{"id":573727,"date":"2026-04-09T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573727\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:07:10","slug":"jada-pinkett-smith-calls-out-wills-alleged-friend-over-weight-gain-court-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573727\/","title":{"rendered":"Jada Pinkett Smith Calls Out Will&#8217;s Alleged Friend Over Weight Gain Court Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Jada Pinkett Smith<br \/>\n                          Scoffs at Will&#8217;s Alleged Friend<br \/>\n                          Claiming Threats Caused His Weight Gain!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              April 9, 2026<br \/>\n                            2:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260408_b440e5e1074e4d43a3bcf4b957f24d5c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b83b7c85-82bd-48a2-8bf9-8883db8d9935\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b440e5e1074e4d43a3bcf4b957f24d5c_md.png\" alt=\"jada pinkett smith getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jada-pinkett-smith\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jada Pinkett Smith<\/a> is firing back at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/will-smith\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Smith<\/a>\u2019s alleged former friend, the man who claimed he gained a bunch of weight and had to move out of the country due to threats from her family\u2019s inner circle &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to court docs obtained by TMZ, the &#8220;Girls Trip&#8221; actress addressed Bilaal Salaam\u2019s claim he suffered severe emotional distress due to his drama with her, which he says led to weight gain, loss of a romantic relationship, and him temporarily leaving the country.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251202_8bd9d7f36bda4b49a088b76716899c42\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b83b7c85-82bd-48a2-8bf9-8883db8d9935\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8bd9d7f36bda4b49a088b76716899c42_md.jpg\" alt=\"will smith and jada pinkett smith getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In new legal docs, Jada claims that Bilaal has not provided any evidence of the emotional distress he claims to have suffered &#8230; and instead just tried to assert in a declaration that his weight gain, loss of a relationship, and moving out of the country were attributable to that distress. She says that&#8217;s not the type of evidence necessary to support a claim of severe emotional distress, adding that he would need medical records and other third-party proof.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/16\/jada-pinkett-smith-fighting-will-ex-friend-monetary-demand\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$3 million lawsuit<\/a>, Bilaal claimed Jada publicly trashed him after he refused to help Will out with his Oscars fiasco. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/02\/jada-pinkett-smith-reportedly-threatened-will-smith-friend\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He said<\/a> Will and Jada\u2019s friends made threats to him after the family caught wind of him writing a memoir that would include information about Will.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260216_478959f3de874102ba5ab223aafd993e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b83b7c85-82bd-48a2-8bf9-8883db8d9935\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/478959f3de874102ba5ab223aafd993e_md.jpg\" alt=\"will smith and Jada Pinkett smith getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jada said all of Bilaal\u2019s claims are \u201cfalse, uncorroborated and made to generate attention as part of an ongoing public campaign of harassment directed at\u201d her family.<\/p>\n<p>The actress said she never mentioned Bilaal\u2019s name when making comments in the press, and is asking the judge to throw out the entire lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jada Pinkett Smith Scoffs at Will&#8217;s Alleged Friend Claiming Threats Caused His Weight Gain!!! 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