For a layman, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have always had the ideal romance. Throughout their nearly 23 years of marriage, the couple has shown a loving relationship and solid family dynamics in the public eye.
But behind closed doors, Will and Jada have faced some marital problems, some of which have caused their relationship to hit rock bottom. Although they were close to giving up their marriage, the Hollywood couple persevered and finally found the key to maintaining a strong and lasting union.
Will and Jada Smith have had difficult times in their marriage
All couples go through difficult times in their relationships, and Will and Jada Smith are no different.
Although they are known as the powerful Hollywood couple, the actors have dealt with many ups and downs within their marriage and almost considered quitting due to their unhappiness.
In fact, Pinkett Smith told People in 2019 that he almost reached his breaking point 10 years after his and Smith’s union.
“It just felt like a loss,” he confessed. “There was too much concentration on what was happening externally, and the family unit itself was not receiving the attention and attention that we felt we needed.”
Although he never doubted his love for The prince of Bel Air star Pinkett Smith admitted that he was no longer happy in their relationship.
“Will says, ‘We just got back from Oslo, going to [2009] Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony [for Barack Obama] as a family you have a big house with a lake Isn’t this amazing ?! And I say, ‘No’ “, the Girls Tour actor recalled. “For when my 40 [birthday] came, I thought, ‘I can’t do it anymore.’ I was so exhausted. “
The couple broke up and they got back together to save their relationship.
Although Pinkett Smith attempted to save her marriage to Will by working on herself, the couple’s relationship continued to decline. But it wasn’t until their family dynamics began to crumble that the couple realized that they had reached the bottom.
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“I saw for the first time what Jada had been saying all along about hiding behind my ego, my dreams and my desires and pretending it was love. And I noticed [Jada] he didn’t want anything he had built, “Smith said during a 2018 appearance on his wife’s Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk. “The house was too big, there were always too many people here, she did not want to travel like we travel. She did not want all of her children to be monitored on Twitter. She didn’t want any of it.
Contrary to what reports said at the time, Will and Jada argued that the divorce was never on the table and instead “broke up” to save their relationship.
“Since I had been divorced before, I was not going to divorce again. Divorce was not an option, ”continued Smith. “I was devastated even worse than a divorce. We broke up in our marriage and got back together. We had to rebuild with new rules and something different, completely different. “
Will Smith revealed how he and Jada maintain a strong marriage
Despite encountering some obstacles in their romance of more than 20 years, Will and Jada finally found the key to maintaining a successful marriage.
During an interview with Entertainment Tonight in 2015, Smith revealed that not giving up is the secret behind his more than 20-year relationship with Jada.
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“We have been married for 20 years and we have been wondering [what’s the secret to marriage] and really at the end of the day, he’s just not giving up, “he said.” You can’t expect it to be easy, it’s like our marriage is the most difficult, exhausting, and excruciating thing we’ve ever had in our lives. And you know we just don’t quit. “
Smith also said that he and Jada, who continue to improve, have also played a role in their enduring union.
“If there is a secret, I would say that we never worked on our relationship,” he continued. “We only work on ourselves individually, and then we present each other better than before.”
Who knew that a little self-reflection would help the couple to be better than ever!
