EXCLUSIVE: Jada Pinkett Smith reveals she and Will Smith have been separated since 2016

In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Hoda Kotb, Jada Pinkett Smith talks about the revelation in her memoir, "Worthy," that she and Will Smith have been separated since 2016.
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#jadapinkettsmith #willsmith #celebrity

[@datsapaddlin]

Will was screaming “Keep my wife’s name out Ya mouth!!!!” While Jada was looking around wondering who Will’s wife was.

[@Lavender_rain7]

😂😂😂Aye yo... that's a good one 😏you had me on the floor

[@Kym633]

I busted out laughing.. Awesome Comment 😂😂

[@MrsBCoCo]

😆😆

[@chriisstiina7612]

Wow

[@pwest1101]

You won 😂😂😂😂

[@felichiapowe851]

So, Will basically destroyed his career and reputation for someone he is not even with. Wow

[@ikexbankai]

I mean I knew they saw different ppl but I just thought they were open. The relationship being open and being over are two different things

[@vampyretime177]

He should change his name to Will Simp.

[@tobiaskao1]

The old dude at the end asking for subs can do 1

[@JTScott1988]

@@ikexbankaino they’re the same

[@perladelao]

Exactly what was the whole point of that oscar drama. How do you have a entanglement if your not even together.

[@pghmoore]

Hoda: “I feel like you’re a straight talker” Jada: “I am” Hoda: “Except you’re not sometimes” Jada: “Yeah…” 😂

[@eternalselph]

Womanese

[@malikcunningham6771]

Narcissist at its finest

[@ronaldsimmons6574]

I was about to type the same exact thing. She’s nutz 😂

[@MargotDobbie]

Brooo I read this as she said it. Lol

[@JRB644]

Gaslighting is a hallmark of the narcissist.

[@FactsOverFeelingz]

I can't believe she dragged her family through the mud and then spit on them. It's absolutely embarrassing and shameful. She should stop all of this. Memoirs are for people who did great important things. Not for liars and cheaters who barely did anything but ride on the back of her husband, all while beating him in the back of the head. Will has always been a role model of mine since I was young. He doesn't deserve this.

[@wojteks4712]

I agree. And I can't understand why media are being so friendly, avoiding words like "cheating," avoiding questions about destroying own family, about sleeping with her son's friend (he wasn't "family friend"- that's just another lie media say!)

[@Alexis_005]

Role model? Weird how people idolize celebrities

[@FactsOverFeelingz]

@@Alexis_005 When you are left on the streets at 14 with no parents, you'll dream of anyone to look up to. Believe me.

[@HH-gv8mx]

Jada was on Chelsea Handler’s podcast talking about how she started doing Ayahuasca like every couple weeks for over a year. I think her head is on a different planet. She was also totally ok with letting her kids dictate to her how they were going to live their lives when they were still children looking for parental guidance. Jayden straight up moved out before age 15 and got his own crib and she was ok with that. So everything about their life is foreign to how most conventional families live.

[@TheGodlyGamers]

@@Alexis_005there’s nothing wrong with idolizing a celebrity. Einstein became a celebrity in his own right and is it weird to idolize a great scientist. No, keep your hate to yourself

[@shannonbroughton732]

It’s always very scary to watch a narcissist in action pretend their actions are justified.

[@alefunzouzzle4049]

Indeed

[@Pastasalada]

“Malignant narcissist”

[@maryambrose8466]

Exactly

[@KEEZYXXX]

And she's the only one who survived in Set it Off 😔 smh

[@redpapi3541]

What were her 'actions'?

[@TheSnoozeFox]

This is straight up abuse, she gets off on dragging Wills name through the mud and won't leave him alone, its actually disgusting. She is so evil.

[@user-io9bs9px6l]

I said the same thing. I look at her different

[@rosalynw.otieno1994]

Horrible!

[@SuccessfulladiesSoftLife]

Relationships take two.

[@John6-40]

​@@SuccessfulladiesSoftLifeKeep that same energy when a women is in a mentally abusive relationship.

[@franciscalemessy3498]

So I guess it is only Jada who is to be held responsible for the situation?

[@user-wf8xx6qb3e]

Jada and Amber Heard need to be best friends and start a television show!!!!!!

[@heyyyguuurl]

along with meghan

[@blondythesuperdog8825]

Yah I'd watch that.

[@historyboy08]

And name it the Narcissist

[@usssanjacinto1]

The show should be called "Narcs"

[@aidouninadiro6492]

Yeah name of the series : THE FATAL TRIO 😂​@@heyyyguuurl

[@beautyandbrainz]

What a beautiful inspirational story to have a fake relationship for 10 years, convince the public your still together, have an open marriage, sleep with your child’s friend, sleep in separate homes and publicly humiliate your husband. But she’s a boss babe and get your bag queen no matter if your dishing out your families dirty laundry and humiliating them. These Hollywood couples are nothing to aspire to be, it’s clear you never know whats going on behind the scenes and most end in divorce or cheating. Anyways, buy her book because she’s so brave and amazing.😒

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Brilliant comment. Deserves more likes!

[@bk2524]

She slept with her child's friend? That's dark

[@denver15]

And because it talks about the great big inspirational & true touching life stories that is Worthy to be deemed a MEMOIR....... NOT EVER!!

[@djangounchained9387]

She is so brave for giving that box to everyone, what an inspiration!

