Jada Pinkett Smith Says She and Will Smith Separated in 2016
“We live separately,” the actress and talk show host revealed in an NBC News interview, but they have not divorced.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith at the Oscars in 2022.Credit...Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By Isabella Kwai
Oct. 11, 2023Updated 12:42 p.m. ET
Rumors about one of Hollywood’s most famous couples have now been put to rest: The actress Jada Pinkett Smith has confirmed that she and Will Smith have been separated, though not legally divorced, for about seven years.
Pinkett Smith, also a talk-show host, shared the revelation in an interview with NBC News, previews of which were shown on Wednesday. The interview is part of a round of media appearances that Pinkett Smith is making to promote the publication of her new memoir, “Worthy.”
In the interview from Baltimore with anchor Hoda Kotb, which is set to be broadcast in full in a prime-time special on Friday, Pinkett Smith said she and Smith had decided in 2016 to live separate lives. The detail is among the intimacies revealed in the memoir, which will be released on Oct. 17.
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Isabella Kwai is a breaking news reporter in the London bureau. She joined The Times in 2017 as part of the Australia bureau. More about Isabella Kwai
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“We live separately,” the actress and talk show host revealed in an NBC News interview, but they have not divorced.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith at the Oscars in 2022.Credit...Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBy Isabella Kwai
Oct. 11, 2023Updated 12:42 p.m. ET
Rumors about one of Hollywood’s most famous couples have now been put to rest: The actress Jada Pinkett Smith has confirmed that she and Will Smith have been separated, though not legally divorced, for about seven years.
Pinkett Smith, also a talk-show host, shared the revelation in an interview with NBC News, previews of which were shown on Wednesday. The interview is part of a round of media appearances that Pinkett Smith is making to promote the publication of her new memoir, “Worthy.”
In the interview from Baltimore with anchor Hoda Kotb, which is set to be broadcast in full in a prime-time special on Friday, Pinkett Smith said she and Smith had decided in 2016 to live separate lives. The detail is among the intimacies revealed in the memoir, which will be released on Oct. 17.
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Isabella Kwai is a breaking news reporter in the London bureau. She joined The Times in 2017 as part of the Australia bureau. More about Isabella Kwai
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