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[ReturnOfTheRAT]

CPS treating huge celebrities like common folk, progress?

 

[Dead Prince]

I'm way more disturbed by this photo of her walking around without shoes.

Btw, holyshit is he a short guy. She towers over him, Will/Jada probably thinks hes like 11 or 12.

it's the disney character creation. at least his brother is taller and looks alright

 

[wildfire]

I have to agree, its the media and those who ate up the news who thought the picture was sexual in nature, that just shows the mindset of society which is also created by the sexualization of everything which hollywood also partakes in so its an endless cycle which the peers of both these actors parents themselves created. I mean this is the society which it has become. In the 1970s when a 30 year old guy used to call another couple's 5 year old daughter cute, it was seen universally as a compliment, Now when a 30 year old guy calls another couple's 5 years daughter cute, the parents hold thier daughter more tightly and look at the guy as if he is a pedophile

I'm sure this happens but I refuse to believe society has slipped so much so that more adults today are doing this than parents from the 70s.

 

[kulapik]

i whip his dick back and forth

 

[thesaucetastic]

Holy Shit Why Does She Capitalize Every Word In Her Tweets

Ridiculous

 

[Ban Puncher]

Parents Government Agencies Just Don't Understand

 

[Dead Prince]

Holy Shit Why Does She Capitalize Every Word In Her Tweets

Ridiculous

jaden is the boy. willow is the girl.
but image is confusing. willow is 13, jaden is 15, tweet is from willow or was that jaden from 2 years ago? lol idk

 

[Esch]

Would you let your 13 year old daughter "chill" in bed with a 20 year old male friend? Asking this on GAF is a bad idea, but the vast majority of people wouldn't be ok with that. Willow has been on this path for awhile, and her brief music career often advertised her as "older than she is" or "mature" as if she was somehow on another metal level compared to similar 10-11 year olds. Now she's 13 and seems like a mess. It's not surprising.

This, fuck that. In what realm is that appropriate?

 

[Infinite]

This, fuck that. In what realm is that appropriate?

In what realm does it require an investigation from ACS?

 

[Imm0rt4l]

It is kinda suspect I guess. I dunno if child services needs to be involved over this though.

 

[Jarrod38]

No matter how stupid the claim is CPS has to investigate it no matter what. You can call CPS for the some dumbest reason they have to look into it.

 

[Esch]

In what realm does it require an investigation from ACS?

I didnt say it did. ACS investigates when they get a call right?

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

jaden is the boy. willow is the girl.
but image is confusing. willow is 13, jaden is 15, tweet is from willow or was that jaden from 2 years ago? lol idk

I'm glad I didn't have Twitter when I was 13. I said some stuuuupid stuff on Kongregate Chat and RS back in the day. Wouldn't want that stickin'.

 

[Herne]

Doesn't mean anything to you. I don't expect everyone to share my sensibilities. But at the end of the day I just wouldn't be cool with my young 13 year old daughter chillin' in bed with a 20 year old dude. Family friend or not I'd put that shit in check.

That's fair enough, it's up to every parent to decide these things. I just think the media has blown this way past what it really is.

I'd think you were just a friendly person unless I saw something that specifically made me uncomfortable. Then I'd respectfully put that behavior in check. I'm trusting but I'm not naive to the horrible things that happen in the world...so I'd just want a certain level of appropriateness maintained. There is no right or wrong regarding this. Different people have different sensibilities. If you're cool with a 13 year old girl chillin in bed with a grown man then ok. I'm not. We just sharing perspectives. Doesn't make us right or wrong. Just different.

I've been friends with PLENTY of my friends younger siblings. But somehow I was able to maintain those friendships without me and them on a bed with my shirt off, go figure....

Yeah, again, fair enough. I think the fact that his shirt is off is what has people taking it out of context. I think if she were my daughter I'd ask him to put it on, but again it really is down to the parent and what they know of the relationship, and of course the proper context of the situation.

When I was young around 15-18 and my mothers friend would bring her young kid over and they wanted to play videogames I'd just bring the console from my room downstairs into the living room. Why? Cause I only had my bed to sit on in my room when I played games and didn't feel comfortable having someone that young in my room in the bed with me. Didn't want anyone getting the wrong idea. That's just how I was raised by my parents. "Some things just look bad regardless of your intentions, keep it appropriate".

