Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and husband Will have been secretly separated for seven years.
In a sit-down interview with NBC News, Jada confirmed that they have been separated. Journalist Hota Kotb asked: “From the year 2016, which is seven years ago now, y’all have been…”
The anchor made a hand gesture to indicate distance between Will and Jada, implying that they have split. Jada confirmed with a “yes” as she moved her own hands apart from each other.
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The Girls Trip actress confessed that the couple have been “trying to figure out” what their future looks like when she spoke to People about their relationship.
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She said: “We’re still figuring it out. We’ve been doing some really heavy duty work together. We just got this deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”
The actress then spoke of the couple’s kids: “My children, they’re little gurus. They’ve taught me a deep sense of self-acceptance.”
Jada’s shock revelation comes after the couple admitted in 2020 that Jada had an affair with musician August.
At the time, Will said: “Our marriage wasn’t working. We could no longer pretend. We were both miserable and clearly something had to change.”
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The Hollywood couple initially denied the cheating rumours but Jada later confessed to the affair and said it occurred when she and Will secretly split back in 2015.
Back in 2021, August claimed Will had given him permission to have an affair with Jada after the couple’s son Jaden introduced them.
When Jada admitted to the affair, she spoke directly to Will and said that she had “started a friendship with August” which started with “him needing some help” and her “wanting to help his mental state”.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor then asked Jada “what she had done,” and Pinkett-Smith replied: “As time went on I got into a different kind of entanglement with August.”
Smith asked his wife to confirm what she meant and Jada confessed that it “was a relationship, absolutely”.
Will and Jada rekindled their love after the affair.
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