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

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

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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