Jada Pinkett Smith has always been very open about her and Will Smith's relationship issues, and she even had Will on her show to air grievances about their marriage on the Red Table Talk. Those sessions, in particular, were the origin of the "sad Will" memes, and according to fans, their entire marriage showed just how manipulative and toxic Jada has always been. Will and Jada first met when the actress auditioned for the role of his girlfriend on his show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but Jada didn't get the part. However, they continued to run into each other years later.
Will admitted that he was deeply attracted to Jada even though he was already married to his first wife. Surprisingly, just a day after Will got divorced, he called Jada and asked if she was seeing someone. When she said no, Will declared, "Cool, you're seeing me now." Jada and Will got married while she was pregnant with their son Jaden although initially, the actress didn't love the idea of making their relationship official on paper. Here is everything Jada has said about her relationship with Will Smith.
Jada Pinkett Smith Never Wanted To Marry Will Smith
In her 2019 cover story, Jada told People, "I never wanted to get married. But my mother was like, 'You have to get married' – she's so old school – and Will wanted a family. So I said, 'All right, maybe it's something I should do.'" Could that have been the genesis of all the turbulence in their marriage? Because fans have always said their relationship is toxic and Jada is manipulative. Apparently, the incident at the Oscars proved it. According to fans, Will's reaction after Chris Rock made a joke about Jada indicated that she manipulated him because he was okay and even laughed at the joke. But after Jada rolled her eyes, he stood up and went straight for Chris.
Others pointed out that the manipulation goes back to 2011 when reports circulated that Will and Jada were headed for divorce after a rumor surfaced that Jada was having an affair with Marc Anthony. However, Jada and Will put out a joint statement saying, "Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact."
Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith's Open Relationship
It's no secret that Will and Jada have an unconventional marriage. The reason people know this is because Jada has been airing all of her and Will's dirty laundry on her talk show for years. Rumors of Will and Jada being in an open marriage have been swirling around for years. Though they initially denied it, the truth came to light on July 10, 2020, when Jada had Will as her guest on Red Table Talk and told him with a straight face that she had an entanglement with R&B singer August Alsina.
While Jada looked proud while talking about her relationship with August and claimed she was trying to help the singer deal with his addiction and emotional issues, Will looked heartbroken and humiliated. Nevertheless, Will later tried to make light of the whole situation, and he and Jada even joked about the "sad Will" meme in a video shared on Will's YouTube channel.
Then in September 2021, in a cover story interview with GQ, Will again tried to justify the whole entanglement situation and claimed Jada wasn't the only one seeing other people. Will told GQ that Jada never believed in conventional marriage because she grew up in a family where many people had unconventional relationships. He also said that he and Jada chose monogamy without considering that maybe monogamy is not, as he put it, "relational perfection."
Are Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith Heading Towards Divorce?
After a newly resurfaced clip of Jada and Will arguing over social media and privacy, many fans think they are finally getting divorced. The clip was recorded in 2019, and it shows Jada ambushing Will while filming an Instagram live and asking him whether doing counseling with psychotherapist Esther Perel had been beneficial to their relationship. Will, however, looked extremely uncomfortable with Jada filming him, and he told her she needed to ask him first before putting him on the spot.
But the most disturbing part of the clip is how Jada dismisses Will's feelings, and instead of apologizing, she turns the camera to herself and complains about how she always has to deal with Will's foolishness. Then, she again presses Will to give her an answer before the Men in Black actor calls her out for using him. Fans on Twitter had a lot to say about this awkward exchange between Jada and Will, and most of them agreed that Will looks broken and scared.