*Trigger Warning: this piece discusses domestic violence and rape and may be upsetting for some.*

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Rape by a spouse or a partner is an act of physical violence that is often overlooked and under talked about. While there's been a growth in international attention regarding marital rape it is often widely considered a "gray area" subject even in the many countries where it is illegal. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith learned a hard truth about marital rape affected her parents' marriage this week in an exclusive clip on the Red Table Talk. Speaking with her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and her daughter Willow Smith, the actress spoke about non-consensual sex with partners.

In the latest episode of "The Red Table Talk," Adrienne Banfield-Norris revealed that she had been raped in her marriage to Pinkett Smith's father.

"So, Gam, you feel like nowhere in your history in regards to sexual intimacy have you felt like you had a sexual experience that was not necessarily consensual," Pinkett Smith noted.

Banfield-Norris admitted "I have, I have, but it was also with my husband. Your dad, actually... So that’s really gray."

Taking a moment to process, Pinkett Smith paused and that asked her mother to clarify "You’re basically saying you had non-consensual sex with my father," she replied to her mother.

Banfield-Norris has noted how she became pregnant with Pinkett Smith in high school and married the actress’s father, Robsol Pinkett Jr soon after. After several months of marriage, the two divorced. In 2018, Pinkett Smith revealed in another episode of Red Table Talk that her mother had endured domestic violence from Robsol.

"I knew that my mother and my father had a very violent relationship early on," Pinkett Smith explained. "She has a couple scars on her body that, as a child, I was just curious. I was like, ‘Oh, Mommy, what’s that? What’s that?’ … This will be the first time that Willow’s actually heard these stories about her grandfather who she knew."

At the time, the three women talked about a scar on Banfield-Norris’s back which she received when Pinkett Smith’s father threw her over a banister.

"Not to make this like an excuse … but he was typically in an altered state when he was abusive like that," Banfield-Norris said. "He was typically drunk... "I think women stay because they think that they’re in love. That’s what it was for me. I thought that it was love."

Red Table Talk airs Tuesdays at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET on Facebook Watch.