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One of the many blows to the so-called ‘slapgate’ scandal at the Oscars, when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, was a resurgence of old statements from the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who is currently adopting a different frame of mind.
In 2018, the actress confessed on the Smith family show Red Table Talk, in which they detailed their daily life and revisited turbulent moments in their lives, that she never wanted to marry Will: “They forced me and it was horrible.” , she said at the round table, in the presence of her husband.
Jada admitted to “crying down the aisle” and spoke of the immense pressure to marry the King Richard star. “I was under a lot of pressure, I was a young actress, I was pregnant and I didn’t know what to do, but I never wanted to get married,” confirmed Pinkett Smith, who was then sweetly expecting her child, Jade.
The actress reached out to her mother Adrienne, who was also on the show, to tell her that she felt she had been forced to make the relationship official. “We did it because of Gammy [el apodo que Jada le puso a su mamá] I cried. It was like she said to us, ‘You have to get married,'” he said.
“Yes, I remember having a strong desire for you to get married, and that you were ill, you were not cooperative at all,” Adrienne remarked, then made a caveat, “But I don’t remember you getting the idea.” refused marriage.”
Left to right: Trey, Willow, Jaden, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. Trey is the eldest son of Will Smith and Sheree Zampino, who was married to the actor for three years (1992-1995). Photo: Phillip Faraone/AFP
Her daughter mentioned that she was devastated before and during the wedding: “I was so upset that I had to get married that I walked down the friggin’ aisle crying.”
Contrasting with how Jada has lived out her marriage, Will said it was something she very much desires and that her experience has been different. “Since I was 5 years old I imagined what my family would be like. There wasn’t a day of my life that I didn’t want to be married and with a family,” Smith said after listening to his wife.
Will and Jada were married on December 31, 1997 in Baltimore, Maryland and the following year Jaden, now 23 years old, was born. In 2000, the couple welcomed Willow, 21.
In the 25 years they were together, not everything was easy for the couple. The marriage navigated through crises, infidelities and media scandals. Two years ago, the rapper and friend of one of his sons, August Alsina, assured in an American TV show that he had been in a relationship with the actress for years.
That statement did nothing but unite Smith and Pinkett, who shared lengthy testimonies about Jada’s infidelity on their show, where they usually wear their rags out in the sun.
Additionally, in 2014, Jada affirmed that “maintaining an open relationship” was the magic formula for their marriage. The actress said that both she and her husband are free to date whoever they want, although that “doesn’t mean we do.”
“You have to trust your partner, after all I’m nobody’s watchdog. Will Smith is a grown man,” he clarified at the time, amid rumors of the actor’s alleged infidelity with Margot Robbie, his Focus: Masters of the Scam co-star.
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