[@CoachMarcus2Smooth]

I can't wait until Jada hits us with "Oh I've never even met Will Smith before" 😂

[@w.c.c.b.9798]

I can’t wait until she’s back in nowhere-ville, living in a modest town, in a modest house, with ZERO celebrity influences or contacts.

[@thelostchicagogirl]

Right! And… “What kids?!” 😂

[@isirwinalot]

Hehahaha

[@itzcrystalzz]

didn’t she already say that 😭

[@apolloisnotashirt]

"Will who?"

[@j3ts287]

Marrying her was the worst decision of this man’s life

[@LadyAtheOnly]

🎯💯🎯💯

[@lisachristian6793]

The worst decision in the history of decisions 😮

[@shannonrusso3853]

I doubt he agrees since the product of that marriage is their two children. You got to open up your mind and really think thoughts but I get you

[@neonghost8608]

@@shannonrusso3853have you seen those kids ?

[@timothy8425]

Also wasn't Chris Rocks joke about her supposedly insensitive because she has alopecia? How come she has hair in this video?

[@JohnClarke-db7dv]

The only bullet Tupac dodged

[@apolloisnotashirt]

Look at her smile when they started talking about the "divorce".

[@lynetteprice360]

So they been separated for 7 years YET she had an entanglement and he slapped the ISH out of his entire career for his “WIFE”???? Make it make sense

[@uptonogood1893]

I think Will was secretly hoping she'd come back to him. Or it was going to be very messy as a divorce. It was business for them probably.

[@katjaxxx7353]

You have never loved it seems

[@lynetteprice360]

@@katjaxxx7353 huh???

[@JamesCM86]

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

[@Kym633]

​@@katjaxxx7353 That's not Love. That's toxic negative energy, consuming Will's Life.

[@farsamarwa]

She is a textbook narcissist and I don't understand why are her kids in contact with her. People are not aware enough how narcissistic parents are toxic for the children's wellbeing and character development. It's just awful.

[@claramae3316]

Have you ever heard their kids? Apple didn't fall far from the tree.

[@shinraix5041]

Because will has always been supportive and wants to “protect” his family dynamics

[@jackhammer3625]

All of Hollywood is pure evil. No morals at all.

[@Maktumaktub]

como decimos en Sudamerica ," mira linda si te gusta arrastrar el poncho no te quejes si otra te lo pisa" porque Will tendría que andarte mirando la xara de escualo que tienes si hay otras que le dan cariño? , si te pusieron los cuernos , toreala o simplemente te retiras,pero eso de andarse haciendo la víctima ,está out!!!

[@theunalivenetwork7067]

​@@claramae3316Oh are their kids drug addict, criminals, or scammers? I thought they were doing quite well for themselves. Jaden does his music and fashion thing and Willow does her Alternative Music thing. Whats so troubling about them?

[@Mark_R_Tho]

I met her when I was 13, just before I was about to attend the same arts high school as she did, and she was nasty af to me. I’ve never forgotten it. And I’ve never been surprised when I’ve heard awful things about her over the years.

[@oneseeker2]

If she wss nasty af to you, she was the same too hundreds

[@jadenmaguire8056]

Whoa

[@PRT2Music]

Wow

[@wecamusiclover]

What happened? If you don't mind sharing

[@southlondon86]

BS Sir

[@christepus8604]

How can she laugh and smile knowing what she cost him. Unreal.

[@justsomedude982]

Jada is one of the biggest narcissists I’ve ever seen. She clearly thrives on embarrassing her husband who has given everything to her and it makes me sick. She is incapable of seeing the damage she causes to her family because it seems like she is only capable of caring about herself and her own “spiritual journey”. How about just doing what is best for your husband and your kids for once in your life instead of dreaming about a dead guy who didn’t even love you back?

[@skywalker6648]

She has always been jealous of him, too.

[@toombs6287]

💯💯💯💯

[@CharlieGoldDirector]

how is he a victim in any of this?

[@courtneyawalsh]

Sweet Jesus….not a fan of the woman in the least…she’s a cowardly liar but if you do not see that Will is a flaming narc then you are missing half the story!

[@courtneyawalsh]

@@CharlieGoldDirectorHE IS NOT.

[@kandoundou23]

That’s simply not true. She’s trying to paint herself in a better light because she doesn’t want the narrative that she cheated on her husband with her son’s friend to stick. Now she’s saying they were already separated? This seems like a new PR angle she’s pushing. If Will and she had been separated for years, there’s no way he would have reacted so intensely on such a significant night. The whole situation doesn’t add up.

[@PaulPaid]

Thank you.

[@SammySam316]

​@@kevinkbsPeople placed a demand on her to reply after August made a song about it. I don't think she had to but I guessed she did it because she had a show that was a safe space for people to talk about their issues. It would seem rather hypocritical if she simply ignored all the comments and queries

[@Cadonis]

The sons friend said he sat down with Will and he told the friend about his and Jada’s transition from a marriage to a life partnership. This is old news.

[@cmproc1]

I completely agree, she's lying

[@MoJo-vx2qu]

"Cheated on her husband with her son's friend." So much evil in one sentence 💀😭💀

[@bonganimkhwanazi2081]

I keep replaying the part where she is grinning affirmatively replying YES! hahaha its the smile of joy everytime she says we aint together. "NCoh! Apart" hahahaha

[@rekjedometushi8719]

This happens when you have so much that you don't really appreciate the little things in life.

