Jada Pinkett Smith expressed that Will Smith’s infamous 2022 Oscars slap saved their marriage.
“After all those years trying to figure out if I would leave Will’s side, it took that slap for me to see I will never ever leave him,” she told the Daily Mail in an interview published Saturday.
“Who knows where our relationship would be if that had not happened?”
The “Red Table Talk Show” host has been married to the “I Am Legend” star since 1997, but shockingly revealed in October that the two had been quietly separated for 7 years.
Pinkett Smith recalled how everything changed that night in Los Angeles after her husband charged onstage to slap Chris Rock for the crack the comedian made about his wife’s alopecia.
“I call it the ‘holy slap’ now because so many positive things followed it,” the mother of two told the outlet, adding that she was “proud” she was at the event despite “almost” missing it.
“That moment of the s– t hitting the fan is when you see where you really are.”
Jada Pinkett Smith said that infamous 2022 Oscars slap made her realize she would “never ever” leave Will Smith. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
“Who knows where our relationship would be if that had not happened?” she told the Daily Mail. MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images
Apparently, a multitude of revelations about Pinkett Smith, 52, and her “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum husband, 55, took the internet by storm almost 2 months ago when the “Nutty Professor” star released her tell-all memoir,”Worthy“
Regardless of Pinkett-Smith detailing the struggles within their marriage– and touching on her affair with singer August Alsina– Smith stood by her side following the release of the book.
“We have had a very, long and tumultuous [relationship]We call it ‘brutiful.’ It was brutal and beautiful at the same time,” the “Aladdin” star said in October as he appeared onstage alongside his wife.
It was revealed in October that the couple had been quietly separated for 7 years. Patricia Schlein/Star Max/GC Images
He also thanked Pinkett Smith for her support, adding that his dreams were “largely designed on the foundation of Jada’s sacrifices.”
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In addition, Smith told the New York Times in an email that her memoir “woke [him] up.”
“When you’ve been with someone for majority of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in,” he wrote in October.
Both the “I Am Legend” star and the “Red Table Talk” host have shared that their bond has grown since the Oscars event and since Pinkett Smith’s memoir, » …
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