It turns out Jaden Smith will not be going the way of fellow child star Macaulay Culkin to seek emancipation from his parents. He’s quite comfortable inside the Smith family home.
On Wednesday, the 14-year-old After Earth star spoke with Ellen DeGeneres to address the reports about splitting from Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith on his 15th birthday in July.
“Here’s the thing I need to explain: I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “The thing that people don’t get is that everything at [Will's] house is free. So I can get anything and everything I want at his house.”
He continued, “I think I’m going to be there for 20, 30 more years. He says as soon as I have a movie that’s bigger than one of his movies then I have to get my own house.”
Spoken like a true teenager.
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Rumors began swirling after Will spoke with The Sun about his son’s “gift of freedom” for his upcoming birthday.
“He says, ‘Dad, I want to be emancipated.’ I know if we do this, he can be an emancipated minor, because he really wants to have his own place,” the elder Smith reportedly told the outlet. “[...] That’s the backlash. On the other side, if kids just want to have command of their lives, I understand.”
Will admitted to DeGeneres that the joke was taken out of context and there would be “no emancipation for the Smith kids.”
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