Will Smith And Jada Pinkett's Over 25-Year-Long Marriage And Their Love Story

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Love Story: Actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been married for more than 25 years now. The two share a strong bond and are equally open-minded when it comes to talking about their relationship. The couple has often been seen discussing about the unconventionality of their marriage. Here's all you need to know about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett love story.

In a recent incident, Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock for joking around his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's medical condition at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony. The incident started trending all over the internet in no time, extracting reactions from fans across the globe. While some criticised the actor for reacting violently and advocating toxic masculinity on a public platform, others appreciated defending his wife over her struggles in dealing with the condition of alopecia areata.

However, this is not the first time that the couple is the talk of the town. Smith and Pinkett has fuelled some of the very compelling controversies regarding their relationship from rumours about getting divorced to having an open marriage.

Read more about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett love story here:

• The couple first met at the sets of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air where Jada had come to audition for the role of Smith's girlfriend. She was denied the role for being too short for him. The roles was then given to Nia Long.
• Even though the two did not act together as a couple on-screen, they started a real-life friendship. At that time, Smith was married to Sheree Zampino. The former couple got divorced in 1995. However, according to reports, the actor started dating Pinkett before his divorce while he was separated from his former wife.
• Will Smith and Jada Pinkett got married in 1997 on the day of New Year's Eve in a private ceremony at the Cloisters Mansion while the latter was pregnant with their son Jaden. They welcomed Jaden in 1998, and later in 2000, their daughter Willow was born.
• While there were reports speculating an open marriage and divorce, the couple emerged stronger smashing such rumours. Smith clarified the 2015 divorce rumours saying, "So, in the interest of redundant, repetitious, over and over-again-ness… Jada and I are… NOT GETTING A DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
• Back in September 2021, Will Smith remarked while speaking to GQ that the couple has decided not to have a monogamous relationship. "We have given each other trust and freedom, with the belief that everybody has to find their own way. And marriage for us can’t be a prison," he said.

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