Jada Pinkett Smith 'resents' Will Smith for 'making himself happy' in marriage

16 October 2023 , 08:10

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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been separated for seven years (Image: FilmMagic)

Jada Pinkett Smith has spoken of her "resentment" towards Will Smith and how she "abandoned herself" so he could live his dreams.

Last week Jada revealed that she and husband Will Smith have been secretly separated for seven years, with her now lifting the lid on her turbulent relationship with Will in a series of interviews, as well as her hotly-anticipated book that comes out tomorrow.

And today the new Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett came out, with Jada appearing on the much-loved show to talk about everything from suicide to her marriage and relationship with Hollywood superstar Will.

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In the section that sees Jada discuss the complexities of her relationship with Will, she talks about feeling "resentful" towards her husband. Steven then asks why she used this word to describe her feelings, with Jada simply replying with: "It's true."

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Jada touched on how Will wanted to give Jada a wonderful life, but noted how her love language was different to his. She said: "In return, I should get a bit of what I want, which is connection," but she alluded to this not being the case.

She also spoke of how she gave and gave, and forgave and forgot, with her "not realising I was abandoning myself" in the hope of pouring into Will's dream that she would get what she wanted. She then said this was a "false idea".

Will Smith and Jada have been separated for seven years (AFP via Getty Images)

"If Will gave what I was looking for, he wouldn't accomplish it anyway," she noted. Touching on how it was not Will's responsibility to make her happy, and noting how it took her forever to realise. She also said that there is no right or wrong, and no good guys or bad guys.

Elsewhere in the segment about her realtionship with Will, she asked: "You get to have your dream, how come I'm not having mine?" before noting: "Will was doing what he wanted to do. He was making himself happy."

Steven then touched on how when they separated, Will told her to "go and make yourself happy", something she admitted to not receiving well, noting how she was "really resentful".

"Oh, so I helped you get your happiness and you just throw me to the curb and I've gotta do it all on my own now. But that's the truth. I had to do it on my own. Just like he did," she said.

She then added how she is now detoxing from needing validation outside of herself.

Mollie Quirk