Jada Pinkett Smith says divorce “didn’t feel right” for her and Will Smith.
Earlier this week, the 52-year-old star revealed that she and her husband had been separated since 2016, and now explained that they had planned to divorce but ultimately didn’t go through with it.
Asked about the difference between separation and divorce, Jada told The Sunday Times magazine: “Well, we needed time.
“Will and I got married at an early age and have done some great things and some not so great things.
“We got to the point where we had to go down different paths to end some of these more immature fantasies about what marriage is.
“And keep in mind that when we had our separation in 2016, the goal was to get a divorce, but divorce just didn’t seem right for either of us. We don’t know why. But here we are.”
The Red Table Talk host, who shares 25-year-old son Jaden and 22-year-old daughter Willow with Will, explained that she is not currently living with her ex-husband but hopes to do so again in the future so she can do. take care” of the “Independence Day” actor.
Jada said, “Honestly, I think we will (move in together again) eventually. I really think so.
“Will is getting old. I’m still quite young, but it’s becoming obvious to me that he’s going to need someone to take care of him.”
The couple still support each other in their “life partnership” and it was a joke about Jada’s alopecia that led to Will infamously punching comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars last year, but the Matrix star denied suggestions that she encouraged him to react violently. .
She said: “People thought I looked at Will and ‘forced’ him to do it. But let me start with this: No one can force Will Smith to do anything, and certainly not me.
“If I could have gotten Will to do anything, the last three decades of my marriage would have looked completely different. Real talk, right?
“And I also want to say, is it really ironic that women are considered, as you say, unimportant? Until a man does something disgusting and suddenly she has all the power in the world to make him do it.”
