Will Smith's son Jaden opens up on being 'weird,' says he has always tried to 'fit in' (2025)

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jaden Smith has opened up about his struggles and erratic behavior in the public space.

In his latest post on X, the singer-actor shared, “All The Weird Shit You’ve Ever Seen Me Do Was Me Thinking I Was Totally Normal, So Now Sometimes I Try To Act Weird On Purpose So Yall Think It’s On Purpose, But At The End Of The Day I’ve Been Trying To Fit In This Whole Time And I Guess It’s Not Exactly Going To Plan.”

Jaden Smith says being normal is 'frustrating'

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s son opened up about his actions over the years on Sunday, October 20, per TMZ.

Jaden was recently interviewed by Complex, and the interviewee brought up his old tweet, where he confessed, "Actively working on being more weird."

He responded, "Because I went through a lot of my life trying to be normal. It was a really big deal for me for a long time that people thought that I was normal. And that bothered me after a while. I started to feel like people didn't really understand me or see me, and I wasn't really trying to show anybody that."

The 26-year-old went on to explain, "Sometimes it's so frustrating to watch people try to follow the 'normal' thing to do when that's not what they really want to do in their art and everything. It's very frustrating. And then you see people fall into it and generations of people fall into it. So I actively try to be myself.”

Netizens give honest reaction to Jaden Smith's latest post on his public behavior

Several social media users offered their advice to the young musician-actor after he opened up about his struggles in public eyes.

A user shared on X (formerly Twitter), "Sounds like you're lacking purpose big dawg."

"So Jaden, is this a normal post or doing it on purpose?!?!" an individual chimed.

One person expressed, "Be your self and the world will love and accept you for who you are , it is okay not to fit in or love by all , the few who appreciate you will love and accept you . at the long run it all about you and doing things that will make you happy."

"Trust me, the 'normal' life you’re looking for ain’t much better if it’s even better at all than the life you were given. Embrace it. Enjoy it. You only live once," another commented on the post.

One user felt, "Jaden hit the little shift button on your keyboard I had an aneurism trying to read this."

"Tbh you never gonna fit in so you mind as well do ya best to stand out," a user suggested.

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