The world was shocked this week when Jada Pinkett-Smith said that she and Will Smith have not been together since 2016.
The shocking news came from the “Set It Off” star on “Today” on Wednesday. She said that the couple, who got married in 1997, didn’t know how to tell their fans the news. To keep the media from finding out about their split, the two often went on public events together. They broke up, but Jada didn’t say why. She did say that they were tired of trying to make the marriage work.
While promoting her new book, “Worthy,” Jada told Hoda Kotb, “We live separately.” She also said, “I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce.” No matter what, we will get through it. “I haven’t been able to break that promise yet.”
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Jada said that they are still figuring out if they want to be together for a long time, but she didn’t say more about whether or not they are working to make their marriage better.
Even when August Alsina was accused of cheating on Jada, neither she nor Will told anyone that they were living apart. Even stranger is the fact that the Smiths weren’t together during the famous Oscar slap. This has made many people wonder why Will was so upset about Chris Rock’s joke about his divorced wife.
Still, it looks like they’re handling their relationship on their own terms, which is fine with each other.