My friends, it’s happened. Jordyn Woods — who was apparently the reason behind Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson‘s breakup — has told her side of the story to Jada Pinkett-Smith for her Facebook show Red Table Talk.
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With the interview going live at a reasonable 12pm Friday in the US, I decided to wake up at the far less reasonable hour of 4am Saturday Australian time to watch this interview go down. Not just for myself, but for you, because I know you want this tea and I love to be the one to provide it for you.
Bit of backstory: 21-year-old Jordyn is close family friends with Will Smith and his wife Jada, her late father worked with Will on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Will and Jada’s son Jaden Smith is the entire reason Jordyn is best friends with Kylie Jenner, as he introduced them. Got it? Okay.
So, Jordyn asked Jada if she could come on the show to “speak her truth”. After a brief pep talk from Uncle Will via FaceTime, Jordyn heads to the Table where she talks Jada through the events of the night she allegedly made out with with Tristan, a story which hit the tabloids early last week.
I’m far too tired to write a deep thinkpiece about this, so instead I have transcribed large sections of what Jordyn said to save you watching.
Jada first asks Jordyn to talk her through the events of the night and “her part of this whole thing”.
Sunday night I went to dinner with some friends, I went to this bar afterwards, there was a party going on. Tristan was there, he was doing his own thing. Normal LA culture, when you’re young, you’re at a party and it ends early, you go to a house after. The group of girls are like “we’re going to a house”. On the way out they say it’s Tristan’s house. And I’m like that’s okay, it feels like a safe environment. I’d rather it be his house than a random stranger. He didn’t even personally invite me there.
Jordyn says she didn’t feel weird about being there, but admits that was probably her first mistake.
We’re all dancing, we’re all drinking and I’m not thinking “I shouldn’t be here. And that’s my first step where I went wrong. And how I would feel if someone close to me is hanging at my ex’s house, the father of my child… I didn’t think about that and that’s the first part of the problem. I should have gone home after that party. I shouldn’t have even been there.
To me, that sounds like she’s hinting that Khloé and Tristan were already broken up when all this happened, no? It’s quite possible that I’ve just had five seconds sleep and am reading way too much into this.
Anyway, Jordyn then straight-up slams the rumours that came from the party.
Never once was I giving him a lapdance making out with him, sitting all over him. We’re all together we’re in a group. Never once did we leave the public area, go to a bedroom, go to a bathroom. It’s crazy to me that anyone says there was a lapdance involved.
Jordyn explains that Tristan was sitting on a chair and she was sitting on the arm of the chair with her legs over his legs.
In my head this is innocent. We’re all chilling – there’s no way it would look like a lapdance, but I could see how people could say “oh they’re getting cozy”. My butt was never sitting on him but my legs were dangling down so I put them down onto the bottom of his legs.
Jada then plays devil’s advocate, saying “Well you could see how that could seem…” to which Jordyn admits: “And that’s where I’ll take responsibility to where I can’t be doing that. Because there’s so much history involved [with him and Khloé], I wasn’t thinking right. I take full responsibility for that.”
Jordyn’s then asked why she left Tristan’s house at 7am.
There was always someone else there when I was there. Even until the moment that I left. I looked outside and I’m like “Look the sun’s coming up. I need to take myself home.” I tell everyone that I’m leaving, I tell Tristan that I’m leaving and he’s like “Are you sure? It’s fine you can be safe here”.
But Jordyn says she decided to go. But if like me you were falling asleep then bloody wake up and pay attention, because this is where the plot thickens, my friends.
This is where the story gets tricky. I feel like I can’t point fingers. And I can’t say “You did this” because I allowed myself to be in that position. I allowed myself to be there. I was never belligerently drunk to where I can’t remember what happened. I was drunk, I was not tipsy. I was drunk but I was not beyond the point of recollection. On the way out, he did kiss me.
Jada asks what we’re all thinking: what kind of kiss? To which Jordyn says:
No passion, no nothing on the way out. It was like a kiss on the lips, no tongue kiss, no making out, nothing. I don’t think that he’s wrong either because I allowed myself to be in that position. I didn’t know how to feel. I was like “That didn’t just happen.” I was leaving already so I just walked out immediately after. I was like “Hmm, let me pretend that didn’t just happen.”
Jada asks why Jordyn thinks Tristan did that. “I’m there until the sun’s coming up… maybe he’s just like ‘I’ll shoot my shot’.
She then admits she wasn’t honest with Kylie or Khloé about what happened.
I went home, I talked to Kylie and Khloé in the morning and I told them I was there. I had talked to Khloé and she asked me what was going on, was everything fine. And in my head of trying to forget that part of the story I was like like “No he was chilling, everything was okay. There were girls there but he wasn’t all over the girls”. I was honest about being there but I wasn’t honest about the actions that had taken place.
