American actress, Jada Pinkett Smith, has revealed that she and husband Will Smith have secretly been separated for the last seven years.
She made the revelation in an interview with People magazine.
The celebrity couple, who tied the knot in 1997, are still trying to ‘figure out’ what the future of their marriage looks like.
52-year-old Jada admitted that she and Will, 55, have been separated since 2016 – and were in fact living separately when her husband slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars in 2022 over a joke that had been made about her bald hairstyle.
Jada noted that no permanent decisions have been made about the future of her marriage, explaining that she and Will are “still figuring it out.”
“We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together,’ she said. ‘We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like.”
Jada went on to praise her children – Jaden, 25, Willow, 22, and Trey, 30, who is Will’s son from a previous relationship – for standing by her during the rocky time in her relationship.
“My children, they’re little gurus. They’ve taught me a deep sense of self-acceptance. They love every part of me. The level of love, unconditional love that they have for me and their dad.
“And it’s one thing to want to be the person that gives that unconditional love. And then there’s, to be the recipient of that.”