After 17 Years Of Tension, Jada Pinkett Smith & Gabrielle Union Settle Their Feud!

Jada Pinkett Smith has a new show titled Red Table Talk where she, her daughter Willow & her mother Adrienne host guests and hold discussions.

Jada invited Hollywood star and long time friend Gabrielle Union to The Red Table to have a candid discussion with her after 17 years of “Not Talking”.

The 46-year-old actress and the Being Mary Jane star revealed earlier this month that they had suffered a falling out 17 years ago, and during a candid chat on Jada’s Red Table Talk – which was posted on Facebook on Monday – the stars opened up about getting their friendship back on track.

While neither of them could remember how, why or even when the disagreement began, healing seemed to be the theme of the episode.

‘Gabrielle and I were never really girlfriends,’ the 46-year-old explained to her mom and co-host Adrienne Banfield-Jones before speaking to Gabrielle.

We were great associates that at some point, that dissolved and for 17 years we have not really spoken. We don’t even know [what we’re mad at]. Today I really want to talk to Gabrielle to find out how we as women, specifically, get here.’

‘She’s been open to this healing, she’s been open to this conversation.’

After the pair sat at the red table, Jada described their lack of communication as ‘some petty a** sh*t.’

She added: ‘Every time we would see each other, it was always cordial, always nice, but there was always tension.’

However, the Girls Trip star commended Gabrielle, 46, for her speech at Essence’s 2013 Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon where she admitted to taking joy ‘in people’s pain.’

Gabrielle went on to say that women should ‘compliment other woman and recognize and embrace that their shine in no way diminishes our light.’
The Think Like A Man Too star revealed she came to that conclusion after she ‘hit rock bottom’ when her first marriage to NFL player Chris Howard ended in 2005.

Working with fitness trainer and life coach AJ Johnson, Gabrielle came to the realization that she had a history of taking pride in tearing other women down.

‘She got me right between the eyes, it was harsh in the moment, but it was like, damn, I have been communicating through negativity,’ Gabrielle explained.

For her, talking it out with Jada was ‘like a gorilla hopped off my back that I didn’t even know was there. I needed that, I needed you. So, thank you.’

Jada replied: ‘I hope from here on out that we have a bond and you know, you can call on me for anything,’ before gifting Gabrielle a key necklace.

‘Let this key be a reminder that you are the key to your power.’