{"id":2727,"date":"2023-10-12T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T14:50:31","slug":"jada-pinkett-smith-reveals-marriage-bombshell-she-and-will-smith-secretly-separated-since-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=2727","title":{"rendered":"Jada Pinkett Smith reveals marriage bombshell: she and Will Smith secretly separated since 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The relationship between Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has always generated a lot of interest and attention. Since the celebrity power tied the knot in 1997, there have been reports of marital difficulties, and they\u2019ve been said to have an open marriage.<\/p>\n

Now, Jada Pinkett Smith has made the bombshell revelation that she and Will have been actually been separated since 2016. Read more to learn about her revelations about their marriage.<\/p>\n

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\nHOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA \u2013 MARCH 27: (L-R) Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In an upcoming NBC News interview with Hoda Kotb, Jada revealed that she and will have been living \u201ccompletely separate lives\u201d since 2016.<\/p>\n

Jada described it as a \u201cdivorce,\u201d although it wasn\u2019t an official one on paper. She explained that they didn\u2019t feel ready to go public with the split until now.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying,\u201d Jada said. \u201cI think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through \u2026 whatever,\u201d she added. \u201cI just haven\u2019t been able to break that promise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The nature of Will and Jada\u2019s relationship has long been a subject of speculation. In 2013, Jada made a statement that led people to believe they were having an open marriage: \u201cI\u2019ve always told Will, \u2018You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay\u2019. Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I\u2019m here as his partner, but he is his own man,\u201d Jada said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Jada later denied that they had an open marriage. But in 2020, singer and rapper August Alsina said he was having an affair with Jada, with Will\u2019s permission. Alsina is 20 years younger than Pinkett Smith.<\/p>\n

The couple later confirmed that Pinkett Smith and Alsina had an \u201centanglement,\u201d but it occurred during a separation in their marriage, and they broke it off when she got back together with Will. However, it is now clear that they never got back together.<\/p>\n

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Jada Pinkett Smith also opened up to People Magazine recently, saying that her relationship with Will was a work in progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still figuring it out,\u201d Jada said. \u201cA lot has happened. The thing about relationships is that it\u2019s constantly moving. Relationships are, it\u2019s an organism. It\u2019s its own thing. It\u2019s constantly shifting and constantly moving. There\u2019s a lot that\u2019s transpired in the last two years, and so we\u2019ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She also said that despite press reports, they never had an \u201copen marriage,\u201d but were actually taking breaks in their marriage that were not known to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think where that got confusing is that as time went on, there were different stages in my marriage where Will and I decided we were not together,\u201d Jada told People. \u201cWe didn\u2019t tell the public, where I was actually thinking about divorcing, separating. There\u2019ve been several of those where we\u2019ve gone and lived our separate lives. So I think within that is where people might\u2019ve thought that, \u2018Oh, they must be having an open relationship.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Will and Jada have two children together: Jaden, 25, and Willow, 22. Like their parents, both kids are singers and actors.<\/p>\n

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The Smiths\u2019 complicated relationship came into the worldwide spotlight last year at the Academy Awards. Will Smith, who would win the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in King Richard, slapped host Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada\u2019s shaved head (which was due to her alopecia).<\/p>\n

The incident went viral worldwide and Smith was banned from the Oscars for ten years.<\/p>\n

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\nHOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA \u2013 MARCH 27: Will Smith appears to slap Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never easy to split up after nearly 20 years of marriage, and it\u2019s clear Will and Jada have a complicated relationship. We hope they can work things out for the best.<\/p>\n

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