Willow Smith has revealed she would consider being in a polyamrous throuple relationship.
The actress and singer shared her feelings when on the Facebook series
The 18-year-old I Am Legend actress said she became curious after following a polyamorous throuple on Instagram. She started researching the unconventional relationship and found she could see herself being in one.
Poly me: Willow Smith sat down with her mother and grandmother to discuss polyamory on the latest episode of their Facebook watch show, Red Table Talk, released Monday
While her mother was open to the idea and revealed an experience with multiple partners her grandmother was unsure of the topic.
In voice over the 18-year-old explained that polyamory is an 'open and honest' romantic relationship involving multiple people. A throuple is a romantic couple of three people and a form of polyamory.
When it comes to the possibility of being in a throuple herself she said, 'I love men and women equally. I'd want one man, one woman.'
'I feel like I could be polyfidelitous [in a committed relationship with multiple people] 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.'
I could do it: When it comes to the possibility of being in a throuple herself she said 'I love men and women equally. I'd want one man, one woman.
Be happy: Jada had no problem with Willow's words, saying, 'Whatever makes you happy.' She continued, 'I always tell her, never be afraid. You have to live who you're not to know who you are'
Her Gammy, 65, said, 'I would not be excited about that. It doesn't sit well with me, I don't understand this emotional commitment.'
She felt that polyamory was more about the partners wanting to fulfill more sexual experiences. After sitting down with the throuple the matriarch understood more about the non-sexual dynamics in the relationship, though she still would never consider it for herself.
Jada, 47, had no problem with Willow's words, saying, 'Whatever makes you happy.' She continued, 'I always tell her, never be afraid. You have to live who you're not to know who you are.'
Doesn't sit well: If Willow were to be in a throuple her Gammy said 'I would not be excited about that. It doesn't sit well with me, I don't understand this emotional commitment
The hosts each explained their own views on monogamy and alternative relationships.
For the youngest Smith child she revealed that to her, monogamy is stifling and comes from a history of insecurity and ownership.
'Monogamy, I feel - and this is just for me - I feel actually inhibits you from learning those skills of evolving
