of when I was in such despair and had considered the same demise…often,” she wrote. “In the years I spent towards my healing, many moons ago, I realized the mind and heart can be extremely delicate without the foundation of a formidable spirit.”
Her heartfelt caption accompanied side-by-side photos of Bourdain and Spade.
Smith, host of the Facebook Watch series “Red Table Talk,” added more to her thoughts in an appearance Wednesday on “Megyn Kelly Today,” telling Kelly that she had thought about suicide in moments of “deep despair.”
“There’s not one answer. Life is a journey to help us get to a place of healing. And I wish somebody had told me that,” Smith said.
“I wish somebody had told me that it’s going to be okay. We’re going to have obstacles, you’re going to have difficult times, you’re going to have really dark times. But just understand, keep stepping because life starts to reveal itself to you. The light will come.”