[@keanucarmean9843]

“There will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work thru anything” but ends up cheating on him and humiliating him every chance she can. What a evil wicked woman

[@macnchessplz]

To be fair,but Will has also admitted to cheating.Both cheated… Having said that, JPS scares the $h!t out of me.Will is stuck with her even if they live apart, life long. If they actually divorce it will be a shocker.

[@Hengel_Andrews]

It’s almost like Will is a dependent child, why doesn’t he leave? What has he done or is he being blackmailed with for him to put up with this?

[@enigmamyth]

​@@Hengel_Andrewshe has really hard abandonment issues and never really got help for it and it reached this ultimate gullible state

[@Faerienice]

It was an agreed secret divorce. We know nothing about these people. Let's be real.

[@wojteks4712]

I'm furious about how it is reported. She "revealed"??? Why you assume she is saying the truth? She lied so many times, why here we are supposed to believe her Narcissist try to remake history to paint their actions less repulsive Seems she cheated on Will with son's friend, which is horrible way to destroy own family, not only marriage. And now she pretends they were 'divorced' not to be called a cheater. Toxic

[@theofficialnikkisnews]

She continues to embarrass Will.

[@stephanieellis7302]

😂😂😂

[@Tomy_Yon]

Oh, he did some work too...

[@katjaxxx7353]

I love Will - how much will he put up with

[@Kym633]

I just hope no one is foolish enough to buy a book, written by Jada.

[@blueXwren]

@@teevee23 We'll pass, thanks

[@TheLegalCodeNYC]

This woman releasing her memoir during a geopolitical conflict says all I need to know about this woman.

[@simplicitas5113]

In her defense, a lot of geopolitical conflicts lately

[@r.m.90]

Oh right, the whole world should stop. Do you stay inside your home and cry all day? 🤡

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

Oh that's ridiculous.

[@ScoobyandShaggy5554]

Let’s give her the benefit of the doubt this stuff is planned months in advance

[@user-lu9bg4ll6v]

The whole world dont stop when conflict in Africa happends

[@troe9161]

Being married for many years, you can actually feel the moments when you spouse hates you. You sleep apart, don't speak to one another.

[@collinsoconnor5843]

Will is learning of this break-up today. 😂😂😂

[@Blaxdon]

😂😅😮

[@JamesCM86]

I promise you. This is news to him 😂😂😂

[@Kym633]

😂😂😂😂 Right. He's at Home Cooking and Cleaning, for when Jada gets Home... While watching her once again emasculate him... Funny, not funny 🤣🤣

[@Blaxdon]

@@JamesCM86 🤣

[@cocosheabuttarosemaryqueen9204]

Exactly 😂

[@silversurfer1781]

If we are so appalled by this woman, then nobody should buy the book or watch anything that she does.

[@glw5166]

Everyone isn't appalled by her. She has a lot of fans who will buy her book and follow whatever she does.

[@lanareed214]

I'm on board

[@claff4573]

She didn't do nothing💀. They were both in an open relationship. Just because you don't like her over relationship issues doesn't mean other people don't enjoy the movies she's been in. Will cheated on his ex and abandoned her and welp he got his karma.

[@ddoubleu170]

I’m supporting Jada because y’all are dragging it. This is a grown man we’re talking about. Will is not being held hostage or abused and he will be more than fine! I will continue supporting him, too.

[@silversurfer1781]

@@ddoubleu170 Jada is the one DRAGGING IT 😂

[@donesy125]

“I wouldn’t have made a joke about his wife’s hair. I would’ve made a joke about her boyfriend” -Rickie Gervais

[@kaiward7524]

I don’t care what anybody says. I absolutely love Will Smith. It’s disheartening to see what he has gone through. No relationship is perfect. No individual is perfect but looking at what I viewed over the years and the things that she has opened up about all I can do is just hold my head down and be still I’m so disgusted out right disgusted

[@ukculture9240]

“I feel like your a straight talker” Jada - “I am” “Except your not sometimes” Jada - “Yh” This woman is absolutely clueless

[@katjaxxx7353]

And you too

[@ukculture9240]

@@katjaxxx7353 nope I’m very clued up karen 😁

[@keithharris19061]

There are so many people just out misleading the public their followers and their fans. It's shameful. They say they have no responsibility but the Red table was all about counseling and opening up so others could learn. It was based on falsehoods.

[@Italiana1202]

U can be a straight talker but not say everything . U don’t tell everyone all ur Bussiness but u will prolly tell ur best friend

[@keithharris19061]

@@Italiana1202 I think straight talk requires being STRAIGHT with people. What they are doing is lying and sewing false impressions. I know people that followed their relationship advice and destroyed marriages. They are not straight talkers.

[@MrsMommaHarley]

Jada is insane. I feel bad for Will however he has allowed it to go on all these years.

[@hikidunm1582]

It takes 2!!!! MARRIAGE

[@autumnjade815]

He was a willing participant in continuing a lie to deceive the public. He did this to help his career. They’re both at fault.

[@linger4605]

Will allows it, so he's also at fault. Even worse actually

[@TriadNCLiving]

He may have thought he was keeping her from escalating like an abuse victim. She seems like she enjoys this!

