Jada Pinkett says she and Will Smith have separated

Jada Pinkett Smith, in an upcoming interview, disclosed that she and her husband Will Smith have been living separate lives since 2016.

Jada Pinkett Smith, in an upcoming interview, disclosed that she and her husband Will Smith have been living separate lives since 2016. The couple, married since 1997, chose not to announce their separation earlier as they were still figuring out how to present their relationship to the public.

In her upcoming NBC News special with Hoda Kotb, Jada Pinkett revealed that she and Will Smith, have been leading separate lives since 2016. Despite being married since 1997, they decided to keep their separation private until they could find the right way to share their relationship status with the public. “How do we present that to people?” she told Kotb. “We hadn’t figured that out.”

She also confirmed they are not legally divorced.