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The daring gift Jada Pinkett Smith gave Will Smith for his 50th birthday

ROLLINGOUT.COM — Jada Pinkett Smith went skydiving as a birthday gift for her husband Will Smith.

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6 years ago

January 27, 2019

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By Rollingout.com

Jada Pinkett Smith went skydiving as a birthday gift for her husband Will Smith.

The 47-year-old actress was shocked when her husband told her the only thing he wanted for his 50th birthday in September was for her to jump out of a plane, but she says she accepted his odd request because it’s “hard to find” other things to buy him as gifts.

She said: “Will turned 50 and so he said, ‘The only thing I want for my birthday, a birthday gift from you, is to jump out of a plane.’

“It’s hard to find things for Will because he doesn’t necessarily like objects. He doesn’t like material things. So I was like, ‘Man, if that’s what you really want, then daggonit, I’ll do it.’ I did it for his 50th cause that’s what he wanted.”

The Girls Trip star then joked that her husband — with whom she has 20-year-old son Jaden and 18-year-old daughter Willow — asked her to skydive because he had “different” plans for if things went badly.

She added: “Let me tell you. Because he’s watching me and I go, ‘Why would a husband ask his wife to jump out of a plane for his 50th? Unless he’s got some different plans for the next half.’”

But Jada says she wasn’t nervous when it came to the jump because she knew she had to “keep her composure” and trust her “faith.”

Speaking during an appearance on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon,” she said: “You know, I wasn’t. I was kind of anxious before, and I knew I was gonna freak out once I got on the plane because I don’t like heights and I don’t like planes. I don’t like to fly. And I was like, ‘Jada, this is gonna be a test for you just as far as how you can keep your composure in regards to your faith.’”

Jada wasn’t the only family member jumping out of flying vehicles for Will’s big day, as the Suicide Squad star himself bungee jumped from a helicopter over the Grand Canyon.

This article originally appeared in Rollingout.com.

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A’s Last Game in Oakland Ends Baseball Team’s 57-Year Tenure Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Efforts to Save Team Blocked by GOP-Controlled House

After 57 years, the Athletics have left Oakland following a home series this week. Though Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced legislation to keep the team in Oakland, she could not get the backing she needed from other legislators in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

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7 days ago

October 1, 2024

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After 57 years, the Athletics have left Oakland following a home series this week.

Though Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced legislation to keep the team in Oakland, she could not get the backing she needed from other legislators in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

Lee tried 15 months ago, the day before Nevada politicians approved $380 million in public funds to build a Las Vegas ballpark. Lee proposed a bill that would have stopped the A’s move by requiring a hefty exit fee that would have made them reconsider a move.

“That’s only fair,” Lee said in an interview in the Los Times by sportswriter Bill Shaikin. “That’s the only fair way to do it,” she said. “You’ve got to compensate the community, because the community has invested a heck of a lot.”

However, Lee’s bill could not go forward without the backing it needed. First, it went to the House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican. Jordan did not co-sponsor Lee’s bill or permit the committee hearing required for the bill to move forward.

“We put up a good fight. The city put up a good fight, the county, everyone,” said Lee.

“Unfortunately, we are losing a team that really, in the day, exemplified Black excellence in Oakland. It’s more than just the team leaving. It’s a part of Oakland’s history, and our culture,” she said.