Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been through more than their share of ups and downs over the decades. The “King Richard” star, 55, and the “A Different World” alum, 52, tied the knot in 1997 after two years of dating. The duo met in 1994 when Jada auditioned to play his girlfriend on his sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” While she didn’t score the part, they began dating a year later after Will divorced his first wife, Sheree Zampino, with whom he shares a son, Trey, 30....

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's fans are completely flabbergasted over the news of their separation. In an exclusive clip from Pinkett Smith's upcoming NBC News prime-time special with Hoda Kotb, she revealed she's been separated from Smith for seven years. “I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through ... whatever,” Pinkett Smith said in the preview clip that aired on TODAY Oct. 11. “I just haven’t been able to break that promise.” After fans caught wind...

The recurring pattern in Will Smtih and Jada Pinkett Smith‘s marriage is one of public defenses and reconciliations — and private rifts and separations. Maybe that’s the way all celebrity relationship struggles should go, but tabloid fodder and the rumors that these stars do choose to comment on often leave a paper trail. Smith’s latest public defense of his relationship with Pinkett Smith wasn’t actually about the relationship at all — it was just about her. When he unleashed “Keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth” as his final...

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and Will Smith separated in 2016 but continued to appear in public as a married couple for years, including at the 2022 Academy Awards when Will Smith assaulted comedian Chris Rock on live television. In an interview with NBC News’ Today host Hoda Kotb, Jada Pinkett Smith confirmed she split with Will Smith seven years ago and that they both have been leading separate lives since then. “It wasn’t a divorce on paper but it was a divorce,” Kotb said, noting the couple...

Jada Pinkett Smith's relationship to Will Smith is still a work in progress. “We’re still figuring it out,” Jada tells PEOPLE of their 25-year marriage in this week's issue. “A lot has happened. The thing about relationships is that it's constantly moving. Relationships are, it's an organism. It's its own thing. It's constantly shifting and constantly moving. There's a lot that's transpired in the last two years, and so we've been doing some really heavy-duty work together.” In 2016, Jada revealed on her Red Table Talk series that she’d had...

A year and a half after The Slap Heard ‘Round The World, Jada Pinkett Smith is finally weighing in while addressing her years-long separation from husband Will Smith and how the pair have dealt with the fallout. Though Pinkett Smith was a key component in what went down on last year’s Oscars stage just before her husband took home the Academy Award for his performance in “King Richard,” she has thus far remained mum on the subject. “I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him,'” the former “Red...