Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Waited 20 Years Into Their Marriage to Have an Adult Relationship

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<p id=”par-1_41″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/jada-pinkett-smith/”>Jada Pinkett Smith</a> has been very candid about how her life changed <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jada-pinkett-smith-explained-fantasies-dissolved-marrying-will-smith.html/”>after she married Will Smith</a>. Their marriage has faced a lot of ups and downs, so much so that their relationship didn’t experience true growth for quite some time.</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-jada-pinkett-smith-once-revealed-how-her-relationship-with-will-smith-changed-over-the-years”>Jada Pinkett Smith once revealed how her relationship with Will Smith changed over the years</h2>

<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Will Smith in a suit posing alongside jada pinkett smith at the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.” class=”wp-image-3783308″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic</figcaption></figure>

<p id=”par-2_76″>It took a lot of trial and error for Jada Pinkett and Smith to arrive at a healthy place in their relationship. <em>The Matrix Reloaded </em>star even <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jada-pinkett-smith-cried-for-days-over-marriage-to-will-smith.html/”>revealed that she cried</a> because a large part of her didn’t want to marry Smith. But Jada Pinkett felt a turning point came sometime after she turned 40. She went through a personal crisis back then where she her relationship and personal issues were beginning to take their toll.</p>

<p id=”par-3_27″>“By the time my 40th [birthday] came, I was like, ‘I can’t do it anymore.’ I was so depleted,” she once said in an interview with <a href=”https://people.com/movies/jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith-marriage-beautiful-place-tough-times/”>People</a>.</p>

<p id=”par-4_45″><a></a>“I had to really take time out for me and figure out what I wanted for myself,” she added. “I had to kind of put everyone aside and ask, ‘What would I do every day if it was just Jada?’ I literally had no idea.”</p>

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<p id=”par-5_28″>But even while she tried to overcome her emotional trauma, Jada Pinkett’s devotion for Smith didn’t waver. Instead, she began to realize how much Smith meant to her.</p>

<p id=”par-6_44″><a></a>“I am kind of a ride-or-die chick,” she said. “I just knew with the kind of love that Will and I share — which is beyond romantic love — that we could transform our union and figure out how to re-create what we had.”</p>

<p id=”par-7_36″>Speaking on <em><a href=”https://www.facebook.com/redtabletalk/videos/411631006205473/”>Red Table Talk</a></em>, Jada Pinkett gushed even further about the maturity of her and Smith’s relationship. At the time, she claimed it was far stronger than it’d ever been thanks to years of growth.</p>

<p id=”par-8_26″>“I feel that I’m just now entering an adult relationship with Will. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-old-is-jada-pinkett-smith-and-how-long-have-she-and-will-smith-been-married.html/”>After 23 years</a>. We finally are learning to have an adult relationship,” she quipped.</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-where-does-will-smith-s-relationship-with-jada-pinkett-smith-stand-today”>Where does Will Smith’s relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith stand today?</h2>

<p id=”par-9_79″>Smith and Jada Pinkett’s relationship has faced even more controversies over the years. They’ve had to address an affair Jada Pinkett had <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/august-alsina-blackballed-industryjada-pinkett-smith-entanglement.html/”>with singer August Alsina</a>, for instance. Additionally, Smith’s 2022 Oscars scandal gave them more negative press to deal with. In a 2023 interview on <a href=”https://www.today.com/popculture/jada-pinkett-will-smith-separated-rcna105300″>Today</a>, Jada Pinkett confused media even further when she revealed that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/all-signs-fans-missed-jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith-separated-for-years.html/”>she and Smith had been separated</a> for quite some time. She described it as a divorce that wasn’t officially documented on paper.</p>

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<p id=”par-10_48″>“Why it fractured…that — that’s a lot of things … By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” Jada Pinkett explained.</p>

<p id=”par-11_17″>Despite their issues, Jada Pinkett couldn’t bring herself to truly and permanently separate herself from her husband.</p>

<p id=”par-12_34″>“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through … whatever,” she added. “I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”</p>

<p id=”par-13_62″>If sources are to be believed, Jada Pinkett still maintains a distant marriage with her husband. So much so it was alleged that the pair aren’t a couple and no longer even sleep in the same room. However, the source also claimed that the two still live in the same house. Furthermore, their questionable relationship status still didn’t affect their familial bond.</p>

<p id=”par-14_13″>“They are still very, very close and a family,” the insider told <a href=”https://parade.com/celebrities/will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-still-dont-sleep-same-room-source-exclusive”>Parade</a>.</p>