Will Smith and Jada Pinkett's daughter Willow, 24, sparks concern posting a crying selfie with X-rated message

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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett's daughter Willow sparked concern this week after she uploaded a photo of herself crying to social media alongside an X-rated caption.
The singer, 24, uploaded the worrying selfie to her Instagram Story on Wednesday for her 11.5 million followers to see.
The close-up photo showed Willow, who has multiple piercings and a neck tattoo, staring off into the distance with tears streaming down her face.
Willow, who has previously hinted that she's interested in both men and women sexually, added the shocking caption: 'who ate all the p***y'
While Willow may have intended her post to be humorous, fans were left worried for her well-being.
'Is she ok? She does not seem like she's ok' penned on concerned fan on X (formerly Twitter).
Some social media users even went as far as to place blame on Willow's famous parents for her emotional outburst.
The singer, 24, uploaded the worrying selfie to her Instagram Story on Wednesday for her 11.5 million followers to see
One harsh comment read: 'Will Smith and Jada have utterly failed as parents.'
Several commenters went on to slam the Smith family as 'broken' and 'weird' as they reacted to Willow's selfie on X.
Some even suggested that Willow posted the crying photo and outrageous caption with the sole purpose of 'trolling' people online — something they suggested her brother Jaden Smith, 27, has done in the past.
However, many of Willow's fans came to her defense as they praised her for being 'unfiltered' on social media unlike many of the other kids of A-list stars.
'This is the most unexpected caption of the year,' penned on X user, with another adding: 'she's so real for this'
Willow's IG post also sparked conversations about her sexuality.
Willow first came out as bisexual in 2019. And in April 2024, she offered further insight into her sexuality and gender identity.
At the time, she shared with fans that she sees herself somewhere between 'heterosexual' and 'bi/pansexual.'
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett's daughter Willow sparked concern this week after she uploaded a photo of herself crying to social media alongside an X-rated caption; seen in Febraury
As for her gender, she indicated using an emoji that she mostly identifies as 'female' but with a slight lean towards 'non-binary.'
Willow has been most open about her polyamorous lifestyle, which is when someone has 'open intimate or romantic relationships with more than one person at a time,' according to Verywell Mind.
She actually spoke about being polyamorous for the first time while appearing on her mom Jada's Facebook chat show Red Table Talk back in 2021.
'The history of marriage really irks me. Just the history of marriage as a whole and what it has represented over the years, for women in particular,' she told Jada and her grandmother, Adrienne Banfield-Norrison, who is the show's co-host.
'With polyamory, I feel like the main foundation is the freedom to be able to create a relationship style that works for you and not just stepping into monogamy because that's what everyone around you says is the right thing to do,' Willow explained.
'So, I was like, "How can I structure the way that I approach relationships with that in mind?"'
However, Willow admitted that she couldn't ever see herself going 'past two partners' in a relationship.
The online discourse about Willow comes six months after she and Jaden accompanied their dad Will to the 2025 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Will skipped the star-studded red carpet and, instead, let his kids steal the spotlight at the Crypto.com Arena.
He reunited with Willow and Jaden inside the arena, where they watched the likes of Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Beyonce take the stage from the comfort of VIP seats.
Missing from the action was Will's wife Jada, who revealed back in 2023 that she and the Men In Black star had been secretly separated for seven years, beginning in 2016.
The admission came three years after Jada's marriage to Will came under public scrutiny in 2020, when she interviewed him on her show Red Table Talk about an 'entanglement' she had four years earlier with their son's friend August Alsina, who is 21 years her junior.
News of Jada's fling with August first emerged in early 2020 - but she and her spouse initially denied the allegations, claiming they were 'absolutely not true'.
While the 'entanglement' put major strain on the couple's 30-year relationship, neither Will or Jada have ever filed for divorce.
Earlier this year, it was reported that the couple were continuing to live in separate homes, though sources insisted that they are still together.
Will and Jada 'are living their own lives but haven't completely severed ties,' a source told PEOPLE in January.
'Call it what you want,' the outlet's source added. Meanwhile, another inside said the pair, who got married in 1997, are 'still together' but 'have had separate homes for years.'
In 2023 it was reported that Jada had her own house nearby to Will in Calabasas — the same year she confirmed their separation.
Speaking to PEOPLE at the time, Jada claimed her and Will were 'still figuring it out. We've been doing some really heavy-duty work together.
'We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.'
While promoting her memoir Worthy on the Today show two years ago, Jada gave insight into her marital woes and told host Hoda Kotb that the relationship had left them 'exhausted.'
'I think by the time we got to 2016 we were just exhausted with trying,' Jada admitted.
'I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,' she explained of what caused them to drift apart.
In Jada's book, she describes the separation as a 'divorce,' but clarified they never filed any paperwork. 'It was not a divorce on paper. But it was a divorce,' Jada said.
Meanwhile Will wrote in his 2021 memoir, Will, that there were times in their marriage when they were both 'miserable and clearly something had to change.'
Jada later revealed how the pair found their way back to each other after Will infamously slapped comedian Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars.
The confrontation took place after Rock made a joke about Jada's shaved head, prompting Will to make his way to the stage, slap the presenter and say 'keep my wife's name out of your f**king mouth.'.
'That was a moment that I knew I would never leave Will's side after all those years thinking I would,' she told Extra.
'I didn't go in there as his wife, but I was leaving as his wife,' she added.
'You know, it's funny how intense situations can amplify love, and it was a pretty difficult time, but it definitely drew us closer. So yeah, it's crazy how things work.'
While speaking to Daily Mail's YOU Magazine, Jada said 'many positive things came after' Smith slapped Rock.
'After all those years trying to figure out if I would leave Will's side, it took that slap for me to see I will never leave him. Who knows where our relationship would be if that hadn't happened?'
After Jada spoke publicly about their marital estrangement, Will followed up with his own comments on the situation.
In an email published in the New York Times, Will said her comments on their relationship were a wake-up call to him, adding that she was more 'resilient, clever and compassionate' than he'd realized.
The King Richard actor told the paper, 'When you've been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in.
'And you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties.'
Despite the strides they've made in their relationship, Will and Jada have not been photographed together publicly since November 2024.