Jada Pinkett Smith’s mother once questioned her marriage to Will Smith.
The 47-year-old actress has been married to the ‘Suicide Squad’ actor for over two decades, but has now admitted her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, wasn’t always so supportive of their relationship.
Jada spoke about her romance on her Facebook Watch series ‘Red Table Talk’ – where she previously opened up on the rocky patches she has endured with Will – and mentioned that Adrienne had asked her why she doesn’t just get divorced.
The ‘Girls Trip’ star – who has 20-year-old son Jaden, and 18-year-old daughter Willow with Will – recalled: "She was like, ‘Well, why don’t you guys just divorce?’ One of the ideas for me is that we’ve built such a beautiful community, we’ve built such a beautiful family … we do well together. Breaking that group and community up for me? It’s just never an option."
Jada – who is also step-mother to Will’s son Trey, 26 – says her marriage to Will, 50, hasn’t been "easy", but the couple know how to "balance it" by understanding the differences between work and home.
She continued: "I won’t say that it’s easy, but one of the things that Will and I take a lot of pride in is being able to balance it by really understanding our family and one another as artists.
"So many of us are doing so many things. Willow’s over here doing that. Trey, Jaden, Will [are off doing other things.] Sometimes we’re in all different parts of the world. But we love doing what we love to do and we flow so much light and power to one another to do it. That’s the thing that keeps us connected."
And Jada insists that her marriage is a lot deeper than just "romance".
She said: "Partnering is a lot more than romance. It has a lot to do with survival, resources and just having somebody or somebodies by you that can help you figure it out."
Jada Pinkett Smith’s mother wanted her to divorce Will Smith
