Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have an open marriage and this is no longer a secret. The actor spoke about this topic on the November cover of GQ, where he admits that their relationship started with monogamy, but then evolved.
"Jada never believed in conventional marriage ... Jada had family members who had an unconventional relationship. So she grew up in a way that was very different from how I grew up," Smith explained. "There were endless important discussions about what relational perfection is… And for most of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thinking of monogamy as the only relational perfection."
Smith stressed that he and Jada have given "trust and freedom to each other" because for them, marriage "cannot be a prison".
"I can not suggest our path to anyone. I do not suggest this path to anyone," he said. love. "
Smith admitted that his wife's relationship with August Alsina made it appear that she was the only one who had an extramarital affair, but that was not the case. In July 2020, the couple, who married in 1997, discovered that they had secretly separated when she had tried the affair with Alsina. Jada said that during that time she learned a lot about herself and was able to cope with a lot of immaturity and emotional insecurity.
