When Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith addressed rumours of an open marriage, discussed their idea of monogamy

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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s unconventional marriage has often made for tabloid fodder. The spotlight was thrust once again on Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith‘s marriage this year after the now-infamous Oscars incident, where he slapped comedian Chris Rock for making her the butt of a joke. But the incident overshadowed something that happened earlier in the same ceremony, when co-host Regina Hall appeared to take a dig at the couple’s unconventional marital arrangement. Will and Jada tied the knot in 1997, but for several years, rumours about them being in an open marriage followed them unwaveringly. At the Oscars ceremony earlier this year, Regina Hall seemingly made a reference to this when she said that Will was on her ‘list’ of eligible bachelors and that Jada had ‘approved’ it.

Will first spoke about their arrangement in a 2021 GQ profile. “Jada never believed in conventional marriage.… Jada had family members that had an unconventional relationship. So she grew up in a way that was very different than how I grew up. There were significant endless discussions about, what is relational perfection? What is the perfect way to interact as a couple? And for the large part of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thinking of monogamy as the only relational perfection,” he said. “We have given each other trust and freedom, with the belief that everybody has to find their own way. And marriage for us can’t be a prison. And I don’t suggest our road for anybody. I don’t suggest this road for anybody. But the experiences that the freedoms that we’ve given one another and the unconditional support, to me, is the highest definition of love.”


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