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EXCLUSIVE: Jada Pinkett Smith reveals she and Will Smith have been separated since 2016
In an exclusive clip from her upcoming prime-time special with Hoda Kotb, Pinkett Smith opens up about the surprising revelations from her memoir, "Worthy."
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In an exclusive clip from her upcoming NBC News prime-time special with Hoda Kotb — which will air on Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC — Pinkett Smith confirms to Hoda that there's more to her marriage than she has previously shared.
According to Pinkett Smith, she and Smith have been separated and have lived "completely separate lives" since 2016, nearly 20 years after they married in 1997.
While the two are still legally married, Pinkett Smith explains to Kotb that she and Smith are no longer romantically together.
"It was not a divorce on paper," Kotb clarifies.
"Right," Pinkett Smith responds.
"...but it was a divorce," Kotb continues.
"Divorce," Pinkett Smith emphasizes.
“Why it fractured...that — that’s a lot of things ... By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” she says.
Pinkett Smith adds that while she has considered a legal divorce, she has never been able to go through with it.