[@imperialstats]

Will been smashing actors and ig models and youtubers before jada even mess with that august dude and ppl saying she was cheating when she wasnt

[@ZenobiaLott]

Anyone who has ever been married knows that marriage is not easy. Now on top of that, just imagine almost the whole world criticizing and attacking you personally because of your relationship not being 100% or not working. Relationships are hard. I totally get it why they have been keeping their separation a secret for so long. My word... people need to learn to respect other people's privacy even if they are celebrities. They are human beings just like we are and they too make mistakes and they also don't have everything figured out. How many liars and cheaters are out there at the moment having a go at their "failing" marriage? Is Jada right? I don't know. Is Will right? I don't know that either. All I know is, what happens in my life is none of nobody's business. So why would I make anyone else's business my business? I think we should just focus on our own lives. Isn't life challenging enough for us to still be focused on other people's challenges and struggles and how they deal with it? If they have been hiding their separation for so long, is it not clear that they don't want people to know and that they would like to work things out in their own way and on their own terms and in their own time. They are adults. They don't need anyone to be fighting their marriage battles for them. Stay in your lane... I'm just saying. And I am saying it with so much love ❣ My best wishes to both of them.

[@fabi3787]

I totally agree you you. But in this case SHE is the one spilling the t for all to hear and watch... So she is making herself (and hers) a target here.

[@Alexis_005]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dashondajohnson6818]

Oh please..she just wrote a book about her business. Tell her to keep her mouth shut and wouldn't care.

[@gigimonrose3992]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@dalfifran7572]

Someone really shouldn't expect privacy when he/she's the one keep spilling all the beans and dirty laundry for all the world to see, all while keep changing the story full of inconsistencies. She's the one making it show. Red Carpet, Today, etc.... "Demanding privacy" after all of that on top of being public figure is extremely hypocritical. That's not wanting privacy, but rather can't take criticism and accountability for her own action.

[@annamercychingodza7531]

Explains why their kids had alot of emotional troubles growing up😢

[@thisisbrad]

I miss Will. It’s like he is here physically, still doing movies, but the Will Smith I knew is lost, and I hope he finds his way back.

[@shayburton4104]

Me too ❤mannnn

[@skywalker6648]

The Will Smith you knew?? Seems now, no one has ever known the REAL Will Smith. Lol.

[@emiami458]

He was a lot more cool in the mib and independence day days, like he had his own personality and independent vibe but now his soul has been sucked away by this lady and scientology.

[@lulubemash7870]

True…it’s sucks big time😢hopefully, he will find his way back someday

[@RoyalMasterpiece]

I loved his music. They were clean lyrics and fun beats. I pray he can come back to Jesus.

[@riri474]

I feel sorry for Will Smith. 😢 That is an evil woman. She literally has no respect or care for her family. Her husband and children are family. Disgraceful 😮

[@terrellbaker1660]

If a woman does not want to be with you LET HER GO! Problem solved. If you don't you deserve everything you get.

[@mlynettepinky595]

​@@terrellbaker1660 She literally told Will, she will NEVER give him a divorce. Will said after she slept with August, that he wanted a divorce and she told him no. Some people are manipulative, controlling like its a Jeda mind trick

[@skywalker6648]

Yeah, she is bent on destroying him and his reputation. Now, he looks like a fool yet again for going along with this deception just for her to throw him under the bus.

[@truthtorpedo4068]

Can't he leave her? Like... He isn't a hostage!

[@terrellbaker1660]

@@truthtorpedo4068 Divorce is not an option. He needs to let her go emotionally and stop with the fantasy that they are a couple. He is the one holding on to that. She has been moved on.

[@loveandlight.24]

Hoda had to catch herself when she said "it was the strangest"lol 😂

[@KatSut1978]

He needs to let her go because she calls the shots way too much. At what point does it become a hostage situation

[@M_abise]

She cheated on him, uses him, manipulates him, hurts him, works to destroy his career... And now she wants to PROFIT from all this?? Sick 🤮

[@skywalker6648]

I was posting about this for years and others kept defending her. Glad to see so many fans finally come around and see Jada for who she truly is.

[@gaila.9852]

She did not cheat on him.

[@alien-hs1zn]

You do realize will cheated on Jada to in the beginning of their relationship it’s in his book you tried 😂 they both need to get a divorce

[@Deenique16]

@@alien-hs1znsee I thought so

[@chrisbaker5568]

@@alien-hs1znooh, I forgot 2 wrongs make a right 😒

[@thehuskyraccoon]

Hoda: “you’re a straight talker” Jada: “Yes” Hoda:”except you’re not…” Jada: “Yes”

[@jenhasken]

Exactly🤪

[@crittoneida958]

Oh snap...I str8 up thought you were joking. This actually was said in this vid.....chick is bonkers

[@jamila2957]

I literally yelled at my computer screen at the same time Hoda said what she said....

[@lindsay3793]

🐍

[@lisaannyoung1473]

She’s a liar, except when she is a liar. “Yes”

[@genolambert6887]

Wow! She is just making herself look even worse “we had haven’t called each other husband and wife for long time”

[@karterjoseph1300]

I think Jada knows a lot more then she is saying! She holding Will up but I think he’s cause a lot of confusion in this marriage. But we all want to see him as the hero .

[@Missmusicdiva]

When people lie, it’s hard to believe anything they say after that. This couple lost all of my respect by lying. Smdh. No cap. Just facts!!

[@UndertheNeedle282]

Why should you believe or trust anyone that you don't even know? And why does anyone owe you the truth about their personal relationship.

