Jada Pinkett Smith Reveals Will Smith Split And Suicidal Depression

Jada Pinkett Smith has been promoting her new memoir Worthy. And in the process, she dropped numerous bombshells including struggling with suicidal depression.

But Jada also admitted that she and Will have lived separate lives since they split in 2016. Keep reading to learn more. 

Jada Pinkett – Reveals Separation From Husband Will Smith

Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith secretly separated in 2016. And amid promoting her new memoir Worthy, Jada admitted that the two have lived separate lives for seven years, reported Hello magazine.

As for why Jada and Will kept up the facade of their 26-year marriage, she explained that the couple privately agreed to “live completely separate lives.” And though the separation didn’t represent a legal divorce, Jada admitted that the impact felt the same.

But Jada didn’t go into detail about why she waited seven years to reveal the split. But she did admit that they agreed to continue their red carpet appearances and united social media posts.

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But during that time, Jada and Will tried “to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership, right, and in regards to how do we present that to people, you know? And we hadn’t figured that out. We were just exhausted with trying.”

However, amid the separation, Jada had to deal with the Oscars slap scandal. And she recalled sitting in the front row at the Academy Awards in 2022. But then Chris Rock joked about Jada’s shaved head. And she sat in shock as Will walked up and slapped Rock.

But Jada confessed that her immediate reaction consisted of thinking, “This is a skit.” And she added she thought, “There’s no way that Will hit him. It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit,” she admitted via People.

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Jada Pinkett Smith -Describes Depression And Suicidal Thoughts

However, Jada also revealed her private struggle with “a massive amount of depression. I think that I looked at having outside sources to supplement for the voids that I was feeling inside.” And she began to feel suicidal. 

Jada recalled “voices” that told her, “‘Just kill yourself. You’re not worth anything, you ain’t s—.” And she even planned her suicide. “I started looking for places, cliffs where I could have an accident, because I didn’t want my kids to think that their mother had committed suicide.” But then friends of her son Jaden shared their father’s experience with an ayahuasca ceremony.

That ceremony involves a leader offering a plant-based psychedelic drug, typically brewed into a tea to drink. And the leader guides the individual through hallucinations. So Jada tried the drug.

And she revealed, “Ayahuasca helped me, it gave me a new intimate relationship with myself that I had never had before.” Just taking the drug once made “the suicidal thoughts completely went away.” And she shared that Will and her children (“as adults”) all have taken ayahuasca.

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