• Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been separated since 2016 but didn't publicly reveal it until now. • The news comes ahead of the release of Pinkett Smith's memoir, which discusses their relationship. • PR experts explained to Insider why the timing of this revelation is strategic and calculated. Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith's relationship has fascinated the public for years, and somehow, they continue to keep everyone on their toes. On Wednesday, Pinkett Smith revealed via a preview clip of her NBC News prime-time special that...

November 7, 2013: Smith was accused of cheating on Pinkett Smith with costar Margot Robbie. Will Smith and Margot Robbie costarred in the 2015 film "Focus." Black-and-white photos obtained and published by Star Magazine showed Smith and Robbie playfully posing together. According to the publication, the photo-booth images were taken in New Orleans when the actors had a break from filming the movie "Focus." "Once they pulled the curtain back to take the pictures, they let their inhibitions run wild, laughing, hugging, and muzzling each other in the dark," an...

Jada Pinkett Smith is looking back on the aftermath of her husband Will Smith's Oscars incident. "It was ridiculous in how far it went," Jada, 52, tells PEOPLE in this week's issue, reflecting on the rumors that she was somehow to blame for when Will, 55, struck Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. "But I also understood at the same time. Considering the false narrative that I had cheated on Will or I was like some adulteress, Will had never done that before," Jada says. "And I think that...

• Will Smith wrote in his 2021 memoir that he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith once separated in 2011. • That's five years before Pinkett Smith said they began living "completely different" lives. • Smith detailed the night they both realized "the pressure cooker of our perfect picture was cracking." Will Smith wrote in his 2021 memoir that he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's marriage previously broke down in 2011 — five years before Pinkett Smith claims they began living "completely different" lives. Pinkett Smith's admission that she...

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have said their marriage is not a conventional one. Pinkett Smith this week has revealed that she and Smith, who married in 1997, have been living “completely separate lives” since 2016. Here’s some of what they have said about marriage over the years. Will Smith celebrated what was their 20th anniversary in 2017 with a throwback picture of their wedding and a heartfelt caption that noted, “20 Years Ago Today we held hands and walked naively down that aisle. Here’s what I’ve learned since.”...

There was a time when Jada Pinkett Smith — one half of a Hollywood golden couple — actually made movies. But since she launched her Facebook series “Red Table Talk” in 2018, Jada has only been about releasing one specific product: tawdry personal disclosures about her marriage and sex life. But that open book is apparently a work of fiction, as evidenced by her latest revelatory project, “Worthy,” a memoir dropping Oct. 17. After five years of running a liquidation sale on her marital secrets and innermost thoughts, what’s actually...

Dubbed "the slap heard around the world," viewers were stunned on March 28, 2022, when Will Smith jumped out of his seat and smacked host Chris Rock across the face during the Oscars ceremony. The on-stage attack was in response to a joke the 58-year-old comedian made about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock compared the actress's shaved head to G.I. Jane, the 1997 film for which Demi Moore famously sheared her long locks. The incident was a bad look for both Rock and Smith, with the latter's public...

• Jada Pinkett Smith revealed she's been separated from Will Smith since 2016, sending social media into a frenzy. • Fans dissected past, viral moments of the couple's relationship, looking for signs of the charade. • Some say they're viewing the Oscars slap, as well as their "Red Table Talk" tête-à-tête, with fresh eyes. Jada Pinkett Smith's bombshell revelation on Wednesday that she and Will Smith have been "separated" and living "completely different" lives since 2016 has sent social media into a frenzy. The actress, who revealed the couple's long-shrouded...

1. Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith secretly separated in 2016 Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have disentangled. In an interview with Hoda Kotb for NBC News, the actress revealed that she and the "King Richard" star secretly separated seven years ago. Pinkett Smith said she wasn't "ready" to reveal this and unsure how to "present" their partnership to people, which is why they have maintained that they were still together all this time. The relationship fractured for "a lot of" reasons, she said, explaining that, by 2016, they...

Ana Navarro has a bone to Pinkett with Jada. “The View” host held nothing back when addressing Jada Pinkett Smith’s recent announcement that she and Will Smith have actually been secretly separated for seven years. On today’s episode of “The View,” just hours after an exclusive clip from Pinkett Smith’s upcoming NBC News prime-time special with Hoda Kotb revealed that she and Smith have lived “completely separate lives” since 2016, Navarro wasted no time verbally assaulting the 52-year-old actress. The co-host accused “The Girls Trip” star of sharing juicy tidbits...