Will and Jada Pinkett Smith Relationship Timeline
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's Relationship Timeline Is Full of Ups and Downs
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Ahead of the release of her memoir "Worthy," Jada appeared on "Today" to discuss one of her book's most shocking revelations: she and Will have been separated since 2016. The actor said the pair kept their split a secret for so long because they weren't ready to let the public know. "[We were] still trying to figure out, between the two of us, how to be in partnership," she said. "In regards to, how do we present that to people? We hadn't figured that out."
When she was asked what led to their breakup, Jada said that it was "a lot of things." In the end, she and Will just couldn't make it work. "By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying," she said. "I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be."
Although Will and Jada are separated, the actor said the pair haven't legally gotten a divorce since they promised to "work through whatever."