{"id":4142,"date":"2023-11-01T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T14:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T14:15:28","slug":"will-smith-wrote-a-heartfelt-letter-to-jada-pinkett-smith-after-reading-about-their-split-in-her-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4142","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith Wrote a Heartfelt Letter to Jada Pinkett Smith after Reading about Their Split in Her Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith married on December 31, 1997. The couple welcomed two children, Jaden, 24, and Willow, 21, during their union. However, Will and his ex-wife, Sheree Zampino, also have another older son, Trey, 30.During her Jay Shetty Podcast appearance, the star revealed that she was 23 when she and Will started dating. She felt they were young and practically babies when they committed to each other and tried figuring out marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Will was 29, and Jada was 26 when they tied the knot in front of around 100 guests. Jada has since written a book that gave some shocking revelations about the status of her marriage to Will. The two stars\u2019 union has experienced challenges that led them to make a tough decision.<\/p>\n<p>What Did Jada Say about Her Marriage to Will?<br \/>\nWhile recently promoting her new memoir \u201cWorthy,\u201d during her interviews, she answered questions that set the record straight on her marriage to Will. The two are among Hollywood\u2019s power couples and have weathered ups and downs ever since they got married.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kj-683x1024-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kj-683x1024-1.webp 683w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kj-683x1024-1-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While speaking to Hoda Kotb on \u201cToday\u201d in an NBC primetime special, Jada revealed she and Will have been separated since 2016. The mother of two said the couple had been living completely separate lives close to 20 years after they exchanged vows.As much as Jada and Will are legally married, they haven\u2019t been romantically involved since 2016. However, in public, they denied the rumors, in 2017, the actress told Andy Cohen that they\u2019d been together for 23 years and received applause.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how she kept their marriage \u201chot,\u201d the celebrity struggled to find an answer. For years afterward, they continued pretending to be a happily married couple, even when they faced a scandal about Jada having an \u201centanglement\u201d with a family friend.<\/p>\n<p>Jada agreed that their separation isn\u2019t a divorce on paper but is technically still a divorce. The actress said the two kept their separation private because they were trying to figure out how they could still be in a partnership together. From the start, Jada and Will had agreed to have a partnership in their marriage and be transparent with each other.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/yuio-768x511-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/yuio-768x511-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/yuio-768x511-1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old also confessed that she was surprised when Will slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars when the comedian made fun of her bald head. The actress was shocked mostly when Will referred to her as his wife since they hadn\u2019t called each other wife and husband in a long time. Jada, who suffers from alopecia, was also really worried about Will after he slapped Chris.<\/p>\n<p>Jada was so touched by the letter Will wrote and said his words were so beautiful.On why she and Will haven\u2019t divorced despite being separated since 2016, Jada disclosed that when she and the actor got married, they agreed that there would never be a reason for them to divorce, no matter what happens between them. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CwdOyUTx2Je\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapinkettsmith)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since divorce was ruled out, the two also agreed not to have a prenup. However, in 2016, they chose to separate because they were both exhausted from trying to make things work. Jada shared during her \u201cToday\u201d appearance that the difficult journey they\u2019ve been on has brought them together in an \u201cauthentic way.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jada Pinkett Smith OPENS UP On Her Marriage &amp; Struggling With Dark Thoughts\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FRP1q1Jj-7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith married on December 31, 1997. The couple welcomed two children, Jaden, 24, and Willow, 21, during their union. However, Will and his ex-wife, Sheree Zampino, also have another older son, Trey, 30.During her Jay Shetty Podcast appearance, the star revealed that she was 23 when she and Will started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4145,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions\/4145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}