Jada Pinkett Smith Says That She Has Secretly Been Separated From Will Smith For 7 Years

What???

They have been maintaining the facade of a married couple, but, according to Jada Pinkett Smith, they have actually been separated since 2016.

That means they weren’t even together when Will Smith gave Chris Rock the slap heard ’round the world at the Oscars!

There have been rumors about marital strife circulating about the two stars, but the pair have vehemently denied the rumors — until now.

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.
Jada Pinkett Smith

Could it just be a publicity stunt? I don’t think so, but it wouldn’t be too far fetched.

Jada is about to release a new book, so it’s pretty convenient that she’s dropping this bombshell now — and, of course, she talks about the separation in the book.

Jada says that the pair aren’t living together, but they still haven’t legally divorced.

It seems they made a promise to each other that there would never be a reason for the two to get divorced, and that apparently also includes being separated for 7 years.

We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together — We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.
Jada Pinkett Smith

As for the kids — Willow and Jaden — they aren’t taking the strife between their parents well.

According to Radar, “Willow and Jaden are both extremely fragile right now and clearly traumatized by their parents’ behavior to the point where they’re acting out.”