Will Smith Reacts to Jada Pinkett Smith's Separation Revelation

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00:00 Will Smith is speaking out about his seven-year separation from Jada Pinkett Smith and her bombshell memoir, Worthy.

00:07 "Jada and I, you know, we weathered some storms and that's really

00:11 for me the the only way that you can get to the other side." In a new interview with the New York Times,

00:18 Jada opens up about some of the revelations she shares in her book, including her past suicidal inclinations,

00:26 depression, the use of hallucinogens to help explore her mental health issues, and her unique marital status with Will, whom she

00:34 married in

00:35 1997. And Will weighs in on all of that in an email to the publication,

00:40 saying that reading the book reminded him of how strong his wife truly is.

00:45 "When you've been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in.

00:52 You can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties."

00:58 "Really at the end of the day, it's

01:01 just not quitting, you know?" And it seems like Will isn't listening to all the chatter online,

01:08 because on Sunday, he shared this clip lounging on a boat, writing in the caption,

01:14 "Notifications off."

01:20 Last week, the actress sat down with NBC News' Hoda Kotb and revealed she and Will have been leading

01:26 completely separate lives since

01:29 2016, even though they never officially divorced. "Divorce is not an option. We gonna be together.

01:35 So we gonna figure out how to be happy." "So from the year

01:39 2016, which is seven years ago now,

01:43 y'all have been

01:46 apart." "Yeah."

01:48 Then over the weekend, during a conversation on Talk Shop Live with her mom, Adrienne Banfield-Norris,

01:54 Jada said she and Will are in a beautiful place now. "As far as Will, my relationship with him,

02:00 you know, like we were, we went through that long period of separation in order for us to journey

02:07 separately and do some journeying together. And it just seems as though we've come to a really, really

02:15 beautiful place together. So I just, I'm happy. Yeah, that's where I am in this chapter of my life.

02:21 I am finally happy." And on Monday, Jada clarified that she and the Oscar winner are working hard to bring their

02:29 relationship together during a stop by the Today Show. "There's no finding another great love.

02:35 We are in a place now that we are in a deep healing space and we are really

02:41 concentrating on healing the relationship between us. There's no divorce on paper." "I mean, not on paper.

02:46 There might not be a divorce in theory anymore." "Yeah, no.

02:49 I have to be able to accept him for the human that he is.

02:52 He accepts me for the human that I am and we want to love each other there."

02:57 "Okay, so you might like live in the same house and have the same..."

03:00 "Yeah."

03:03 You

03:05 (bells chime)

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