(From: Rap-Up.com)
As the long-awaited Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez On Me hit theaters June 16, Jada Pinkett Smith is expressing her disappointment over the inaccurate portrayal of her relationship with the late icon.
In a series of tweets, the actress who shared a special bond with ‘Pac since before they were famous, explains how the movie got their connection wrong.
Forgive me… my relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth.
Pac never read me that poem. I didn’t know that poem existed until it was printed in his book.
I’ve never been to any of Pac’s shows by his request. We never had an argument backstage.
The reimagining of my relationship to Pac has been deeply hurtful.
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“Forgive me,” she began. “My relationship to Pac is too precious to me for the scenes in All Eyez On Me to stand as truth. Pac never read me that poem. I didn’t know that poem existed until it was printed in his book. Pac never said goodbye to me before leaving for LA. He had to leave abruptly and it wasn’t to pursue his career.”
The scene Pinkett is referring to was released in a trailer before the film dropped. It shows Pac reading a poem that he wrote about Jada to her before moving to California. Eventually, the poem appeared in The Rose That Grew From Concrete, a book released in 2000.
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