[@Yespls888]

I doubt they care. And I say that respectfully. We don't know them personally...they don't "owe" us the truth about their personal affairs I was friends, and still am cool with one of them...a married couple that was separated for TWO years. They did not tell anyone, friends or fam. For two years, and they were actually divorced. My first thought once I found out, was WOW. Shock. My second thought, was "wow, that must have been hard...how are you?" When I spoke to the guy (would have said the same to the woman). My point is, even with me knowing them personally, they did NOT owe me the truth about THEIR marriage. It's not about me/us...but the couple involved, and their children, if they have them

[@Yespls888]

​@@UndertheNeedle282💯

[@Barnyard-sunlight]

Why is your faith in people?

[@83ttaylor]

‼️

[@teebee85]

Please don’t look to others as “couples goals” you don’t know why they got together, you don’t know what they go through, you don’t know why they left. Just focus on being healthy and having healthy relationships for yourself.

[@soonsuicidal]

Yes thank youuu

[@katjaxxx7353]

💯💯💯

[@michelledowner5148]

Truth

[@RoyalMasterpiece]

Yesssssssssssss. And look to God. He's the one that keeps people together.

[@Dior3llaxoxo]

Unfortunately people will not take heed 🤷🏾‍♀️ they will still be shouting from the mountain tops “COUPLE GOALLSSSS YAASSSS 🗣️🗣️” 🙄

[@MannyMaurice5348]

Airing your dirty laundry in public when you are a public figure will result in many getting hurt. I guess she does not care who she hurts, as long as she can claim she is depressed. Shame on her.

[@friskyjellyfish2706]

Jada not ready to legally divorce cuz she doesn’t just want HALF, girl girl wants it ALL.

[@Cherrygirl12]

I’m over this relationship and I’m not even in it 😂

[@skywalker6648]

I was over it years ago when things seem to be coming apart.

[@rosemaryoneale6694]

Listen up PEOPLE that’s they Life, why get so caught up in it… 😂😂😂 That’s enough to wear me out, listen to her..Jada, Jada.. That’s all I have to say!!

[@01kaluks24]

"I want that jada and will love" never has a line aged so horribly 😅

[@ericaking4026]

A revision is needed😂

[@sharparts8637]

J.cole picking the wrong role modelz in that song- the irony.

[@vintage2946]

​@@sharparts8637they had us all.fooled

[@macnchessplz]

I felt that way about Lisa Binet and Lenny Kravitz back in the day. At least those two are still good friends and respect each others current lives and relationships.

[@meyrafran7017]

Where can I watch the full interview

[@MihaelaLeaders]

A perfect example how a narcissit can lie and gaslight and still escape the consequences. Also, there is no way narcissism and honesty can co-exist in one sentence. I don't understand why people buy this false narrative she is trying to push so hard.

[@Rac2nd]

Will Smith: “Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down and I'd like to take a minute..”

[@skywalker6648]

Who knew it really was a story all along!

[@Silly_Hobbit_Twix_Are_4_Squids]

"... How my wife got flipped, turned upside-down ..."

[@ttucker10466]

😂😂😂

[@skywalker6648]

@@Silly_Hobbit_Twix_Are_4_Squids 😁

[@jordyb57]

We should all be praying for Will…. He must be dealing with some mental health difficulties to tolerate so much degradation from a partner. ❤

[@yayits1990]

I ain't praying for 💩 💩 choose better

[@rosalynw.otieno1994]

@@yayits1990

[@SuccessfulladiesSoftLife]

What's with paining Will as a victim, it's weird.

[@John6-40]

​@@yayits1990We should pray for anyone and everyone. Especially those in trouble.

[@John6-40]

​@@SuccessfulladiesSoftLifeBecause he was clearly in a mentally abusive relationship. They weren't together, yet clearly Will was still in love, otherwise, why put up with Jada publicly huniliating him? She was talking about screwing other dudes on live TV in front of him. That you don't understand is the only thing that's weird.

[@SilVia-hs2kb]

She can't let go of his money and fame, her love for him has been gone long ago like the respect for him.

[@tbee000]

I now get it ,why Will's kids took the wrong path. The Mother😢

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

It's both of them.

[@azizaforstall5355]

How can you say she is honest and transparent when she has been lying to everyone for at least 7 years. She’s been being a pseudo therapist on the red table, where if she were a real one, that stunt with August AlSena would have lots her her license!

[@tyrone05]

She is no doubt evil with her ways but she didn't lie. They are still husband and wife

[@azizaforstall5355]

Presenting yourself as an evolved and together when you know you aren’t isn’t lying, or deceptive at the very least?

[@jackieburns5257]

They both pretended

[@SuccessfulladiesSoftLife]

Hasn't will been lying to?

[@fluffyclouds555]

@@SuccessfulladiesSoftLifehe has but I always got the sense he wasn’t fully into disclosing things like she was. Those memes of him looking all swollen & depressed during the entanglement talk

[@PeeBottle]

So Will Smith did all that nonsense for this woman? Bro is a lost cause

[@Ramon_92]

Dude destroyed his entire career for someone who is not even married to anymore 😂

[@kjayUpt_PHL_215]

So he slapped Chris Rock protecting his “wife”?! 😂😂😂and she said they’re divorced without actually going through the legal channels.

[@gian19791]

Legally separated 😂😮😅

[@maryanne2025]

@@gian19791I don’t even think they’re legally separated

[@allthingsjanee7192]

So she says on Red Table Talk when I was a avid watcher, that she will never divorce Will. She said they will always live under one roof even if Will has to live on one wing and she has to live on the other. Now she’s saying that they’ve been separated since 2016. I see on Amazon the book is set to be released this October. Sounds like she’s trying to get some buzz going, so people will buy her book. Good luck on her sales but I won’t be partaking in this mess.

