01of 11No More TitlesBroadimage/REX/ShutterstockSmithgushed over his wife onTIDAL’s Rap Radar podcastin July andexplainedwhy they no longer consider each other husband and wife after20 years of marriage.“We don’t even say we’re married anymore," he said. “We refer to ourselves as life partners. Where you get into that space where you realize you are literally with somebody for the rest of your life. There’s no deal breakers. There’s nothing she could do — ever. Nothing that would break our relationship. She has my support till death, you know what I mean, and it feels so good to get to that space where you’re not complaining, and worrying, and demanding that a person be a certain thing.”
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No More Titles
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Smithgushed over his wife onTIDAL’s Rap Radar podcastin July andexplainedwhy they no longer consider each other husband and wife after20 years of marriage.
“We don’t even say we’re married anymore,” he said. “We refer to ourselves as life partners. Where you get into that space where you realize you are literally with somebody for the rest of your life. There’s no deal breakers. There’s nothing she could do — ever. Nothing that would break our relationship. She has my support till death, you know what I mean, and it feels so good to get to that space where you’re not complaining, and worrying, and demanding that a person be a certain thing.”
02of 11Going Strong!Jason Merritt/GettyOne month earlier,Pinkett Smithconfirmed that “divorce” was not in their vocabulary. “Here is the thing about Will and I, we are family, that is never going down. It’s just not,” she said onSiriusXM showSway’s Universe. “We are family. Take out all that whole marriage, relationship crap, at the end of the day, Will and I are family. I am going to hold him down, doesn’t matter. All that relationship and what people think ideas of a husband, partner and all that, man, whatever. At the end of the day, that’s a man that can rely on me for the rest of his life, period.”
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Going Strong!
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One month earlier,Pinkett Smithconfirmed that “divorce” was not in their vocabulary. “Here is the thing about Will and I, we are family, that is never going down. It’s just not,” she said onSiriusXM showSway’s Universe. “We are family. Take out all that whole marriage, relationship crap, at the end of the day, Will and I are family. I am going to hold him down, doesn’t matter. All that relationship and what people think ideas of a husband, partner and all that, man, whatever. At the end of the day, that’s a man that can rely on me for the rest of his life, period.”
03of 11A Unique PartnershipRon Wolfson/WireImageThe actress admits that her marriage to Smith isn’t exactly conventional. “We have a very, very, very, unique partnership and it’s really great because when you get to a place where you can love someone and allow them to be exactly who they are,” shetold NBC’s Megyn Kelly onTODAYin June. “Through my journey, [I have] learned to love him in the most pure way and love everything that comes with that and he’s learning to do the same.”
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A Unique Partnership
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The actress admits that her marriage to Smith isn’t exactly conventional. “We have a very, very, very, unique partnership and it’s really great because when you get to a place where you can love someone and allow them to be exactly who they are,” shetold NBC’s Megyn Kelly onTODAYin June. “Through my journey, [I have] learned to love him in the most pure way and love everything that comes with that and he’s learning to do the same.”
04of 11Sweet MusicChris Polk/FilmMagicIn over two decades of marriage, the Hollywood power couple has faced constant rumors abour their relationship, and Smith shut them down when hereleased “To the Clique” in May. “Twenty years of swag y’all just witnessed, stop the divorce rumors and mind your damn business,” Smith raps in the song.
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Sweet Music
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In over two decades of marriage, the Hollywood power couple has faced constant rumors abour their relationship, and Smith shut them down when hereleased “To the Clique” in May. “Twenty years of swag y’all just witnessed, stop the divorce rumors and mind your damn business,” Smith raps in the song.
