Jada Pinkett Smith Accepts Trailblazer Award At MTV Movie & TV Awards

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Jada Pinkett Smith Gives Trailblazer Award Speech At 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards

Jada Pinkett Smith is continuing to inspire the people and the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards took notice on Monday when they presented her with the Trailblazer Award.

Tiffany Haddish and Jada’s son, Jayden Smith, presented her with the award at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.

Once the gold popcorn trophy was handed to her, the Red Table Talk co-host gave an inspirational speech about what it means to be a trailblazer:

“You know, it’s a trip because when MTV called me to receive an award for trailblazing, I was like, ‘All right now, I don’t know if I deserve this quite yet.’ But I’m really glad MTV thinks so,” Smith started. “Often we applaud the trails people blaze in the external world that we can see, but very rarely do we applaud the trails that are blazed in the hidden rooms of the mind that are full of uncertainty, false beliefs and pain.”

She continued:

“And it’s these internal obstacles that must be challenged in order to muster the courage to forge new paths that we can see in the world. And then I thought a little more deeply. I was thinking, every last person in this room must do that at some capacity. So that means that every single person in this room is trailblazing…So as you honor me tonight, I want to honor all of you.”

*Sniff sniff*

You can watch her short but sweet speech for yourself below.

Smith has definitely done some trailblazing on and off the camera. Her credentials include hit shows like A Different World and Gotham as well as blockbuster movies like Girls Trip, The Matrix Reloaded and Madagascar.

Jada also opened up about her struggles outside of work. In a December 2018 episode of Red Table Talk, she explained, “I had an emotional breakdown that definitely, I feel like, affected my mental stability.”

She continued:

“I had gotten to L.A. and gotten a certain amount of success and realized that that wasn’t the answer…that that wasn’t what was going to make everything OK. Actually, it made things worse. And I became extremely suicidal and I had a complete emotional collapse.”

We’re so happy Jada trailblazed past these obstacles to be the star she is today.

Congrats to her!