Talk show host, Jada Pinkett Smith, has disclosed that she and her husband, actor Will Smith, have been living separate lives since 2016, News About Nigeria reports.
The surprising revelation was made in a preview clip for her upcoming interview with ‘Today’ show host Hoda Kotb.
Hoda Kotb, in the clip, expressed her surprise at the revelation, saying, “There are so many surprising things in the book, but the thing that surprised me the most, that I actually had to reread it, because I said, ‘Is this true?’ was that in 2016, you and Will decided that you were going to live completely separate lives.”
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, who have been married since 1997 and have two children together, have been the subject of public scrutiny over the years, particularly in relation to Jada’s ‘entanglement’ with singer August Alsina and Will Smith’s disclosure in an interview with GQ that their marriage was not monogamous.
Pinkett Smith clarified that their separation was not a legal divorce but a split, and they have been living apart for the past seven years.
She explained that she hadn’t discussed their relationship status until now because she wasn’t ‘ready yet’.
The actress went on to explain that the challenges in their relationship could be attributed to several factors.
By 2016, they were both exhausted from trying to meet each other’s expectations, remaining stuck in their respective fantasies of what the other person should be.
Despite these difficulties, Pinkett Smith expressed her commitment to not getting a legal divorce.
She stated, “I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through whatever. And I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”
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