[@tamikal.7346]

She didn't lie...they are separated but living under the same roof.

[@claff4573]

so where's the lie?

[@Marie_Laveau]

Mentally separated.

[@BigDaddyDongFresh]

She just can't ever be in the wrong

[@Lisalisa-zt2pw]

I'm glad you aired this book review on tv. People NEED to see how ABUSIVE and dysfunctional IS without Having to waste money on her book. She has been abusive to will and her kids for Years. She's been hiding it for years! LET WILL GO. That's when HIS TRUE healing will BEGIN.

[@abdurashidwampamba8769]

So Will assaulted someone because of the lady he had secretly separated from 6 years earlier.??

[@Yespls888]

"The lady" he's spent most of his adult life married to and created a family with. Maybe they're still close friends. Some couples are better apart but are still close. Who knows. It's their business. So curious when and why this I hate Jada phenomenon started. It's wild to watch...feels like I'm watching an episode of Black Mirror. Group think is definitely real.

[@user-jo5ww1no9i]

In times like this, don't we have other things to worry about? And sure enough she says it when she has a book coming out! They lied for so many years, why would you read her book, I am sure not buying it!

[@bethtrinh9194]

If the marriage doesn't work, end it! We have one life, it's not fair to keep one locked in an unhappy relationship, that's toxic!

[@AnaisKarim]

They don't have to get legally divorced and separate all their assets because that would make you more comfortable. They are partners in an empire they have built together and that empire supports a whole host of people and projects that you can't even fathom. If they like it, I love it.

[@towannasheppard9568]

They are still married because they both agree to remain married but separated. People do it all the time for their own reasons.

[@avez6779]

Nah marriage is godly. I understand will. He just chose the wrong woman. We waking though

[@beautywithjoanne]

Fair enough deciding not to get divorced, but it's the whole pretending they are 100% together and her publicly dating other men and then saying they have an open relationship, etc...... proper made Will look like a complete mug.

[@redpapi3541]

@@AnaisKarim agreed

[@kathyvictoria6059]

Jada says she never cheated on Will, like Ross argued for years he never cheated on Rachel. She takes being separated as Ross or most ppl consider being on a break, you can do whatever you want and it’s not “cheating” but you’re still together. But not? 🥴🙄😒 she separated from Will after meeting August and knowing she could and wanted to sleep w him. So she decided to separate from Will. She didn’t separate from Will and than met August months or years later.

[@user-ke4hb4yy2r]

Powerfull?? Are you kidding? She does not love will. Millions of ppl know how will has been treated by her so poorly.

[@oc1omaen]

The way she overcomplicates everything just tells you she’s the problem.

[@claff4573]

That's not how it works. Will was the issue in his last relationships too and abandoned and cheated on his ex wife, if anything jada is deserved but she's really not as big of a deal as people make her out to be.

[@oshing9]

@@claff4573 exactly, will is equally or maybe even more controlling than jada is. Someone needs to look into jada's mom, she seems covertly toxic.

[@nadea2645]

@@claff4573 what a liar you are.Will never cheated on his wife and he didnt initiate the divorce because he regards it as failure. He was extremely busy chasing his career and the wife felt neglected but also fell out of love and asked for a divorce. Whn tht martiage failed ,he promised himself he will never divorce again and this is why he has put himself thru so much pain with Jada.Its actually his belief that he can control everything that has cost him his dignity.He wanted to be a very successfull movie star and when he succeeded there it got him believing that he can have anything he wNts in life and becos he never wanted another divorce,he thought he wuld win in that area too.this has broken him and will continue to until he frees himself or ask God to deliver him from this Jada who doesnt love him He wont be happy until he leaves her.

[@tammysims4995]

@@claff4573you are under every post, hope your getting paid.

[@annb.2106]

​@@nadea2645Honey Katt Williams already spilled the beans about his bisexual affairs. Honey you are late to the party😂

[@mathapeloletsosa8473]

Only crime Will Smith ever did was to love this woman unconditionally 😢

[@amymalvarez9686]

This is a good lesson for Prince Harry.....get far away from Meghan Markle...

[@deevasquez1171]

Meghan hasn’t had an affair her sons friends yet, she also isn’t in love with a former dead flame, they’re not comparable, stop reaching just because you dislike Meghan

[@baridakara]

right 🤦🏽‍♀️ like this was the gurl he slapped Chris rock over

[@romandowney1269]

Wait till you find out he’s had many young boys in his bedroom

[@oscara.9265]

FWS

[@Richie8198]

I truly have no desire to hear another thing about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's relationship, and I'm not sure why anyone does. It’s become tedious. I think they’re both good folks, and I hope they find peace through means that don’t involve mass media.

[@Kalibby22]

How do we watch this whole interview after the fact?

[@mzbrown6969]

She really didn't need to say this, we all knew they weren't together on a heart level, it was just all legal. Jada just doesn't fail to make Will look bad, it's like her mission in life is to destroy this man, when she chose this man.

[@kamalnz]

For reals. The whole world doesn't need to know these private details smh

[@Samito07]

Well they took away her show so she needs attention

[@malehlohonolo8463]

​@@Samito07😂😂😂 she said "yall can take the show away its fine, I'm embarrass him through books"😅

[@deborahfrasier1221]

She selling her book. Book Sales

[@skate1030]

She really chose 2Pac but settled for Will 🤷‍♂️

[@wholelottaelevation6442]

How does this even make sense??

