Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith Have Been Separated For 7 Years

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Jada Pinkett Smith is revealing where her marriage to Will Smith really stands.

In new interviews, the Girls Trip star said she has been separated from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum for seven years.

While fans are just learning the news now, Jada confirmed to Today that she and Will have been apart since 2016. As for the reason they kept things quiet.

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“I think just not being ready yet, still trying to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership and in regard to how do we present that to people,” Jada told Hoda Kotb in an interview released Oct. 11. “And we hadn’t figure that out.”

She also shed some light on what led them to part ways.

“Why it fractured, that’s a lot of things,” the actress added. “I think by the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.”

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And while Jada said she considered divorce, she ultimately decided not to file.

“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce,” she said in the interview, which is part of Jada’s Story – An NBC News Special that will air Oct. 13. “We will work through whatever, and I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”

Indeed, Jada indicated that they’re still navigating their relationship.

“We’re still figuring it out,” the 52-year-old also told People in a profile published Oct. 11. “We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got deep love for each other, and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”

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