Jada Pinkett Smith is sharing an update on the state of her marriage to Will Smith, revealing in new interviews that they’ve been separated for 7 good years.
Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith quietly separated in 2016. However, they continued making red carpet appearances together, including here at last year’s Emancipation premiere, as they try to figure out how to move forward.
As for the secrecy, the Girls Trip actress, 52, went on to say that she was just not ready to discuss it publicly. As for what led to the split, she said, “A lot of things.” By the time they split, they were “exhausted with trying” to make it work. They have lived separately since, but remain business partners and parental-partners to their children: Jaden, Willow and Trey (from his first marriage).
As for why she hasn’t pulled the trigger on the divorce, she told Kotb, “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.”
Pinkett Smith told People magazine, “We’re still figuring it out… We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”