[@lisakaydavis995]

August said he had Will’s blessing to be with Jada. It all makes sense now.

[@chukienuno]

Make jada and amber best friends forever, they deserve eachother

[@swully-ol4lx]

She is one strange person and i can't believe people are really still interested in this mess!? Really!

[@startracker5895]

@@roshiseneviratne2943Will has embarrassed himself with that ridiculous punch! 🤦🙄

[@maryc4152]

What is truly messed up is the fact that she was actually given this huge platform with which to totally blast Will Smith. I feel sorry for him.

[@redpapi3541]

Actually if you watch the entire interview instead of this one clip from it, you'll see it's more about her life and her individually and she was asked the question about the oscars and august and she simply ANSWERED the question and didn't bash Will at all. She spoke of her support for him. How is saying they were separated since 2016 bashing him??? Do you honestly think Will and Jada are not also business people. You honestly think they both have not talked about Jada going on the show and her answering those questions. Will was the one who told Jada she needs to tell her story. You think this how interview blind sided Will..lolol. Ya'll just really act dumb man and speak to quickly. I think she spoke honestly about her reaction also about the oscars and what was really going through her head. Not once did she bash him.

[@valeriebrown1523]

Jada Pinkett is a disgrace to Will Smith let him down and her 2 Children. If she doesn't want him let him go by end the marriage by divorce. She still want his money and everything that goes with it. This is not good for Will Mentally, physically and emotionally. She should stop from sleeping around with younger men her Son age who . Also Friend

[@bryanpetersen1334]

Hoda’s interview shows a quality on par with Jada’s integrity as a wife (mother, person). Is this the best talent you have to offer CBS? Yup.

[@calibby85]

I cannot stress this enough, media: WE DONT CARE. STOP GIVING US THIS.

[@YasminYoruba]

Real couple goals are those we don’t see online!

[@lulubemash7870]

True…absolutely!

[@Canadaismybitch]

Facts

[@noinoimoon4295]

Oh God, imagine the mess you have to struggle through as their kid.

[@FreedomofSpeech865]

That is all I am thinking about here

[@endor8witch]

looking at their kids...it tracks lol

[@Slingggggg]

Just look at their kids lol.. reflection

[@SaziMojo]

Unfortunately, I have a lot of experience with narcissists and they will say anything to avoid being wrong or losing… I think she’s lying to make herself look better because it came out that she cheated with her son’s friend. As a narcissist, she doesn’t have empathy, so she doesn’t recognize that lying about their separation would be even less relatable, and more off putting than the affair. If they had truly been separated for years, Will wouldn’t have responded the way he did to the G.I. Jane joke.

[@digthewarmth]

Good luck to them. Fame is hard to handle. There's a lot of pain here, and I hope they can both do well.

[@SMPink]

Sadly this explains why Sheree’s son is the only one who’s not messed up… their shenanigans have those kids in a messss .. this is toxicity at its finest

[@Listen2me400]

I was thinking what year was it that their son decided to leave the house and get his own place. I believe he was still under age. Interesting. It may have been better for the kids to divorce and coparent. They have seen and heard alot. I’m sure they know it all because even when they were kids they treated them like adults.

[@skywalker6648]

Yeah, you could always tell she was trying to shield him from that mess.

[@skywalker6648]

@@Listen2me400 Remember, he actually sought emancipation too. Which was weird and all swept under the rug.

[@annb.2106]

​@@roshiseneviratne2943First wife knew about his sexuality and left. Second wife stayed and suffered

[@HelloDonCherry]

I grew up watching Jada & Will, loved them as a couple & aspired love like theirs. What I don’t understand is how she was giving advice on how to be in a successful relationship + marriage @ the Red Table in 2018 to all these young women but was separated In 2016 & wasn’t in a successful marriage since who knows when. Ya”ll know how many times I heard well “Jada said” in my relationships! 😂

[@Nemiah]

Ain't that some bullsh*t!! 💯

[@herroyalhighness5634]

I can’t believe anyone ever thought she was worth taking advice from 🥴

[@Kym633]

​@@herroyalhighness5634 Right 😂😂😂 I didn't watch Red Table Talk and I'm sure not buying a Book from her😂😂😂

[@pimperzparadise2883]

Yup and people like her and Oprah broke up a lot of relationships and made lot of girls reach for an illusion

[@jonoak]

She wouldn't be able to have the show if she went public with the fact she doesn't know how to keep a marriage...so she had to fool the public into watching her show an taking her bad advice.

[@ozzylink]

Nothing in the end destroyed Will Smith incredible reputation and respect but his wife in the end. What a selfish woman. It’s always about her needs & feelings above her family

[@o.v.9663]

Hoda almost said it was “the strangest interview.” Yes, it was.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

OK, so I am not the only one who caught her self-censoring.

[@titusmuokafx8260]

Will risked his career, reputation, and all glamour for this, WOW

[@variousJnames]

When she says "I just can't make myself go through w filing for a divorce." That's code for "It's EXPENSIVE for rich people to divorce". People say it's nobodys business but they keep making their marriage everybody's business!

[@endor8witch]

no, more like "if i divorce him, i lost my status as black hollywood royalty that being married to will affords me. i am nothing without being mrs. will smith"

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Their "marriage".

