Jada Pinkett Smith Says “All Eyez On Me” Got It All Wrong
All Eyez on Me, the biopic about Tupac Shakur, opens tonight and it’s gotten some not-great reviews so far. One review has been an unsolicited one courtesy of Jada Pinkett Smith. Jada, who was a friend of Tupac’s from way back, has denounced the makers of All Eyez on Me for taking creative liberties of her relationship with Tupac.
In All Eyez on Me, Jada is played by Kat Graham, and while she thinks she and Tupac (played by Demetrius Shipp Jr.) did a good job, she’s not happy about what went down in the scenes they share. There’s a scene where Tupac reads Jada a poem he wrote about her and the real Jada says that’s a work of fiction and she says they never fought at one his shows. Jada is hurt by the makers making shit up.
Forgive me… my relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
Pac never read me that poem. I didn't know that poem existed until it was printed in his book.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
Pac never said goodbye to me before leaving for LA. He had to leave abruptly and it wasn't to pursue his career.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
I've never been to any of Pac's shows by his request. We never had an argument backstage.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
The reimagining of my relationship to Pac has been deeply hurtful.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
To @KatGraham and @Dshippjr this is no fault of yours. Thank you for bringing so much heart and spirit to your roles.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
You both did a beautiful job with what you were given. Thank you both.
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
Happy birthday Pac, you are cradled in my heart for eternity.
I love you.— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) June 16, 2017
You can watch a few of the scenes Jada has a problem with below. The first happens at the 0:44 mark, when Jada and Tupac get into a fight backstage. At 1:52 you see Tupac read Jada the poem the real Jada alleges was never read.
A Hollywood biopic not getting all the facts right is as American as Mountain Dew. Of course Hollywood is going to re-write history to make things seem more dramatic than they might have been. But it’s got to be frustrating to see Hollywood do your friendship like that. Not to mention that if they were going to play fast and loose with the facts, the least they could have done was put a little more effort into styling the rattail of that wig. Poor thing has been relegated to a curly footnote in that jacket collar.
Pic: @jadapsmith