Will & Jada Pinkett Smith have been separated since 2016

[Sarzy]

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and husband Will Smith have been living “completely separate lives” since 2016.

In a clip from her forthcoming NBC News primetime special with Hoda Kotb, Pinkett Smith said the couple had not previously gone public with their separation because they were not “ready yet.”

They were “still trying to figure out between the two of us, how to be in partnership,” she said.

“How do we present that to people?” she told Kotb. “We hadn’t figured that out.”

Pinkett Smith, 52, and Smith, 55, have been married since 1997. Pinkett Smith said they are not legally divorced.

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 during an episode with her husband on “Red Table Talk.”

“I got into an entanglement with August,” Pinkett Smith said at the time, explaining then that the superstar couple “were going through a very difficult time” when it occurred.

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 Pinkett Smith being bald. She suffers from alopecia, which has caused her hair loss.

In a new interview with People, Pinkett Smith opened up about the incident, which she said, like many other people, she initially thought was a comedic bit between the two men.

“I thought, ‘This is a skit.’ I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him,’” she recalled. “It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

She told the publication that as soon as they were alone she asked Smith, “Are you okay?”

Pinkett Smith told Kotb during their interview that the marriage fractured because of “a lot of things.”

“I think by the time we got to 2016, we we both just exhausted with trying,” Pinkett Smith said. “I think we were both kind of still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.”

She said she “made a promise” that there would never be a reason for her and Smith to divorce “and I just haven’t been able to break that promise,” she said.

Pinkett Smith reveals more about her marriage, career and early life in her forthcoming memoir, “Worthy.” The book releases Oct. 17.



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[no1novice]

“I thought, ‘This is a skit.’ I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him,’” she recalled. “It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

This is a lie.
She was pissed about it.

In a clip from her forthcoming NBC News primetime special with Hoda Kotb, Pinkett Smith said the couple had not previously gone public with their separation because they were not “ready yet.”

Lie.
They hadn't gone public because there was no PR in it for them.

[funky]

She said she “made a promise” that there would never be a reason for her and Smith to divorce “and I just haven’t been able to break that promise,” she said.

How unhealthy.

[notoriousmkg]

We have known a surprising number of people who have separated - sometimes for decades - and lived apart, but not legally divorced.

[holly]

Oct 11, 2023 13:50:04 GMT no1novice said:

“I thought, ‘This is a skit.’ I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him,’” she recalled. “It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

This is a lie.
She was pissed about it.
Exactly! She's delusional if she thinks anyone is going to believe this. 

In a clip from her forthcoming NBC News primetime special with Hoda Kotb, Pinkett Smith said the couple had not previously gone public with their separation because they were not “ready yet.”

Lie.
They hadn't gone public because there was no PR in it for them.

Strong agree! 
She's only doing this because she wants people to buy her stupid book.

[o0amber0o]

My mom was friends with an amazing woman who lived next door to her husband. 😂😂 In her particular case I think it was a combination of religion and age (they were both well into retirement). I guess eventually it just becomes more of a hassle than it's worth to separate.

We've all known these two were in an open marriage arrangement so this isn't very surprising, but I guess she thinks it will sell her book.

[notoriousmkg]

Oh, that reminds me - we have two people in our extended family who are either their late 80's or early 90's. And married. Arranged marriage. I think they are separated in every way you can possibly be (I've never seen them together) but still be legally married. Luckily for them, they share a giant compound and can kind of go on with their lives without running into each other.

[sputnik]

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[greysfang]

[waterslide]

These two are corny as hell.

[palta]

my boyfriend's parents were separated, but not divorced. they lived apart for a while but then due to economic circumstances she moved back to the family home, where they lived until he died. they argued, he had mistresses, she was offended but still took care of his needs. now she collects his pension lol

[no1novice]

Oct 11, 2023 18:24:21 GMT palta said:

my boyfriend's parents were separated, but not divorced. they lived apart for a while but then due to economic circumstances she moved back to the family home, where they lived until he died. they argued, he had mistresses, she was offended but still took care of his needs. now she collects his pension lol

And didn't even need to bury him under the patio.

[kittylady]

Oct 11, 2023 14:13:03 GMT funky said:

She said she “made a promise” that there would never be a reason for her and Smith to divorce “and I just haven’t been able to break that promise,” she said.

How unhealthy.

Hang on... so banging one of their son's friends wasn't breaking her promise?

What about when Will was laughing at Chris Rock's joke until he caught sight of her face?

What about when she went on to further humiliate him with that horribly cringey Red Table talk where she/they dissected her "entanglement" with her son's friend and made out like they were still very much a married couple?

What about the videos she posted of her following Will about the house filming him when he repeatedly asked her not to, told her he didn't want to do it and still she kept on going so she had content?

Jada is full of self-serving shit and I don't even think she had alopecia. I think she'd chemically fried her hair and jumped on alopecia as an attention grab instead of just unapologetically rocking the look.  Oh, and she's also claiming that Chris Rock asked her out on a date while she's been married to Will.

Oct 11, 2023 14:53:11 GMT o0amber0o said:

My mom was friends with an amazing woman who lived next door to her husband. 😂😂 In her particular case I think it was a combination of religion and age (they were both well into retirement). I guess eventually it just becomes more of a hassle than it's worth to separate.

We've all known these two were in an open marriage arrangement so this isn't very surprising, but I guess she thinks it will sell her book.

I know someone whose parents were separated and living apart for decades.  One became hardcore Catholic the second the other left and refused to consider divorce.  It's incomprehensible to me that you'd deliberately sabotage your own potential future happiness just to make sure that someone else couldn't find theirs.

[coppercatseye]

Oct 11, 2023 14:34:59 GMT notoriousmkg said:

We have known a surprising number of people who have separated - sometimes for decades - and lived apart, but not legally divorced.

My aunt and uncle. Separated since 2001.

[sputnik]

ok now that i've stopped laughing, this puts the slap incident in a whole new light. that whole delay in reaction makes total sense now because will probably forgot he even still had to defend jada since at that point they'd been separated for 6+ years and her death stare was her way of reminding him of their charade, not her getting mad that her husband wasn't standing up to her.