After decades in the entertainment industry, Will Smith says he’s finally finding joy in the life he has.
While appearing on the Full Send podcast, the Bad Boys: Ride or Die star stated he found “joy” after he reached “cliff top.” He describes that as achieving everything he possibly can in life.
“People talk about rock bottom and I coined a phrase that there’s a corresponding place, I call it ‘cliff top,’ right?” he explained. “There’s no more sex that’s going to be anything but a lateral move. There’s no more money.”
He continued to say, “There’s, you know, no more success, and it’s a f—— abyss.”
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Will Smith then shared that once people reach the same place in life to make a decision. They have to “trust that the universe wasn’t created for you to run out of things.” They then have to look internally.
“And then you realize that the final frontier is getting your inner house in order, right?” he continued. “With no women, no drugs, with no money, with nothing, can you cultivate a joyful spirit just with you and you? And the undertaking of that work is excruciating.”
When the podcast host asked him how to get to that point in life, Will Smith said people have to “do everything they want to do” and get it “out of their system first.”
“Just exhaust the joys of this world and you’re going to have a really, really hard night one night,” he continued. “And you’re going to be laying there by yourself and nothing is going to f—— mean anything to you.”
Will Smith Says ‘Detoxing’ Is Necessary to Reach ‘Cliff Top’
Meanwhile, Will Smith said that is when people have to “detox” in order to reach “cliff top.”
“And then you’ll have to detox,” he explained. “And then as you detox you’ll start to be able to start to look at your mind and realize the monsters in your mind — the same monster that made you climb and reach for those things — is the monster that keeps you from being happy.”
Will Smith pointed out the importance of the detox stage. “All of that craving, all of that scratching, all of that clawing… and then you’ve got to just make peace with that, dude. And you realize that ecstasy isn’t happiness, peace is happiness, balance,” he added.
Will Smith previously told Entertainment Tonight that his wife Jada Pinkett Smith has continuously supported him over the years. He also dubbed her his “ride of die.”
“It’s funny, I was just talking about this, I have always been blessed that there has never been a time in my life when I didn’t look to the side and have a ride or die right there,” Smith declared. “Jada is one of the most gangsta ride-or-dies I’ve ever had.”