Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been married since 1997 but when did they break up? Here’s what we know about the status of their relationship.
Jada Pinkett and Will Smith have been married for over 20 years, but as many know, marriage is hard work, and things aren’t always smooth sailing. That was the case for Will and Jada back in 2011. During a 2018 episode of Jada’s “Red Table Talk” show, the couple opened up about the first time they broke up during their marriage. The initial split stemmed from Jada’s 40th birthday party after Will hired Mary J. Blige to perform and made a video of never-before-seen moments of Jada’s late grandmother.
“She’s like, it’s my birthday and she told me that the party was the most ridiculous display of my ego,” said Will. “Crushed, right? And to this day I know I was crushed because it was true. It wasn’t a party for her. When she called me on that, that’s when I snapped and that’s the only time you ever heard me snap. I snapped in front of Willow, and Willow starts crying and she’s like, ‘Just figure it out.'”
Will admitted that he “saw for the first time what Jada had been saying the whole time about hiding behind my ego” and realized Jada “wanted none of the stuff I had built.
