Will Smith Responds To Jada Pinkett Smith’s Comments On Their Marriage
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 13: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
In promotion of her upcoming memoir, Worthy, Jada Pinkett Smith has been revealing some of the topics she touches on which include her marriage to Will Smith. Last week, Jada revealed that she and Will have been separated since 2016, which shocked the internet. Will Smith has stayed mum on the reveal until now.
“When you’ve been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in, and you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties,” Will wrote in an email to The New York Times.
“I think by the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” the Red Table Talk host shared with Today’s Hoda Kotb.
The couple got married in 1997 and they share two children together: son Jaden Smith and daughter Willow Smith. Will also has a son, Trey Smith, with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino. They got divorced in 1995 after three years of marriage.
Jada Says ‘Separation’ Topic Was Supposed To Revealed Earlier
Jada told the Times of London that on their 2020 episode of The Red Table Talk they were supposed to talk about their separation.
“We were supposed to come to the table and go, ‘We are separated, and we’re figuring it out,'” Jadasaid. “But Will wasn’t ready for that, and so my codependency kicks in, and I think, ‘I want you to come out of this as unscathed as possible.’ So if that means me taking on the narrative of [the] adulterous wife, I’ll do it.'”
Two years after their Red Table Talk interview, Will had slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars after he made a joke about her hair. The Academy banned Will from all of their events for ten years following the Oscars slap.
Will Smith: 10 Of His Films That Are Classics
While Will Smith’s 2022 Oscars slap was all anyone could talk about for months, he is one of the most successful actors of the past 30 years. With years of performances under his belt, he’s done comedies, dramas, action films, and everything in between.
Early Career
Just as Smith’s acting career was taking off when he landed his breakout role in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But he simultaneously was building himself up as a rapper. He was a part of a hip-hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff. Fans of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might recognize him as Jazz, Will’s best friend in the series. As a duo, they released five studio albums. They also had several popular singles that landed placements in the Billboard Hot 100, including “Summertime,” “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” “Boom Shake The Room,” “Ring My Bell,” and more. They won two Grammys as a duo and had four nominations. They were the first rappers to ever win a Grammy, for Best Rap Performance for their record “Parents Just Don’t Understand” in 1989.
Film Career
He became a legit movie star with the Bad Boys franchise in 1995. He returned to the franchise with Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys for Life (2020). A fourth Bad Boys film that has yet to be titled is supposed to be out sometime next year. While he was making his name with the Bad Boys series, he also got to be in another franchise: Men in Black. The first Men in Black sci-fi comedy was released in 1997, which was later followed up by Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 (2012). Besides being in franchise films, he also worked on Hancock, Seven Pounds, Independence Day, Ali, and more. He earned first Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams (tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams’ father) in King Richard in 2022.
Here are ten great Will Smith films. Check below if your favorite made the cut.
Autumn Hawkins is the National Hip-Hop and R&B writer for Beasley Media, currently residing in New Jersey. Prior to working at Beasley Media, she was in broadcast news as an entertainment producer. When she's not impatiently waiting for Beyoncé to drop new music, she is reading, shopping, or planning a vacation.
