During an interview with Rolling Stone, the Shark Tale actor said the "largest part" of why his first marriage didn't work was because he "didn't trust women" after being cheated on in the past.
"Yes, it was not a divorce on paper, but it was a divorce," Jada told Hoda. The Girls Trip star disclosed that she and Will, 55, have been leading "completely separate lives" since 2016, even though they never officially divorced.
Read on for a full timeline of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's relationship. The couple met on the set of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990. The Smiths wed in 1997 after a few years of dating. They welcomed son Jaden shortly after in 1997 and daughter Willow in 2000.
Willard Carroll "Trey" Smith III was born Nov. 11, 1992. He is Will's oldest son and the only child he shares with his first wife, Sheree Zampino. Though Will and Trey weren't always close, they have repaired their relationship and are tight now.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Will Smith's net worth is $350 million as of 2023. These earnings are thanks to an entertainment career spanning over three decades, from his work as a rapper to his many roles as an actor and producer behind the scenes.
Two years after Smith and Zampino's divorce was finalized, Pinkett Smith and her now-husband wed in 1997. Zampino later remarried football player Terrell Fletcher, though the couple split in 2015.
The King Richard star has three kids: sons Trey, 31, and Jaden, 25, plus daughter Willow, 23. All three of them have followed in his footsteps, pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. Smith welcomed his first son, Trey, in 1992 with then-wife Sheree Zampino.
"Jada is magical," he said during VH1's “Dear Mama” event to celebrate Hollywood moms. "Part of why I love her is things happen in a way they shouldn't happen, they shouldn't go that way. She has this magical power." Taking the stage after her husband's touching speech, Jada Pinkett Smith teared up.
Now Pinkett Smith has revealed that the pair has been separated since 2016. While promoting her upcoming memoir, Worthy, on the Today show, she shared that, after the “entanglement” that first shook their marriage several years ago (more on that below), the duo never actually repaired their romantic relationship.
How old was Jada Pinkett when she married Will Smith?
Jada Pinkett Smith thinks she was too young when she married Will Smith in 1997 at the age of 25. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith thinks she was too young when she married Will Smith in 1997 at the age of 25.
Tupac and Jada shared a very great bond. However, they were never romantically linked. They had known each other since their high school days and went on to become close friends.
Jada Pinkett Smith recently revealed that she and her husband, Will Smith, separated way back in 2016, sharing that she moved out of their home in 2021, relocating to Baltimore from Calabasas, where she lived with her family.
The actor, 52, has three children: Trey, 30, whom he shares with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino, and Willow, 22, and Jaden, 25, whom he shares with his estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
But it was the star's usually winning smile which grabbed attention - Jaden sported a bizarre metal grill in his mouth, covering both rows of teeth. The son of Will Smith is expected to attend the Met Gala in the city on Monday night.
During the two-and-a-half-hour interview in the podcast, she addressed her relationship with Tupac, claiming that although they were kindred spirits, they had no physical nor sexual chemistry arguing that when she dared him to kiss her, they both had an 'Eew' moment.
Jack is a psychopath, that's one thing, but to me the real villain in this is Jen. She goes along with Jack, she seemed like a normal person that was just really hurt by a divorce but she gives in to Jack's plans agrees to play a major part in the kidnapping and going on the run with the baby.
It is eventually revealed that Jack was unable to have children with Jen, who struggled with her fertility. He realises that the only way to have biological children, which he desperately wants, is to start a family with someone other than Jen, hatching a plan to woo Tasha, and then marry her after she falls pregnant.
