Will Smith has spoken for the very first time after his wife Jada Pinkett revealed that their marriage ended in 2016 and that they have been living completely separate lives.
Reacting to Pinkett’s tell-all memoir ‘Worthy’ after being questioned by the New York Times, Will Smith admitted that he developed an emotional blindness to hidden nuances.
“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,” Will Smith wrote in an email to New York Times.
The veteran Hollywood actor claimed he only just realized his wife was more resilient, clever and compassionate than he had understood.
Pinkett spoke on Will Smith and her going their separate ways during an interview with NBC News.
The 52-year-old actress and her 55-year-old husband have been married since 1997. Pinkett Smith said they are not legally divorced.
Their marriage has come under scrutiny during the period she says they have been apart.
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