Willow Smith is opening up about her insecurities and the impact body image has had on her life.
Smith, 17, sat down with her mom Jada Pinkett Smith and grandmother Adrienne Banfield for Jada’s talk show “Red Table Talk” and chatted about what made her so insecure.
“I, in my own life, struggled with… curvier women and curvier girls have always gotten more attention from the boys that I’ve liked and have ended up dating the boys that I’ve liked,” Willow explained. “That constantly happening and me you know being their friend but not really seeing them look at me in a certain way…then you start to wonder, ‘Dang am I just not desirable? Is my body just not what society likes?’ So it does just get really hard for a lot of girls.”
She added: “I hear my friends that are curvy, they are telling me, ‘It’s so great that you can wear some shorts and a tank top and not feel overexposed or feel like people are looking at you differently.’ Everyone wants what they don’t have.”
When a fan asked her why girls are so mean to each other, Willow responded, “Because they wished they had what the other person has.”
She continued: “Honestly, whenever another girl tells you something about your body or your looks, she’s really just talking to herself.”