Jada asks Jordyn why she thinks she didn’t tell the truth to Khloé at that point, and Jordyn says: “I just knew how much turmoil was going on and I was like let me not just throw more fuel on the fire. I know I was trying to protect Khloé’s heart.” A-ha! So there was prior drama going on before this even happened.
When talking about Khloé, Jordyn tears up, saying:
She doesn’t deserve this, either. People have even dehumanised her in this situation to where they can’t feel for her. And it’s not fair that she has to deal with this either. The last thing I wanted to do was be that person. I’m no homewrecker, I would never try to hurt someone’s home, especially someone who I love. Who has a beautiful daughter. I would never try to steal someone’s man. I don’t need your situation. I really just hurt so many more people by not telling the truth.
Jada then asks Jordyn: “Do you feel as though you are the reason Tristan and Khloé are not together?” To which Jordyn responds: “I know I’m not the reason that Khloé and Tristan are not together. Now this situation may have made it harder to want to be with him and I understand that, and I know I’m not the reason.”
She then says she never slept with Tristan, nor had a month-long affair with him as some outlets have claimed.
Never [slept with him]. Never a thought, never a consideration, never happened. And never will I. Attach me to a lie detector, whatever it is. Just to clarify there has been no communication with Tristan, no relationship over time, there’s been no relationship. No communication, no plans on meeting up, no conversation, nothing.
Jordyn acknowledges that the whole thing has been a total shitstorm, but knows she’s a big part of that.
This story that didn’t have to be what it was, turned into the biggest scandal and the biggest betrayal of the year. The media are putting their focus on a young black woman who made a mistake, and not a mistake that deserved a public crucifixion. It could have been dealt with internally.
She says her reasoning for wanting to speak out is because the media attention has become too much, and she’s worried for her family.
The first few days were the hardest, I couldn’t eat, I didn’t look at my phone. I just wanted to sleep and hope that this would go away. Every day was a new headline… people were saying things like “your father deserved to die”. And I don’t think I deserve that. If I was a weak person, I would have hurt myself. My brother can’t go to work, my sister can’t go to school, she’s 12 years old. I’m not here to play the victim, I’m here to take responsibility. When I was asked what happened that night, I didn’t tell the truth to the people that I loved. Not because of malicious intent, but just because I was just scared.
Jada asks what she would change about what happened, and Jordyn says:
I would not have gone with those girls to an afterparty. And not have allowed myself to be in positions to where…I also allow things to happen. And if I would have told the truth from the beginning: “I was there, we were drunk, this happened”. I wouldn’t be here today. I got caught up in the lifestyle.
As for her relationship with Kylie, and whether they have spoken, Jordyn reveals:
I have talked to Kylie and I told her I was coming to the Table today. I think at this point it’s gone too far and enough is enough and when the safety of the people I love is in jeopardy, I have to speak. I have spoken a little bit with Khloé. I’ve let her know that I am willing to do whatever it takes for her peace of mind, not for my image, not for my career because thats already something on its own. This is now for peace of mind so you know there’s no malicious intent. Attach me to a lie detector, whatever it is, I need the people involved to know the truth. I’m willing to take full responsibility. I’m not asking for people to like me, I’m not asking for you to forgive me overnight, I’m just asking you to hear me.
Host Jada then pulls a viewer question out of the Fishbowl which asks whether it’s all a publicity stunt for the new season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I admit, here at P.TV we had our own suspicions, which you can read HERE.
Jordyn answers: “I wish I could say this was a publicity stunt, but this is my real life and people are hurting. It’s been real.”
The next viewer question is whether Jordyn has apologised to Khloe.
I did as much apologising as I could do over the phone, over text . Until I get the opportunity to talk face to face [she won’t feel] what I’m saying. Whatever makes her feel better is what I want. I’ve been respectful through this whole thing, I haven’t been commenting back. I’ve even been bullied by people who the week before were telling me they loved me. I get to see everyone’s true colours now. You’ve got my number, you could have sent me a mean text. but everything’s [on] social now. So I haven’t clapped back.
Uh, Malika? Dat you?
Jada concludes the chat with a lot of hand holding and speaking about “owning your truth” and asks us all to give Jordyn a fair go. It’s 5am now and I’m too tired to even decide how I feel about Jordyn Woods right now. I think I believe her. The girl seems genuine. And let me tell you, Jada is really convincing. But if you want to decide for yourself, check it out below.
UPDATE: Khloé Kardashian has responded. You can read her very loud and angry thoughts right HERE.
I’m out.
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