Willow Smith comes out as polyamorous, telling mom Jada she wants one man and one woman

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

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Willow Smith has revealed she wants to date one man and one woman simultaneously after coming out as polyamorous to mom Jada Pinkett-Smith.

The 20-year-old daughter of actor Will Smith admitted that while she can't see herself "going past two partners", she definitely wants more than one.

Willow, who appears to be in a monogamous relationship with her boyfriend Tyler Cole, made the revelation on her mother's Facebook show Red Table Talk.

The show often targets hard-hitting topics that Willow, Jada, and Jada's mom Adrienne discuss together.

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Opening up about her relationship desires, Willow said: "With polyamory, I feel like the main foundation is the freedom to be able to create a relationship style that works for you and not just stepping into monogamy because that's what everyone around you says is the right thing to do.

"So I was like, how can I structure the way that I approach relationships with that in mind? Also, doing research into polyamory, the main reasons why monogamous relationships - or why marriage - why divorces happen is infidelity."

But the 20-year-old's opinion was met with criticism from her grandmother Adrienne, who said: "For somebody like me, it feels like it's really all just centered around sex."

But Willow was quick to respond, saying: "Are you gonna be the person to say, you know: 'Just because I don't have these needs, you can't have them either?'

"And so that's kind of one of the reasons why I actually was interested in poly because I was introduced to it through kind of a nonsexual lens. In my friend group, I'm the only polyamorous person, and I have the least sex out of all of my friends."

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Despite her grandmother's reservations about the topic, Willow's mum Jada was a lot more understanding.

"I'm okay with whatever you do," she said.

"When you were like, 'Hey, this is my get down'. I was like, 'I totally get it.' Wanting to set up your life in a way that you can have what it is that you want, I think anything goes as long as the intentions are clear."

Willow came out as bisexual and polyfidelitous (a form of non-monogamy) two years ago on her weekly Facebook Watch series.

She said on the show:

"I love men and women equally and so I would definitely want one man, one woman.

"I feel like I could be polyfidelitous with those two people. I'm not the kind of person that is constantly looking for new sexual experiences.

"I focus a lot on the emotional connection and I feel like if I were to find two people of the different genders that I really connected with and we had a romantic and sexual connection, I don't feel like I would feel the need to try to go find more."

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