I couldn't really do that, since one was a pc. The other was a console (N64 or GameCube at the time) but there were other people in the living room. He came up to stay with us quite often back then and the rest of the family didn't appreciate it when we'd bring the console up to the living room. I had a small room myself with only my computer chair and bed, and I had no problem sitting on the bed next to him, whether my brother was sitting with us or not, but I do understand your reticence. It's a pretty sad indictment of society that people - even those involved, like yourself - would think the worst, or expect the worst of what others would think.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I think the weirdest part about all of this is that while watching Ender's Game, I was under the assumption that dude was wearing prosthetics and they were making him shorter with Hobbit style camera tricks. It appears they did none of that.

 

[Valhelm]

We have no idea what's going on, but I think it makes sense for CPS to do a quick look at their household. Hollywood is a pretty skeevy place, and I doubt all the rumors of starlet-pimping are unfounded.

 

[GungHo]

Would you let your 13 year old daughter "chill" in bed with a 20 year old male friend?

It depends on the context.

If it was a ton of friends in the room at the same time (which there were here), I'd probably tell my daughter, "yeah, that probably sends a message you don't realize you're sending... here's how boys think about things like that", and she'd get "the talk".

If they were absolutely alone in the house and I came home and saw them hanging out like that in the bedroom, the conversation would be with him and whether or not he's got the glow, because that's all that's going to save him.

 

[adamsappel]

Hang on. Call me slow to react (everyone: YOU'RE SLOW TO REACT), but... Will and Jada Smith's children are Willow and Jaden? That's almost as bad as Nigel Lawson calling his daughter Nigella.

I'm ashamed to admit this never occurred to me. Mind blown.

People keep talking about if they walked into a room and saw the same situation, but aren't acknowledging that there is at least one other person in the room (the one taking the picture), which to me changes the dynamic completely.

 

[Dark Ninja]

Why does he have his shirt off lol

 

[Hi i'm Caleb]

In response to the backlash, Jada told reporters it was no big deal. “Here’s the deal,” she said on May 7. “There was nothing sexual about that picture or that situation. You guys are projecting your trash onto it. You’re acting like covert pedophiles and that’s not cool.”

That's about it.

But i'ma play along too.

Holy shit their bodies are touching the same bed AND there was another person there to take a picture? YO THEY MUST BE FUCKIN!!

 

[Mammoth Jones]

That's fair enough, it's up to every parent to decide these things. I just think the media has blown this way past what it really is.

I'll agree with that. Completely. It's one thing to notice it and just give our perspectives on it. It's another thing to start pretending to be outraged about it.

I'm not outraged. I'm not of the opinion that child services should be doing ANY kind of investigation.

I just think I'd have a problem if that was my kid.

 

[Dr.Acula]

Looks like one of those Esquire-like photo-shoots for "Hollywood's next generation," or something.

 

[Dead Prince]

HOW TALL IS HE

using my eyes i'm going with 5' 1"

EDIT: Google says 5' 5". his brother is 5' 7"

 

[Supermanisdead]

um, a lot of 13 year olds aren't allowed to have anyone of the opposite sex in their room, even if they're the same age, lmao. of course people are going to be worried about A TWENTY YEAR OLD, SHIRTLESS MAN in the same bed as a 13 year old girl.

 

[Neo Child]

actors always hang out with other actors regardless of age

eh..

i mean i know these two are like buddies irl (from heroes) and he's like twice her age

idk, lets wait until we see a video of her suckng him off before making these conclusions

 

[Akainu]

They make it sound like they took a picture of them under the covers spooning.

 

[James Woods]

For everyone saying Will Smith aged poorly, there is a long-standing rumor that he lied about his age. He's supposedly 50-ish

 

[Mesoian]

This sounds like a Libel case waiting to happen.

 

[RyanDG]

This sounds like a Libel case waiting to happen.

If you could sue CPS for libel just for investigating an allegation of possible abuse, I'm pretty sure this would be an everyday news story occurrence. With that being said, does it suck that the CPS is getting involved to at least review the complaint? Yep, it does. But on the other hand, the alternative, which is essentially that the CPS would ignore a complaint it has received doesn't sound like the smartest thing in the world either. Additionally, its tough to say what the tip they received anyway... According to the sources its about the photo, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is what the CPS was initially told (since it is likely the source is coming from someone from the Smith camp rather than the CPS camp).

