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Will Smith admits his BIG MISTAKE raising Jaden and Willow
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Aug 10, 2025
Will Smith joins Jamie and Amanda to talk about his new single 'Pretty Girls', raising his kids Jaden Smith and Willow Smith, and... iconic British ice lollies? #WillSmith #PrettyGirls #JadenSmith Subscribe for regular entertainment! http://bit.ly/1qyfc2T Watch videos in full + exclusives here: https://thisisheart.co/heartglobalplayer Honest Celebrity Interviews: https://thisisheart.co/honestinterviews Music Artists: https://thisisheart.co/3YVm8wN Film and TV Stars: https://thisisheart.co/filmandtv _ We're the UK's biggest commercial radio brand creating memorable moments with the most recognised names in entertainment!
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We made a very, very, very terrible mistake with our children, and we went with radical honesty
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Don't do it. No, no, listen. It's terrible, because they do whatever they want, and they just come tell you
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Now, I've been fortunate enough to interview today's guest several times, and didn't I say that he is the nicest guy
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Yes. Didn't I say this? You did say this. He's saying it now. He's saying it now
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We'll lock you up. We'll see you. Yeah. I love that. Don't let me down
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Don't let you down. No, listen. Don't ruin it for me. But you can also pretend that you remember him
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Yes. No, I do. Listen. We were drinking and things happened. You know, so
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That's all rumour. You can't prove anything. Hey, listen. It's great to have you with us this morning
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No, it's a pleasure, man. Thanks for popping in. Yeah. How long are you over here for
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And when you are in the UK, what's the best thing about this country? What are you planning to do? So I'm here for a week now
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You know, I've got a tour. I'm not as young as I used to be, so it takes a few more days to get acclimated
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I know what you mean. Are you doing some swim aerobics, that sort of thing
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to get all your joints going? No, but I'm really excited. This is, for me, like the start of the summer, right
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So I'm here. This is literally, this is like my first interview and all of that
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What we were saying, weren't we? Mariah does Christmas, Will does summer
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Exactly, yes. You're the king of summer. Yes, the summertime vibes, but yeah, you know, I've got, I'm doing three shows in the UK too, so I've got those coming, I'm just, I'm hyped and ready to go
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And you're starting to kick your tour off in Scarborough. Yes, absolutely
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Of all places, which I think when we heard that, when we read that in the papers and everything in the UK, we were like, Scarborough
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I mean, it's a gorgeous place, but like, why Scarborough? Well, so the thing is that the UK is one of the places on earth
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where a lot of things that I've done have worked. Yeah. So it's like a place where I feel the love
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So it's always, I wanted to, you know, start off in a place where, you know, when the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air drops, because I perform a little piece of that
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that it opens up the hearts in the audience On the album you done a lot of collabs Obviously one is with your lovely son Jaden Yes yes Is he going to be popping up on any leg of this tour
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I can't say specific. I can neither confirm nor deny. I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of Jaden Christopher Sire Smith
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Doesn't he do what Dad tells him to? He does not. He does not
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He's definitely, I'm touring all summer, so he'll be popping in and out
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When he was a little boy, when your kids were little boys, in order to get them to do what you wanted
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did you do anything like star charts or reward charts? How did you get, because now we can just go
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I'm taking your phone off you. Yeah, no, we made it. We didn't have that there. We made a very, very, very terrible mistake with our children
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and we went with radical honesty. Don't do it. No, no, listen
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I'm not advocating for it. I'm not advocating for it. We made a deal like from really young with our kids
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The deal was if you tell the truth, you won't get in trouble
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Right. The only way you can get in trouble in this house is if we find out you did something and you don't tell the truth
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Wow. And it's a mistake. It's a mistake. It's a mistake. No, no, it's terrible because they do whatever they want and they just come tell you
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It's awful. Don't try it. Don't try it. You want your kids to lie
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You definitely, you don't want to know some of the stuff your kids are thinking and doing
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You really don't. Oh, my God. I read somewhere that people are saying, oh, it's great
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You know, this is a return to music for Will. Yeah. Would you say, are you like a musician first or an actor first, or which one gives you the most pleasure
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You know, I think as an actor, I feel like I've gotten to a height that I'm excited to try to reach with music
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Music is my love. When you drop a record that the crowd has been waiting for, there is literally nothing in entertainment that feels like that
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When the audience knows. And I'm excited to get back in that and try to take my talent to the level of my talent as an actor