[@totowashere]

I wonder if she actually thinks this is serving her. Because everyone else just keeps seeing her more and more as an absolute psychopath

[@zo5108]

Your a straight talker Yeah And sometimes your not Yeah 😂😂

[@1Manda1]

He is the one that doesnt want her to leave. He has trauma from his parent's seperation and openly talked about it on her show. He doesn't want his kids to go through the same thing. There is always another side to a story.

[@blessedmslady7341]

His kids are adults

[@1Manda1]

@@blessedmslady7341 They werent back then.

[@flenif2247]

Jada is so full of it. If he was broke she would dump him. Also if she didnt want to break "the promise" then why did she cheat? Or was that not part of the "promise"? Girl bye.

[@natashadickson4819]

If she wants money, she can divorce him but she hasn't. I guess it's an open marriage.

[@FLENIF2247A]

@@natashadickson4819 She's his beard but she also wants ALL the money so Im sure she plans to outlive him. Statisically she is correct in playing the long game. Shes driving him crazy. She has broken the man.

[@annb.2106]

​@@FLENIF2247AHe was already "broke" or shall I say "Brokeback mountain broke

[@amarieg1368]

Such a PR stunt. I love how everyone suddenly feels sorry for Will....just what he needs.

[@rajendranadarajan8931]

Will has been trying to please this woman for 30 years. He's a superstar who could get any woman he wants. Time to move on and be happy.

[@TheTV1972]

Jada is really a piece of work. She kept the separation hush hush probably cuz it was bad for image but as the tides have turned announcing the separation seems to be better for her image? Total piece of work.

[@endor8witch]

they were never separation - it's more of her manipulating will into thinking "i need to be a whole person without you, will. but i need you to pay my bills, buy me stuff and also lend me your name so i can be black hollywood royalty"

[@TheTV1972]

​@@endor8witch100%

[@JaeBanx]

@TheTV19272 it’s because “Saying her and Will was not together” looks better on her “Committing the Adultery” with so many other Men… She is doing Damage Control… She was CHEATING ON THAT MAN and now tryna defend her image 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@TheTV1972]

@@JaeBanx yup

[@aliamarie4367]

She wrote a book and is answering questions about it she not just doing a press conference about her marriage

[@lisamarie8265]

Clearly Jada runs the show. They deserve an Oscar. They deserve one another. IMO

[@Kym633]

I agree. If Will isn't Man enough to end this serade, then he deserves what he gets. Jada, well she's always been a Evil, Wicked Vile Female, so I'm not surprised by her actions. For years Jaded Jada has been claiming a deep rooted connection to 2Pac, yet Pac wasn't even with Jada when he was Murdered 😂😂 I always wondered how Pac REAL Girlfriend at the time, felt about that.. 🤔

[@83ttaylor]

‼️

[@Scantronacon]

@@Kym633 you spot on🎯

[@heidiperez1387]

It's very sad! But unfortunately that's what happens when you marry a Narcissist Will... I hope someday that they both find someone to love❤

[@SuccessfulladiesSoftLife]

All woman run the show we didn't invent happy wife happy life.

[@carlciulla6546]

Jada: “Will who? I’ve never met him” that’s so weird Tupac asked me the same thing

[@KatelinTheKat]

Why stay married?? Let that man move on with his life.

[@jayniekinser7029]

Why anyone listens to Jada is beyond me. When she had an affair with her sons friend, when she told Will she never wanted to be married…. He seems like the reasonable person. She seems spoiled, narcissistic, and intolerable.

[@Kym633]

Desperation? I remember Will saying Jada was there for him, when he went through his Divorce. Soooooo I'm assuming Jada was plotting all along.

[@TheArtofBeingReacts]

Why do you assume that was Jaden's friend, because he is young? I heard a lot of male artist get sent to The Smith's house for Hollyweird grooming and Alsina was one of them...Meek Mills another and I guess Will is just perfect to you, he can do no wrong? okay you must not have heard when he admitted to be the same things that you are calling Jada. He was a terrible husband and Jada sat and took it, but Will is perfect in y'alls eyes, so.

[@-DA-ONE-]

if will leave her she'll take half of what he made through all these years that's probably why she's doing this

[@UnknownRaiderGuy]

Affair ? You really need to do research before speaking out sir Because if you did you’d know that Jada and Will had open relationships when she was with August and others Will was being suga daddy to Lisa koshy

[@claff4573]

He's an artist, not just her sons friend and will was also in on the open relationship thing. She's been saying she didn't want to be married for decades, how is will the reasonable person for marrying her?

[@HangNguyen-ih8rf]

They just take “keeping up with appearance” to a whole new level 😮

[@skywalker6648]

Well, you know Black folks always gotta be extra.

[@dennisyousocrazy7163]

Man i feel so bad for Will Smith especially all hes been threw the past few years with her

[@samichento1494]

Jada is the recipe of unhappiness .

[@allensmith5532]

Being separated is one thing, but acting married in the public, to include Jada's Entanglement issue(s) & Will's public humiliation at the Oscars.....WOW, what an embarrassment & What a FACADE‼️ 🙏🏽 for strength for both (Will & Jada) of you two‼️‼️

[@ConsidertheCrows]

Being separated doesn't shock me. That's their married business. Jumping on Chris did.

[@AAA-tk8sk]

Separated? TOTAL BS!

[@LetHimSaveYou]

@@AAA-tk8sk agreed!