 

[Alrus]

actors always hang out with other actors regardless of age

eh..

i mean i know these two are like buddies irl (from heroes) and he's like twice her age

idk, lets wait until we see a video of her suckng him off before making these conclusions

She wasn't 13 when filming heroes though. Also, past a certain age threshold, the difference stop mattering. However, a 20 year old anything has no business hanging out with 13 years old anything, there's a world of difference in maturity and interests.

 

[yukonrye]

That Moises guy looks like a Rankin & Bass character.

 

[MikeMyers]

Moises Arias was in my High School Spanish Class.

Also, I don't see anything wrong with the picture.

 

[RustyNails]

using my eyes i'm going with 5' 1"

EDIT: Google says 5' 5". his brother is 5' 7"

There is no way he is 5'5. Probably close to 5'2.

 

[Dark Stalkers]

i thought this was from a movie or something

 

[Monocle]

Makes sense. It won't do to let the daughter of a celebrity couple hang out with a cute older boy. I mean, right now a child is probably getting their wrist pressed against a burner by their alcoholic aunt, but it's cool. Kids are tough. Well done, CPS.

 

[Threi]

I'm way more disturbed by this photo of her walking around without shoes.

Btw, holyshit is he a short guy. She towers over him, Will/Jada probably thinks hes like 11 or 12.

This is something i'd call child services over


what kinda parents would let their kid dress like this

 

[Dark Octave]

This picture.

Has gotten child services involved?, this is just stupid, very very stupid.

Is she wearing a shirt in that pic or is she covering up with a sheet?

I think that will make a huge difference for me, but I can't tell exactly what's going on in the pic.

Also:

 

[Ecto311]

Between her pic there and the twitter pic on jadens profile does Will just have clothes left over from a Different World cast?

 

[Supermanisdead]

Makes sense. It won't do to let the daughter of a celebrity couple hang out with a cute older boy. I mean, right now a child is probably getting their wrist pressed against a burner by their alcoholic aunt, but it's cool. Kids are tough. Well done, CPS.

ikr, can't believe that cps guy is going all the way to los angeles to investigate the smiths when there are thousands of kids in danger nationwide. this guy needs some support. maybe some kind of service with a very large net and hundreds of agents?

 

[Cipherr]

Yeah okay GAF. Meanwhile this motherfucker here....

Is about as creepy as they come. But no outrage needed there. Lets find the out of context single photo of a family friend who is near a 13 year old, alert child services, and write a bunch of sick suggestive articles and pretend like its something that it isn't.



Child please....

 

[Dark Octave]

actors always hang out with other actors regardless of age

eh..

i mean i know these two are like buddies irl (from heroes) and he's like twice her age

idk, lets wait until we see a video of her suckng him off before making these conclusions

I dunno man. I'm sure the pic is innocent but if I came home and saw my 13 year old daughter in a bed with a shirtless dude, no matter how old, my shit would be lost.

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

With anyone else I might be convinced that this is all a misunderstanding, but the Smith family is pretty out there.

Yeah we just don't know. This photo could be the tip of the iceberg.

 

[War Peaceman]

Why is Biaggio mixed up in all this?! I love that guy, he steals the show in Kings of Summer. That picture is really dependent on context. If he's with friends then it is probably fine. Not sure I'd allow it, but it is not my child.

 

[tuna on toast]

13 year old girls shouldn't be hanging out with 20 year old men.

Shirtless and on a bed - fuck no.

 

[foxdvd]

idk, lets wait until we see a video of her suckng him off before making these conclusions

uh...lets not

 

[perfectchaos007]

Willow can no longer whip her hair back and forth.

 

[RustyNails]

This is something i'd call child services over


what kinda parents would let their kid dress like this

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Somebody should have called child services on Billy Ray. Maybe they could have saved Miley

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

The Jaden Smith tweets weren't enough to get them involved?

 

[DynamoJack]

This picture.

Has gotten child services involved?, this is just stupid, very very stupid.

ya wtf

Smith family must have angered somebody in hollywood or government, at least thats how I look at these smear news cases that usually spring up outta nowhere.