It has been noted that one of the most fascinating themes of Jada Pinkett Smith’s new memoir Worthy is her understanding of titles. Father, daughter, friend. Husband. Not only how these small words can signify bonds of the greatest magnitude, but how they can cast the person behind them into the shade. How they can “make one blind to love”.
It has been noted that she was also talking about her separation from Hollywood superstar, and her husband of nearly 20 years, Will Smith. Jada delivered the news that she and Will have been separated since 2016, revealing that they’re living “completely separate lives”, in a bombshell interview with NBC’s Hoda Kotb earlier this month.
In front of the packed Queen Elizabeth Hall, she clarified that though their separation isn’t a “divorce on paper”, they had become “exhausted with trying” to work on their relationship over time. Jada offers further insight into her complicated relationship with Will – including their decision to “lovably uncouple” in 2016 – in her boo.
She also takes the opportunity to deny rumours that have dogged her and Will’s relationship, including that via Independent, “Will and I were swingers (or that we were both gay and playing as each other’s beards, or that we were sleeping with whomever we chose to, whenever we chose to)”.
