Adrienne Banfield-Norris and Jada Pinkett Smith on Oct. 23, 2018, in New York City.Photo:Jason Mendez/GettyAdrienne Banfield-Norrisis defying age!TheRed Table Talkco-host celebrated a milestone birthday on Wednesday, which daughterJada Pinkett Smithmarked witha set of photosfrom the celebration that included Jada’s husbandWill Smithand their kidsJaden, 25, andWillow, 22, along with Will’s sonTrey, 30.Jada, 52, can be seen hugging her mom in the first two images while family members including Willow, Trey and Will, 55, cheer in the background.The rest of the snapshots show Banfield-Norris seemingly giving a speech via a microphone as she stands in front of her two-tier red-and-gold cake, attendees clapping and more.“Gammy turned 70 years young yesterday!!!” Jada wrote in the caption of her Thursday Instagram post. “Gam Bam you look 30! We are going to celebrate all year! I love you!!! Happy Birthday again!😘♥️@gammynorris.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Adrienne Banfield-Norris at her 70th birthday party.Adrienne Banfield Norris/InstagramBanfield-Norris is close with Jada and Willow, having hosted the popular talk showRed Table Talkalongside her daughter and her granddaughter since 2018.The former nurse has also offered Jada crucial advice over the years. For example, when Jada was 20 years old, she traveled to Italy and almost accepted an invitation from astranger to go on his boat. Fortunately, she called her mother first to check in about that decision.Banfield-Norris said onRed Table Talkin 2022 that she told her daughter at the time, “You are not getting on no boat with nobody,” adding, “If something happens to you, nobody’s gonna hear you. You’re gonna be in the middle of nowhere. Do not — Jada!”Jada’s mother has also stepped in to help with work situations. When Jada starred in the medical dramaHawthoRNe, her mother took issue with how medical practices were portrayed on the show — and the medical advisory team changed as a result.“There were some minor things as far as nursing care and nursing techniques that were off-kilter,” Banfield-Norris toldThe AFROin 2010. “I would give [Jada] my suggestions and basically what she did at the end of the season was kind of revamp her medical advisory team.”Jada Pinkett Smith and mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris in Los Angeles in 2004.Gregg DeGuire/WireImageBanfield-Norris and her daughter haven’t always had the easiest relationship, though, partly due to her past drug use.“I had parents who were addicted to drugs,” Jada told PEOPLE fora recent cover storysurrounding the release of her new memoir,Worthy. “Not having [a healthy] foundation, as I would come to find out way into my adulthood, had some really strong effects in regard to how I saw myself.”Despite their early struggles, she and Banfield-Norris have developed a close bond today. Jada even posted a lovingInstagram tributeto her mom onMother’s Day2021.“Thank you Great Divine for my mother Adrienne,” she wrote. “You blessed me with the PERFECT Mother. She has provided for me … EVERYTHING You intended.”Worthyis available now wherever books are sold.
Adrienne Banfield-Norris and Jada Pinkett Smith on Oct. 23, 2018, in New York City.Photo:Jason Mendez/Getty
Jason Mendez/Getty
Adrienne Banfield-Norrisis defying age!TheRed Table Talkco-host celebrated a milestone birthday on Wednesday, which daughterJada Pinkett Smithmarked witha set of photosfrom the celebration that included Jada’s husbandWill Smithand their kidsJaden, 25, andWillow, 22, along with Will’s sonTrey, 30.Jada, 52, can be seen hugging her mom in the first two images while family members including Willow, Trey and Will, 55, cheer in the background.The rest of the snapshots show Banfield-Norris seemingly giving a speech via a microphone as she stands in front of her two-tier red-and-gold cake, attendees clapping and more.“Gammy turned 70 years young yesterday!!!” Jada wrote in the caption of her Thursday Instagram post. “Gam Bam you look 30! We are going to celebrate all year! I love you!!! Happy Birthday again!😘♥️@gammynorris.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Adrienne Banfield-Norris at her 70th birthday party.Adrienne Banfield Norris/InstagramBanfield-Norris is close with Jada and Willow, having hosted the popular talk showRed Table Talkalongside her daughter and her granddaughter since 2018.The former nurse has also offered Jada crucial advice over the years. For example, when Jada was 20 years old, she traveled to Italy and almost accepted an invitation from astranger to go on his boat. Fortunately, she called her mother first to check in about that decision.Banfield-Norris said onRed Table Talkin 2022 that she told her daughter at the time, “You are not getting on no boat with nobody,” adding, “If something happens to you, nobody’s gonna hear you. You’re gonna be in the middle of nowhere. Do not — Jada!”Jada’s mother has also stepped in to help with work situations. When Jada starred in the medical dramaHawthoRNe, her mother took issue with how medical practices were portrayed on the show — and the medical advisory team changed as a result.