That same month, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that discussing their issues in an open forum brought the couple to a better place. We decided that we were going to separate for a period of time, and you go figure out how to make yourself happy and I’ll try to figure out how to make myself happy. I was done with you,” he joked at the time, referring to a split in 2015. The Suicide Squad star, who joined Pinkett Smith on the talk show, also confirmed that they were through a brief separation.
“Now in the process of that relationship, I definitely realized that you can’t find happiness outside of yourself.” I was in a lot of pain, and I was very broken,” she revealed on Red Table Talk in July 2020. One month later, the Girls Trip actress addressed her “entanglement” with Alsina. At the time, the singer noted that Smith was aware of his connection with his wife. Smith and Pinkett Smith’s relationship made waves in June 2020 when August Alsina claimed that he was recently in a relationship with the Scream 2 star. Over the years, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been transparent about their evolving marriage and the bumps in the road.