jada pinkett smith says she and will smith separated 7 years ago: 'we live separately'
, she and her husband separated in 2016, and "live separately" from each other — despite putting on a public image as a unified couple since they married in 1997.
"Why it fractured? That's a lot of things, and I think by the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying," Pinkett Smith said during the interview. "I think we were both stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be." Kotb pressed Pinkett Smith on why she kept the separation a secret, and the actress admitted that it came down to the pair "not being ready yet" and "still trying to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership" with each other, in terms of how they presented to the public. "We hadn't figured that out," she stressed."I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through whatever," she finished.
Representatives for Smith, who was not present for Pinkett Smith's interview, did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment. News of the couple's separation adds another layer of complexity to headline-making moments from their time together, including the moment Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Oscars after he made a joke about the shaved head of Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia.
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