Jada Pinkett Smith Says She & Will Smith Are 'Staying Together Forever'
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00:00 Sounds like you're staying together forever.
00:01 - We're staying together forever.
00:02 - Perfect, okay.
00:03 - That's right.
00:04 - Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith
00:05 are in it for the long haul.
00:07 On Tuesday, the 52-year-old actress
00:10 was on the Drew Barrymore show
00:11 promoting her memoir, "Worthy,"
00:13 and briefly touched on where her marriage stands with Will.
00:16 - I feel like maybe you're,
00:20 and his shadow separated in a way in this book,
00:25 whether they stay together forever or not.
00:27 - Right.
00:28 - You know, it sounds like you're staying together forever.
00:29 - We're staying together forever.
00:31 - Perfect, okay. - I tried.
00:33 - Jada's update comes months after she revealed
00:35 in an interview with "Today Show's" Hoda Kotb
00:37 that she and Will separated in 2016,
00:40 but later clarified that they are not getting a divorce.
00:43 - One thing people were really still concerned about
00:45 or confused about really was, okay, hang on,
00:49 they've been divorced in theory, but not on paper.
00:51 - Yes.
00:52 - They've been, they were not together,
00:55 but kind of pretended they were together.
00:57 So I had trouble articulating exactly why that was.
01:01 So now that you've had more time, why was that?
01:06 - We really needed time to get solidified
01:09 because at the end of the day, Will and I love each other.
01:11 You know, we had to really figure out what we wanted
01:14 before we went into the world to say what was going on
01:19 because we were in such, you know,
01:21 we were just kind of in this very fragile place.
01:24 And so now we're just super solid.
01:26 - Yeah.
01:27 - And so now I can actually talk about
01:29 what the journey has been.
01:31 - Jada delves deeper into her relationship with Will
01:34 in her memoir, which she tells Drew
01:36 was meant to help others on their journey.
01:38 - Well, that was the whole point.
01:40 It was like, yes, I'm telling my story,
01:42 but I wanted everybody to see themselves within the journey
01:46 because we're all on a journey towards self-worth
01:50 in some form or fashion, all of us, right?
01:53 I think that it is a universal theme
01:57 that we're all trying to figure out our value.
01:59 We're all trying to figure out our lovable-ness.
02:02 - While talking to Drew about the book,
02:04 she revealed how she has learned to love
02:06 and accept everyone in her life,
02:08 including Will and Chris Rock,
02:10 whom Will had an altercation with
02:12 at the 2022 Academy Awards.
02:15 - One of those next, you know, stages in relationships
02:18 is when you really learn how to accept yourself fully,
02:22 you really learn how to accept your partner fully as well,
02:26 you know, and that's been a journey all in itself.
02:29 And you learn how to accept everyone else, you know,
02:33 even when you're dealing with their shadow, right?
02:36 So you just learn how to embrace the light of people
02:39 as well as the shadow.
02:40 So I love Will as who he is.
02:43 I've learned to love and embrace Chris, you know,
02:47 as who he is, and myself as well.
02:51 And that's what it's about.
02:52 We're all here just trying to figure it out.
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