05of 11Just the Two of ThemCharles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via GettyTheGirls Tripstar put to rest an ongoing rumor that she and her husband are swingers during a July 2017 appearance onWatch What Happens Live.Pinkett Smith jokinglybrushed off the claims, saying, “I’m like, ‘Yo, I wish. I wish!’ "
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Just the Two of Them
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TheGirls Tripstar put to rest an ongoing rumor that she and her husband are swingers during a July 2017 appearance onWatch What Happens Live.Pinkett Smith jokinglybrushed off the claims, saying, “I’m like, ‘Yo, I wish. I wish!’ "
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Putting Themselves First
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“You can’t expect your partner to make you happy, and that’s across the board,” she said. “You can’t expect your partner to make you feel beautiful, make you feel intelligent. All these expectations we have in these partnerships I think is what’s deteriorating our partnerships. Ultimately, what I’ve realized is being married is the hardest thing you’ll ever do. I realized that when I would just go to the side and deal with my stuff. All my childhood trauma, all my daddy issues that I was trying to bring into this marriage cause he’s not my father, he’s not meant to do that work, he is not meant to buoy me in a way that I can’t for myself. And he had to go and do the same and when two people can come back together in their own happiness and just add to that happiness…”
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Marriage Secrets
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08of 11Taking Their OwnsPathsSmith even made it clear to theRed Table Talkhostthat he wasn’t going to try to please her anymore.“I remember the day I retired,” hetold Instagram followersin February. “I said to Jada, ‘I retire, I retire from trying to make you happy. I need you to go make yourself happy and just prove to me that it’s even possible.’ After we cracked the hell up, we started talking about it and we came into this false romantic concept that somehow when we got married, we would become one. We realized that we were two completely separate people on two completely separate, individual journeys and that we were choosing to walk separate journeys, together.”
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Taking Their OwnsPaths
Smith even made it clear to theRed Table Talkhostthat he wasn’t going to try to please her anymore.
“I remember the day I retired,” hetold Instagram followersin February. “I said to Jada, ‘I retire, I retire from trying to make you happy. I need you to go make yourself happy and just prove to me that it’s even possible.’ After we cracked the hell up, we started talking about it and we came into this false romantic concept that somehow when we got married, we would become one. We realized that we were two completely separate people on two completely separate, individual journeys and that we were choosing to walk separate journeys, together.”
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Celebrating All Year Round!
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10of 11Defending Their LoveKevork Djansezian/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesIn 2015, theGothamstar took an initialstab at cheating rumorswith Howard Stern on his Sirius XM show.“You’ve gotta trust who you’re with,” she said. “And at the end of the day, right, I’m not here to be anybody’s watcher. I’m not his watcher. He’s a grown man.“Pinkett Smith continued, “Here’s what I trust: The man that Will is… is a man of integrity. He’s got all the freedom in the world. As long as Will can look himself the mirror and be okay? I’m good.
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Defending Their Love
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In 2015, theGothamstar took an initialstab at cheating rumorswith Howard Stern on his Sirius XM show.
“You’ve gotta trust who you’re with,” she said. “And at the end of the day, right, I’m not here to be anybody’s watcher. I’m not his watcher. He’s a grown man.”
Pinkett Smith continued, “Here’s what I trust: The man that Will is… is a man of integrity. He’s got all the freedom in the world. As long as Will can look himself the mirror and be okay? I’m good.
11of 11Balancing Each Other OutCharles W. Bush/The LIFE Images Collection/GettyPinkett Smith hasn’t shied away from discussing how she and theFresh Prince of Bel-Airvet keep their romance alive. “Last week we were stressed out, so I packed a picnic and took Will to a place we hiked to on one of our first dates,” she told Shape in 2009. “We sat and reminisced on that time in our life. Then we went home and made love. Thank God Will has simple tastes. Even the littlest thing for him is like, ‘Wow!'“She added to the magazine, “Will and I are yin and yang. He’s all sky, vast and bright and soaring, and I’m all earth. I’m here to ground him, and he’s here to help me fly.”
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Balancing Each Other Out
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Pinkett Smith hasn’t shied away from discussing how she and theFresh Prince of Bel-Airvet keep their romance alive. “Last week we were stressed out, so I packed a picnic and took Will to a place we hiked to on one of our first dates,” she told Shape in 2009. “We sat and reminisced on that time in our life. Then we went home and made love. Thank God Will has simple tastes. Even the littlest thing for him is like, ‘Wow!'”
She added to the magazine, “Will and I are yin and yang. He’s all sky, vast and bright and soaring, and I’m all earth. I’m here to ground him, and he’s here to help me fly.”
source: people.com
