Will Smith will sit down with Oprah Winfrey for a candid interview this week for a new installment of The Oprah Conversation, which premieres on AppleTV+ on Friday.
In a teaser clip, the 53-year-old star - who is set to play Serena and Venus Williams' father Richard in an upcoming biopic - tells the host that he feels like he's failed 'every woman' he interacts with.
During the pair's far ranging conversation, the Fresh Prince actor discusses his new memoir, Will, which Oprah said is 'the best memoir I ever read'.
Opening up: Will Smith will sit down with Oprah Winfrey for a candid interview on The Oprah Conversation and in a teaser tells the host that he feels like he's failed 'every woman' he interacts with
'I want to tell the truth. I want to let people have it,' Smith tells Oprah in a clip. 'I've carried, most of life, the sense of failing every woman I interact with. I haven't talked about that publicly.'
The reasons behind why the A-lister feels that way will likely be revealed in the full interview, which airs Friday.
He has, however, had a well documented split from his first wife, Sheree Zampino, who he left for Jada Pinkett.
Will is set to really open up like never before about his life in his forthcoming eponymous autobiography.
'I want to tell the truth. I want to let people have it,' Smith tells Oprah in a clip. 'I've carried, most of life, the sense of failing every woman I interact with. I haven't talked about that publicly.'
High praise: During the pair's far ranging conversation, the Fresh Prince actor discusses his new memoir, Will, which Oprah said is 'the best memoir I ever read'
'It's the best memoir I ever read,' Oprah told the actor.
Adding: 'You make it so funny that it's clearly your voice. Who in the hell knew you were a writer? You're a writer, too?'
In an the book, Smith reveals he once considered killing his father as a way to 'avenge' his mother.
The Philadelphia-born actor reflected on his complicated relationship with his father in an excerpt of his forthcoming memoir Will released by People, describing the late Willard C. Smith Sr. as a 'violent' alcoholic who was dedicated to his family.
In the except, Will remembers a time when he contemplated pushing his drunken father down the stairs as retribution for the 'decades of pain, anger, and resentment' Will Sr. caused.
'You make it so funny that it's clearly your voice. Who in the hell knew you were a writer? You're a writer, too?'
Tune in: Will's interview on The Oprah Conversation premieres on AppleTV+ on Friday
'My father was violent, but he was also at every game, play, and recital,' Smith wrote.
'He
