Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s relationship has once again been the center of attention. There have been rumors that Will and Jada were dating for years, but neither was confirmed … until now. Jada admitted that she had a “tangle” (relationship) with singer August Alsina. This revelation surprised some fans. But if you were paying close attention to Jada in past interviews, the news would not have been so surprising.
Jada Pinkett Smith never wanted to get married
Jada’s show on Facebook Red Table Talk It has allowed us to learn about many personal aspects of Will and Jada’s lives. But even before that, Jada was hinting at her thoughts on marriage and monogamy.
“I knew it wasn’t made for conventional marriage,” she once said in an interview with The Guardian. “Even the word ‘wife’: it’s a golden cage, swallow the key. Even before I got married, I thought, ‘That will kill me.’ And it almost did!
She was not necessarily reluctant to marry Will, much as she did not like the institution of marriage.
“Will is my life partner and I couldn’t ask for a better one. I adore it, I never want people to think it was Be I didn’t want to get married, ”he told the store. “But I can assure you that some of the most powerful women in the world feel caged and tied up, due to the sacrifices they have to make to be in that position. So I wanted to talk about how we really feel about marriage. “
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Jada needed freedom
In a 2001 interview with Vibe magazine, Jada was asked what relationship advice she would give her children and spoke about freedom.
“I probably won’t put restrictions on [Willow] in a [harsh] way, because, being myself, I understand the kind of freedom a girl needs, “said Jada. “But when I speak of freedom, I mean that you must have a sense of responsibility. That is very difficult in our culture, because we are basically selling being there as a woman today. If you are not ah * e, then you are not really depressed or you are not really fashionable. “
She brought up the idea of freedom again when she spoke to Entertainment Tonight, this time referring to her relationship with Will.
“I felt like I needed more freedom,” she said of a rough patch between her and Will. “And freedom in the sense that … the public wants you to be a certain way, your family needs you a certain way, your partner needs you to be something. And to me, that was never … I’m really a free spirit deep down, I really am. And I always have been. And I felt that my life had been reduced to this little box and that it was strangling me, basically. ”
Jada admitted that she cried for 45 days during that time.
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How are Will and Jada doing now?
Despite publicly admitting that she was involved with Alsina while still married to Will, Jada appears to be on good terms with Will. They laughed at each other during their recent Red Table Talk interview and even revealed his mantra: “We ride together, we die together, bad marriage for life.”
