Will Smith opens up about his open relationship with Jada Pinkett: "I don't recommend this path to anyone"
The actor confesses in an interview for the magazine 'GQ' that his wife is not the only one who has had affairs in their 23 years of marriage
It is not the first time that American actor Will Smith has made headlines for his relationship with actress Jada Pinkett. Some time ago, the couple assured that they did not use labels to define it. Despite the mutual support they have shown over the years, the 53-year-old interpreter now assures that his marriage has not always been idyllic. This is what he has confirmed in an interview for the November issue of GQ magazine in the US, on the occasion of the publication of his memoirs, in which he has given new details about the 23 years he has been married to Pinkett: "Although at At the beginning it was a monogamous relationship, now it is not.
The confession that the relationship they share "has evolved" comes after a year in which they have been surrounded by rumors. Pinkett publicly admitted in 2020 that she was unfaithful to Will Smith and that she had an affair with singer August Alsina five years ago. According to the actress, the affair took place while her marriage to the actor was in crisis and on the verge of separation. "For me, that was years ago," said Will Smith then, who took the drama out of the matter. However, that confession triggered a string of criticism towards the actor, who had remained silent until now.
Will Smith opens up about his open relationship with Jada Pinkett: "I don't recommend this path to anyone"
The actor confesses in an interview for the magazine 'GQ' that his wife is not the only one who has had affairs in their 23 years of marriage
As he himself has pointed out through GQ, "viewers believed that Jada was the only one who had other sexual relationships." Now, Smith has debunked these assumptions, explaining that this "was not, in fact, the case." The actor from The Prince of Bel-Air has been determined to deny the rumours: "Once the public decides something, it is practically impossible to get rid of that image, of the ideas and the perceptions that they have of you".
Smith's memoir (named after him, Will) includes details of an explosive fight they had after Pinkett's 40th birthday celebration, which erupted after discussing each other's concept of the couple. “Our marriage wasn't working out,” Smith wrote. “We could no longer pretend. We were both miserable and clearly something had to change."
Will, who will celebrate 24 years of marriage to Jada in December, has claimed that she "never believed in conventional marriage". The actress has been surrounded all her life by relatives of hers “with unconventional relationships”, to which Smith added that her wife “grew up in a very different way” than he did. "We've had endless discussions about where perfection is in a relationship. How should couples act? And for much of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thinking of it as the only way to relationship perfection."
Already in an interview granted by Pinkett to Vanity Fair in 2018, the actress defined the way of seeing her relationship: “Will and I are a family that will never disappear. Never, so let's put all that bullshit behind what a conventional relationship or marriage is supposed to be because I'm going to be by his side no matter what." And both maintain that vision ever since. “There is nothing in the world, nothing, that she could do that could spell the end of our relationship. She is going to have my support until she dies and I assure you that it is fantastic to reach this phase in a relationship, ”Smith added during an interview on the set of Gemini Man.
“We have given each other trust and freedom. And marriage for us cannot be a prison. I do not recommend this trail to anyone. But living this freedom that we have agreed upon and the unconditional support that we give each other is, for me, the highest definition of love”, maintains the actor.
Smith has his project schedule complete for the last stretch of 2021. His memoir will be published on November 9 and his new film, King Richard, will hit theaters and HBO Max on November 19.
