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Willow Smith: Fame is 'absolutely terrible'

Actress Willow Smith said being the daughter of famous parents - ... Read More
Actress Willow Smith said being the daughter of famous parents - actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith - she had an early run-in with fame and she despises it.

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The 17-year-old actor said she initially struggled with all the spotlight, but ended up realising the acceptance was the only way to deal with it.


"I'm going to be completely and utterly honest, it's absolutely terrible. You can't change your face. You can't change your parents. You can't change any of those things.

"When you're born into it, there are two choices that you have: I'm either going to try to go into it completely and help from the inside, or no one is going to know where I am and I'm really going to take myself completely out of the eye of society," Willow told.

The

'I Am Legend'

Actress said social media has a negative impact on youngsters.

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"I feel like most kids like me end up going down a spiral of

depression

, and the world is sitting there looking at them through their phones, laughing and making jokes and making memes at the crippling effect that this lifestyle has on the psyche," she said.



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