October 11, (THEWILL) – Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and her husband, Will Smith, have been living completely separate lives since 2016.
Jada said they had not previously gone public with their separation because they were not ready yet.
“We are still trying to figure out between the two of us, how to be in partnership. How do we present that to people? We hadn’t figured that out,” she said.
She, however, said they are not legally divorced.
The 52-year-old has been married to her 55-year-old husband since 1997. Their marriage has come under scrutiny during the period she says they have been apart.
In July 2020, singer August Alsina revealed that he had been romantically involved with Pinkett Smith, something she confirmed.
“I got into an entanglement with August. We were going through a very difficult time when it occurred,” Jada admitted.
Then there was the Oscars slap.
During the 2022 Academy Awards, Smith stormed the stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock after he made a joke about Jada being bald. She suffers from alopecia, which has caused her hair loss.
Jada said that the marriage fractured because of a lot of things.
“I think by the time we got to 2016, we were both just exhausted from trying. I think we were both kind of still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” she said.
She said she made a promise that there would never be a reason for her and Smith to divorce and she just has not been able to break that promise she said.
Jada reveals more about her marriage, career and early life in her forthcoming memoir, ‘Worthy’, which will be released on October 17.
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