Will Smith reacted after his estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith revealed they have been separated since 2016.
Will, 55, responded to a request for comment from The New York Times on Sunday. He said he learned from the actress’ new memoir, Worthy, that she is more “resilient, clever and compassionate” than he’d ever known.
He also said the book “kind of woke” him “up,” to see Jada in a different light.
“When you’ve been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in, and you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties,” he wrote in an email to The Times.
Will’s comments came after Jada, 52, told Today Show‘s Hoda Kotb they had been separated for the last 7 years.
“By the time we got to 2016, we were exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” she said.
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Will and Jada’s children, Willow Smith, 22, and Jaden Smith, 25, told a source they are “relieved” their mom decided to admit the truth about the separation.
On Sunday, Jada said her web series “Red Table Talk” will return in 2024.
