Will Smith Reveals He Once Considered Suicide in Weight-Loss Docuseries

Will Smith has released the trailer for his upcoming docuseries, Will Smith: The Best Shape Of My Life, but the movie star is battling for his mental well-being more than he is trying to get into physical shape. The biggest bombshell of the trailer finds Smith revealing that he once considered suicide, and he shares how he managed to make his way through the mental anguish.

"I'm writing my book and it's exposing my life, and so many things that people don't know about me," Smith said in a moment that sees him sitting at the head of a table with his family surrounding him. "That was the only time in my life that I ever considered suicide."

"What you've come to understand as Will Smith, the alien-annihilating MC, the bigger-than-life movie star, is largely a construction, a carefully crafted and honed character designed to protect myself. To hide myself from the world. To hide the coward."

The docuseries will be released on November 8, on YouTube, and follows Smith trying to get into the best shape he had ever been in while working toward bettering his mental health. November 8 will also see the publication of Will Smith's official memoir. While the trailer shows that Smith found it difficult to continue with his initial goal of losing 20 lbs in 20 weeks in the midst of writing his memoir and battling his demons, it also finds the actor managing to find catharsis in doing so.

If you or someone you know needs help today, you can find help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.