“Learned more about Will through this book”- When Will Smith’s Brother Complemented His Book for Teaching Him a Lot About His Brother

Published 10/04/2022, 5:30 AM EDT

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Few can earn global fame as Will Smith has. Almost everyone on the planet knows about the rapper turned actor and his incredible way of living. However, it looks like even after being the most honest celebrity, Will had a part of him that no one knew about, including his brother. But that all changed when Will Smith wrote his autobiography, Will.

Before publishing his book for the people, Will Smith decided to have a thorough read with the people closest to him and try to get their opinion on him. In the panel for the discussion were celebrated authors like Jay Shetty among many others. But probably the biggest compliment anyone gave to Will was by his brother Henry Smith.

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Henry did not know many things about Will Smith before reading the book

Writing a book about his life, from Philadelphia to Hollywood, had always been a dream project for Will Smith. As a result, when the actor finally decided to go ahead and publish the memoir he wanted to do it with the utmost perfection. And in the process of refining his book, Will asked his close friends and family to give him opinions on the manuscript of the book.

While popular authors like Jay Shetty wanted Will to be more open and understand his audience while writing the book. It was Will’s younger brother Henry who gave the highest word of confidence to The Fresh Prince. While talking about how detailed and revealing the book was about Will’s life Henry stated that in the book there were instances that even he did not know about.

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“I’ve learned more about Will through this book than I ever knew,” said Henry. He went on to share how the book was an eye-opener even for him. And that he found the process of once again knowing some you grew up with a fascinating experience. Certainly, all the effort and time put into the book helped it to become one of the bestsellers of 2021.

If you want you can buy the book on Amazon and decide if you like it or not.

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Baheen Qadri

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Baheen Qadri is an entertainment writer at Netflix Junkie. Currently, he is pursuing BA in Mass comm Hons from SCMC Pune. He loves binge-watching films and TV series on Netflix.

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