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Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsFix Now →Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith met in 1994, married on December 31, 1997, and have two children together. Pinkett Smith said in 2023 that they had been living separate lives since 2016, though they remained legally married. A July 2026 report, citing an unnamed source close to the couple, said they began living together again around 2024; that update has not been confirmed in the cited coverage by either partner.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s relationship timeline
- 1994: Pinkett Smith auditioned for a role as the girlfriend of Smith’s character on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. They met during the audition process. The Washington Post reported the early chronology on October 11, 2023.
- 1995: They began dating after Smith’s divorce from Sheree Zampino, according to the timeline reported by The Washington Post.
- December 31, 1997: They married on New Year’s Eve.
- 1998 and 2000: Their children Jaden and Willow were born. Smith also has a son, Trey, from his previous marriage.
- 2016: The couple began living separately, according to Pinkett Smith’s later account. She said they had reached a point of exhaustion after trying to make the relationship work.
- 2020: They discussed Pinkett Smith’s relationship with August Alsina on Red Table Talk. Coverage of that conversation should be read as the couple’s own descriptions rather than an independent resolution of disputed characterizations.
- March 2022: The Oscars incident renewed public attention on their relationship. It happened after the separation had begun, according to Pinkett Smith’s account, and was not the cause of their 2016 separation.
- October 2023: Pinkett Smith’s memoir Worthy was published. In an interview with TODAY that month, she publicly explained that they had been living separate lives since 2016. Smith joined her at a Baltimore book event and expressed support.
- Around 2024, as reported in July 2026: El País relayed a People report based on an unnamed source close to the couple, saying Pinkett Smith had moved back in with Smith around 2024. This is a reported living arrangement, not a direct public confirmation from either partner in the cited coverage.
What Pinkett Smith said about the separation
In an interview excerpt reported by the Associated Press on October 11, 2023, Pinkett Smith told NBC journalist Hoda Kotb: “By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying.” She said they had been living separate lives since then while remaining legally married. The Associated Press covered her disclosure and the couple’s marital status.
Pinkett Smith discussed the separation again with TODAY on October 16, 2023, describing a focus on healing the relationship. Her memoir, Worthy, is her first-person account of her life and perspective; it is not an independent adjudication of every contested event. The Associated Press covered the book’s publication and its relationship material on October 18, 2023.
How to read the latest relationship-status report
The clearest public account of the separation’s start in the cited coverage comes from Pinkett Smith’s 2023 statements: she placed it in 2016 and said the pair remained legally married. The newer claim about living together again comes from a July 7, 2026 El País report relaying People and citing a source close to the couple—not a direct statement by Smith or Pinkett Smith. Read El País’s July 7, 2026 report.
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