what happened with will smith and jada smith

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been separated since 2016, but they are not legally divorced. They have been living "completely separate lives" for the past seven years. Jada Pinkett Smith revealed this information in her upcoming memoir and in a prime-time special with Hoda Kotb. The couple has not gone public with their separation until now because they were still trying to figure out how to be in partnership and how to present that to people. They were "exhausted with trying" to work out their relationship by the time they got to 2016. Prior to this revelation, the couple often shared their relationships highs and lows with vulnerability and candidness. Through the years, the couple has faced public scandals like news of Pinkett Smiths "entanglement" with August Alsina emerging in 2020, and Smiths altercation with Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.