Jada Pinkett Smith Passed Out On 'Nutty Professor' Set After A 'Bad Batch Of Ecstasy'

Jada Pinkett Smith has opened up about her past struggles with substance abuse on "Red Table Talk."

In the latest episode of the Facebook Watch show, Smith shared that she started drinking in high school, but when she developed a tolerance to it, she began combining wine or other alcohol with ecstasy and weed.

"I was drinking hard in high school too, and when I got out here, I was doing cocktails. So ecstasy, alcohol, weed," the 49-year-old actress admitted. "I wasn't doing things that I thought was addictive. But I would do those three together. That was my cocktail."

The "Girls Trip" star admitted that her issues with drugs and alcohol eventually affected her career. She shared one "eye-opening" incident where she "passed out" on the set of her 1996 movie "The Nutty Professor" after taking a "bad batch of ecstasy."

"I had one incident. That was an eye-opening incident for me as well. I had one incident on ‘Nutty Professor.’ I passed out. Makeup trailer," Smith added. "I passed out. I went to work high, and it was a bad batch of ecstasy."

The actress said it wasn't easy for her to admit what had happened at the time so she "told everybody that I had taken – I must've had old medication in a vitamin bottle."

The incident served as a wake-up call for Smith and prompted her to change her ways and get herself together.

"But I tell you what I did though. Got my a-- together and got on that set. That was the last time," she said. "I had to reach my rock bottoms."

Smith went on to say, "I think back on my life, like, I am a walking miracle, no doubt about that. People will not believe."

Meanwhile, in December 2020, Smith's daughter, Willow, also opened up about her extreme anxiety on "Red Table Talk."

According to the 20-year-old artist, there were times when she couldn't talk and had to "just cocoon and like be with myself for a moment." Smith was shocked when she learned that her daughter once self-harmed.

"There's shame, there's guilt, there's sadness and confusion," Willow said. "And then you don't even want to talk about it because you're like, 'I feel crazy, and I don't want them to think I'm crazy so I'm just not gonna say anything.'"