“There were some minor things as far as nursing care and nursing techniques that were off-kilter,” Banfield-Norris toldThe AFROin 2010. “I would give [Jada] my suggestions and basically what she did at the end of the season was kind of revamp her medical advisory team.”Jada Pinkett Smith and mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris in Los Angeles in 2004.Gregg DeGuire/WireImageBanfield-Norris and her daughter haven’t always had the easiest relationship, though, partly due to her past drug use.“I had parents who were addicted to drugs,” Jada told PEOPLE fora recent cover storysurrounding the release of her new memoir,Worthy. “Not having [a healthy] foundation, as I would come to find out way into my adulthood, had some really strong effects in regard to how I saw myself.”Despite their early struggles, she and Banfield-Norris have developed a close bond today. Jada even posted a lovingInstagram tributeto her mom onMother’s Day2021.“Thank you Great Divine for my mother Adrienne,” she wrote. “You blessed me with the PERFECT Mother. She has provided for me … EVERYTHING You intended.”Worthyis available now wherever books are sold.
Adrienne Banfield-Norrisis defying age!
TheRed Table Talkco-host celebrated a milestone birthday on Wednesday, which daughterJada Pinkett Smithmarked witha set of photosfrom the celebration that included Jada’s husbandWill Smithand their kidsJaden, 25, andWillow, 22, along with Will’s sonTrey, 30.
Jada, 52, can be seen hugging her mom in the first two images while family members including Willow, Trey and Will, 55, cheer in the background.
The rest of the snapshots show Banfield-Norris seemingly giving a speech via a microphone as she stands in front of her two-tier red-and-gold cake, attendees clapping and more.
“Gammy turned 70 years young yesterday!!!” Jada wrote in the caption of her Thursday Instagram post. “Gam Bam you look 30! We are going to celebrate all year! I love you!!! Happy Birthday again!😘♥️@gammynorris.”
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Adrienne Banfield-Norris at her 70th birthday party.Adrienne Banfield Norris/Instagram
Adrienne Banfield Norris/Instagram
Banfield-Norris is close with Jada and Willow, having hosted the popular talk showRed Table Talkalongside her daughter and her granddaughter since 2018.
The former nurse has also offered Jada crucial advice over the years. For example, when Jada was 20 years old, she traveled to Italy and almost accepted an invitation from astranger to go on his boat. Fortunately, she called her mother first to check in about that decision.
Banfield-Norris said onRed Table Talkin 2022 that she told her daughter at the time, “You are not getting on no boat with nobody,” adding, “If something happens to you, nobody’s gonna hear you. You’re gonna be in the middle of nowhere. Do not — Jada!”
Jada’s mother has also stepped in to help with work situations. When Jada starred in the medical dramaHawthoRNe, her mother took issue with how medical practices were portrayed on the show — and the medical advisory team changed as a result.
“There were some minor things as far as nursing care and nursing techniques that were off-kilter,” Banfield-Norris toldThe AFROin 2010. “I would give [Jada] my suggestions and basically what she did at the end of the season was kind of revamp her medical advisory team.”
Jada Pinkett Smith and mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris in Los Angeles in 2004.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Banfield-Norris and her daughter haven’t always had the easiest relationship, though, partly due to her past drug use.
“I had parents who were addicted to drugs,” Jada told PEOPLE fora recent cover storysurrounding the release of her new memoir,Worthy. “Not having [a healthy] foundation, as I would come to find out way into my adulthood, had some really strong effects in regard to how I saw myself.”
Despite their early struggles, she and Banfield-Norris have developed a close bond today. Jada even posted a lovingInstagram tributeto her mom onMother’s Day2021.
“Thank you Great Divine for my mother Adrienne,” she wrote. “You blessed me with the PERFECT Mother. She has provided for me … EVERYTHING You intended.”
Worthyis available now wherever books are sold.
source: people.com