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I mean, I don't know if you've seen my films. Wow. I not patronizing Seven as well But no I feel like as an actor I have reached a level as an actor that I aspire to reach as a musician
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Okay, here's a question then. What film, when you hit that level, what film was it? If you had to choose one Will Smith film
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I think The Pursuit of Happiness is the individual best movie I've ever made
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My favorite. Yeah, yeah. That's one of those things where it came together
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There's like literally not a bad moment. There's not a bad music cue
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There's not like a scene, like literally every aspect of that movie
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And I think the first Men in Black also is like one of the best movies I've ever made where things just came together in a way that's rare
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So I'm reaching for that with music. So the acting kind of sort of squelched and squeezed my musical aspirations
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It squelched. How often do you hear squelch? Not a fair while. Julia Squelch
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Earlier on, you... We mentioned that you were the king of summer
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The king of summer, yes. And this is my summer offering. I Like Pretty Girls is my summer offering
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Okay, well, we've got some offerings for you because today is the hottest day officially in the UK
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Really? And in celebration of that... It's like 19? Yeah, yeah. It's so embarrassing
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we have got you a British ice lolly offering so I'm going to ask you to judge these lollies
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a British ice lolly we have got the fab now this combines the flavours of strawberry and vanilla
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the fab a chocolate cutting it's got sprinkles oh it's three different
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I haven't had a fab so strawberry and a bit of vanilla
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is there a way you're supposed to eat it you don't want to know how I eat it babe Okay
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Ooh. I don't even know what that means. I think I'm going to let that go, though
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I think some things, you just let them go. Just leave it to your imagination
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Okay, it's summertime. It's summertime. Time to sit back and unwind. He's gone in
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He's bitten the hundreds and thousands sprinkles. What are we liking there? What are we thinking? That's really good
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I like the sprinkle I going to see how I feel about the other areas but I like the way We call those things hundreds and thousands Hundreds and thousands of sprinkles Yeah
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Let me see. There you go. Going with the strawberries. Don't eat too much, because you've got a couple more to enjoy
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Oh, okay. That's good. Strawberry is good. So that's the fat. I like the fat
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I like the fat. I know the top's the best bit. I like the fat. Okay, the next one is a twister
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A twister. This is an offering... Look at this. Yes, yes, yes
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You'd be disappointed if you got one. Okay, you're in a mood this morning
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That is strawberry and lime. You could argue that's one of your five a day, Will
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That's a twister. It's sort of healthy. Did you have ice lollies when you were growing up
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Not like these. No? These are very unique. That's good. What is that, lime and strawberry
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Lime and strawberry. That's really interesting. It's like a fruit juice. It's like a sort of nubby lolly
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That's a twister. A nubby lolly. That's a twister. A twister. Okay
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I like the Twister. I prefer the Fab. The Fab is winning. This might end up being your favourite
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because this... What's the last one there? This is a knobbly bobbly
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A knobbly bobbly. A knobbly... Did you eat these when you were younger
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Yeah. This is our childhood. Yeah, this is our childhood right there. Now that is..
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Knobbly bobbly. You said you like the sprinkles. Yeah, I like the sprinkles. Yeah. It's strawberry and chocolate
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Again, it's coated with sugar sprinkles. Yeah, a lot of hundreds and thousands on there
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It's funny. I don't know. if my mouth has been numbed by the others
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but it almost took like two seconds before I tasted it. Oh, yeah, no, it might be quite bland
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Yeah, I think it's a little bit more bland than the others. So that flavor's not cutting through, is that what you're saying
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The flavor's not cutting through, but I did, I went deep on the others. Okay
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So as Mr. Summertime himself, it's now, what would you choose? The top of the fab
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That's the fab. He's got a winner. The fab's a winner. The fab's a winner. The fab's a winner. Oh, my God, they're going to be thrilled
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Will loves a fab. And we all love Will Smith. And we all love Will Smith
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Whose new single Pretty Girls is out. It's an absolute pleasure. Always is
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Thank you, thank you. The one and only Will Smith. Woo! Yeah
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Yes! Yeah! This is hot
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