Jada Pinkett Smith On Will's Daddy Skills: 'They Get To Eat Chocolate For Breakfast'

Access Hollywood - June 13, 2009 10:25 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Will Smith may be one of the world's biggest stars, but recently wife Jada Pinkett Smith asked him to play a different role - Mr. Mom.

Before taking on the titles of producer and star of the TNT drama "HawthoRNe," which debuts on Tuesday, Jada sat down with her famous family to make sure they'd be OK without her.

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"I said, 'Listen, there was a show I'd love to do and it will be three months that you might not see Mommy a lot,'" she told CNN. "And they're looking at me like, 'Really? What does that mean?'"

But she said more daddy time with Will means a break from mom's rules for Willow, 8, and Jaden, 11.

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"So they get to eat chocolate for breakfast and go to bed whenever they feel like it for those three months while I'm working," Jada said. "So, it works out, and they know that the rest of the year, I'm off."

But Jada's not too far from her family - the show is filming in Inglewood, Calif., close enough to the Smith home for Will to make a cameo on her show.

"He's an extra in one of the episodes, so just see if you can catch him," she said. "He's walking by, doing a drive-by, and we could hardly afford that. It was a very costly walk-by."

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"HawthorRNe" production wraps this summer, when Will will be the one leaving the house, to produce the Jaden-starring "Karate Kid" remake in Beijing, China. Jaden will take on the title role alongside Jackie Chan, who will play the iconic Mr. Miyagi.

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  • Ayanna R
    WHAT A COOL DAD... L.O.L!!!!!!!
    report abuseposted June 23, 2009 7:59 AM PDT
  • boo girl
    I'm now waiting for her to become a minister and start "The Church of Jada".
    report abuseposted June 21, 2009 11:03 PM PDT
  • boo girl
    I want to comment on Jada. Does anyone else get a very "Holier Than Thou" vibe from her? I think she's a ball buster (who wears the pants in her family) and does NO wrong. Says she's interested in the education of children, buys & names a private school after HERSELF. BUT, home schools her kids. Now, executive producer of a show starring HERSELF, in a jo
    report abuseposted June 21, 2009 10:59 PM PDT
  • Binky (Patricia Eatman)
    I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVE THAT COUPLE!
    report abuseposted June 15, 2009 3:06 PM PDT
  • waiting2be
    Sammy, you have a good watchful eye!!!! Yes, will and jada did that on purpose and it was pretty clever on their parts.
    report abuseposted June 13, 2009 3:37 PM PDT
  • Sanner
    This is news............geez.............
    report abuseposted June 13, 2009 3:34 PM PDT
  • Antonio
    that good jada need some time off and get back on T.V
    report abuseposted June 13, 2009 3:24 PM PDT
  • Antonio
    that good jada need some time off and get back on T.V
    report abuseposted June 13, 2009 3:24 PM PDT
  • Antonio
    that good jada need some time off and get back on T.V
    report abuseposted June 13, 2009 3:24 PM PDT
  • tired of stupidity
    don't freaking care
    report abuseposted June 13, 2009 3:08 PM PDT
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