Oprah spoke candidly with him for The Oprah Conversation’s latest episode, which premiered live on Apple TV+ Friday.
Will Smith admitted that he consumed the Ayahuasca – a psychoedelic plant-based drug, over 12 times in a Peruan retreat. This was while battling marital problems with Jada Pinkett Smith.
According to The Sun, the 53-year-old movie star went on a silent retreat for two weeks after he had taken the drug. This led him to doubt his relationship with Jada.
Candid: He sat down for a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey for the latest installment of The Oprah Conversation, which premiered on Apple TV+ Friday. Will Smith shared that he had taken the drug, which is a psychedelic plant derivative of ayahuasca, more than 12 times in a Peruan retreat. This was while battling marital problems with Jada pinkett Smith.
Dimethyltryptamine is also known as DMT in Ayahuasca (or yage) and it’s derived from Banisteriopsiscaapi stem bark.
Ayahuasca, a beverage that purges toxins from the body and is believed to promote inner peace, healing and tranquility, can cause vomiting and other symptoms.
The experiences with the drug can last six to 10 hours and are guided by shamans in certain countries in South America, where is it legal to consume ayahuasca.
Will made the decision to test it while experiencing marital difficulties with Jada. Jada later revealed that in 2020, she had been involved for four years with August Alsina.
Marital: The 53-year-old movie star went on a silent retreat for two weeks after taking the drug. This led him to doubt his relationship with Jada. The Sun reports that he saw the film premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, October 6, 2019.
From the heart: Ayahuasca, or yage, contains Dimethyltryptamine, known as DMT; it comes from the stem bark of the vines Banisteriopsis caapi and B. inebrians
Oprah heard Will tell it during their interview, “It’s about being capable of finding that contentment within myself – and not through external stimuli.” According to The Sun
The spiritual process includes detoxing everything – it isn’t about leaving your marriage just to get some chocolate cake. There is no such thing. There is no chocolate cake. “It’s not alcohol,” he said to the outlet.
“It doesn’t involve sexual stimulation or all that… The spiritual journey is not about getting more, but detox.
Oprah heard Will tell Oprah in a teaser clip that he felt like failure with ‘every women’ he interacted.
“I will tell the truth. It is my desire to share it with others. For most of my life I felt like I was failing all the women I met. I’ve never spoken publicly about it.
In his November GQ interview, he mentioned Ayahuasca before. He revealed that he has done it more than a dozen time, even though he never used weed or drinks much.
Open: Will told Oprah during the interview: It’s about being able to find that contentment within yourself – not with external stimuli,’ per The Sun
In 2020, Jada confirmed her affair with musician August Alsina.
Red Table Talk with Will was the place where Will and Jada had their revealing conversation. Will has been married since 1997.
Jada claimed that August became a friend of hers in 2016. However, Jada revealed that Will was going through a tough time and they had just broken up.
After August initially claimed that Will had denied him permission to be in a relationship, the actors confessed.
Jada confessed to Will that he was finished with him, while Jada said they had decided to split for a “period” of time.
Jada asked, “And then what were you doing?” Will asked his wife, encouraging her to continue talking.
Jada said, “As the time passed, I became into a different kind of entanglement avec August.”
Will spoke out about his marital difficulties before he published his memoir.
Will stated that Jada and he had been in a heated argument around Jada’s 40th birthday. They both realized that it was just a dream illusion that they could be happy together.
According to him, ‘We both agreed that she needed to be happy for herself and that I must make her happy. Next, we would present ourselves to the relationship as happy people and stop demanding our partner fill out the cup.
He will release Will, his memoir, on November 9, 2020.
Happier times: During his GQ interview, Will said that he and Jada had a fight around her 40th birthday, where they both realized ‘it was a fantasy illusion that we could make each other happy;’ seen May 22, 2019 at the Aladdin premiere at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood