Jada Pinkett Smith got cozy on Tuesday as she headed out to dinner with her daughter Willow at Il Mulino Prime steakhouse in New York.
The 52-year-old Matrix star braved the chilly weather in a pastel yellow tracksuit under a black maxi coat.
The actress was in good spirits and laughed with 22-year-old Willow after making a series of explosive and startling claims in her new memoir, Worthy.
Jada – who recently shared that she and husband Will Smith, 55, are planning to write a book together – completed her outfit with black open-toe heels.
The entertainer wore dark aviator sunglasses and a black handbag for the evening.
Dinner with mother and daughter: Jada Pinkett Smith, 52, cozied up on Tuesday as she headed out to dinner with daughter Willow, 22, at Il Mulino Prime steakhouse in New York
In a good mood: The actress was in good spirits and laughed with Willow after making a series of explosive and startling claims in her new memoir, Worthy
Like her mother, Willow also wore a long black coat. Underneath, she wore a dark blue T-shirt, black pants and classic Converse sneakers.
This comes following reports that Willow and her brother Jaden Smith, 25, aren’t exactly fans of their mother’s recent press tour, according to a source who spoke to Entertainment Tonight.
The insider said that The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star’s children “feel bad for their father given recent headlines about their parents.”
They added that both Smith children wanted “some of their family’s private matters to remain private.”
The main topic the source appeared to be referring to in the interview was Jada’s bombshell revelation that she and her husband had actually been living apart for seven years.
Although the devoted children felt sorry for their famous father, a source told that they felt mixed emotions following their mother’s revelations, with both Willow and Jaden also feeling a little relieved that the truth came out.
“Although Jaden and Willow love their mother more than anything and adopt many of her behaviors and traits, they are very relieved that the news is finally getting out so everyone can move on,” the source told .
Cozy: Jada completed the outfit with black open-toe heels. The entertainer wore dark aviator sunglasses and a black handbag for the evening
Dynamic Duo: Like her mother, Willow also wore a long black coat. Underneath, she wore a dark blue T-shirt, black pants and classic Converse sneakers
The siblings reportedly felt extremely “uncomfortable” having to dodge questions about the status of their parents’ relationship over the years.
But despite their relief that the truth was finally made public, both Willow and Jaden felt the news “doesn’t help” the Men in Black star in his own journey.
“You know he’s been through a lot lately and this isn’t helping,” said the insider, who spoke to Entertainment Tonight.
Jada recently made another surprising revelation: she and her husband Will are thinking about writing a book together.
“I know Will and I are talking about writing a book together called Don’t Try This at Home,” she told Extra.
It was to follow Jada’s sensational memoir, Worthy, which detailed the marital and personal struggles she endured.
Jada spilled the beans while promoting her new book – including revealing that she and Will have been separated for seven years.
Despite the split bombshell, Jada told Extra that she and Will have actually found their way “back” to each other — and that divorce is “off the table.”
No fans: The appearance follows reports that Willow and her brother Jaden Smith, 25, are not fans of their mother’s recent press tour, where she discussed her marriage and split from her father Will Smith, 55; Jada seen with Jaden in April
Concerned for Dad: An insider said The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star’s children “feel bad for their father given recent headlines about their parents”; See Jada and Will in 2022
“The idea that we were separated for seven years and that we’re still separated after the Oscars put us back on the path, you know, and I think that part was left out of the narrative,” she said.
The night Will beat Chris Rock at the Oscars proved transformative for their relationship – Jada decided to stay with her husband that night after years of contemplating a breakup.
“That was the moment I knew I would never leave Will. After all these years of thinking, after all these years of thinking, I’m going to get a divorce, I’m going to get a legal separation… And I didn’t go in there as his wife. But I left it to his wife. It showed me that love can conquer all.’
That night, Smith punched Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about Jada, who suffers from alopecia and her baldness.
Now the couple is focused on improving their relationship.
“Divorce is off the table.” “We are life partners,” she emphasized.
She said she prefers the term “life partner” to the term “husband” because it better describes her current view of marriage.
“I call him life partner. “For me, it’s a broader definition than the one I went into marriage with, around the ‘idea’ of a husband,” Jada said.
Out now: Jada’s sensational memoir, Worthy, details the marital and personal struggles she endured
Smith said in an email published Saturday in The New York Times that Pinkett Smith’s recent comments about their relationship were a wake-up call for him, adding that she was “more resilient, smarter and more compassionate” than he realized has been.
The “King Richard” star told the newspaper in an email: “When you’ve been with someone for more than half your life, a kind of emotional blindness sets in.”
“And it’s all too easy to lose sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties.”
Meanwhile, Jada is struggling with distraught fans and social media users who have asked her to end her revealing tour and limit revelations about her marriage.