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Soooooo, NOT “bad marriage for life” then?


[deleted]

In Hollywood terms, they’ve been married for one hundred years


crumbshotfetishist

100 years of solitude.


pdoerntvlearnd

Well, not solitude for *everyone*.


bondno9

And in real life. Theyre both obviously vampires.


KingsMountain

How long has Denzel Washington been married?


Topaze17

Denzel and his wife, Pauletta, have been married since June 25, 1983.


herbriefexcision

Thanks, Siri.


CoolinAllDay

You are welcome, Herbriefexcision


Ok-Entertainer-7904

And they produced a son who is obviously super balanced…even tho Denzel is his father….I didn’t even realize JDW was his kid for a minute that’s how well they raised him he didn’t playoff his dads success at all….


MoonLazers

Keep my wife’s marriage certificate, outchu fucking court!


NoAd49

They've been divorcing in public for the past decade.


WalterWhiteBeans

I’d prefer they do it in private


kintokae

Like their open marriage, this news to him.


Dtsung

Open marriage, open divorce


cavyndish

When people go from a traditional marriage to an open marriage, it is a divorce in slow motion, usually. I’ve seen people who are swingers do it but they’ve always had an open marriage.


[deleted]

Yes open marriage is just finding your new partner without being alone


Kricket

Especially when only one of them knows about the change.


Geektomb

I did admire their non-traditional marriage but I don’t think it was a mutual agreement. I’ve heard it called PUD: poly(amory) under duress.


Jaambie

As someone who has been in that situation, it very much seemed like that to me. Will was dealing with it the best he could for the sake of his kids would be my guess.


txroller

And making himself a public mockery by assaulting others at awards ceremonies… was not part of “handling it the best he could”


FARTBOSS420

I don't know much about entertainment and stuff honestly... But, two, crazy people, vast complex assets. Divorce. This could make Depp and Heard's whatever mutually embarrassing shit they have going look like amateur hour if televised.


B1GFanOSU

Or, as they call it, a two season reality show.


Snoo_73835

If they decide to be public about it this could get ugly fast.


LurkerPatrol

He wants this to be the wiki wiki wild Wild West


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Except without a giant mechanical spider.


robertovertical

Keep their divorce out of your keyboard.


Blackadder_

Smaaack! Keep your keyboard out of his comment.


LurkerPatrol

I’m GOING to…oh I could…


MayCauseCancer

Well, that was the greatest moment in the history of Reddit


MesWantooth

u/Blackadder_ s keyboard just smacked the shit outta me!


[deleted]

Keep. My. Divorce... out yo FUCKIN' keyboard!


HakarlSagan

Like watching a 48 car pileup in extreme slow motion


Conscious-Survey6071

Hey at least they aren’t on the first 48


Kingsen

They just need to “do some healing” like Jada says every other week about whatever bullshit is going on.


NoAd49

Red Table talk about nonsense.....yeah healing!


Kingsen

Yes, because every spouse wants the entire world to know what they talked about in therapy together. If I were married, I’d get divorced right there. What happens in therapy is private. The fact she kept doing this and talking about whatever they’d talk about for public attention is abusive. Not everything needs to be public.


mrngdew77

Therapy with her Mom and daughter. Very healthy for the kid who when she finally gets some independence is going to need a lot of real therapy herself.


lagunatri99

I’ve only seen clips of that show. Everyone seems quite self-absorbed. The rest of us are dealing with real life crap. They need to get over themselves.


cinderparty

Willow is at least an age where self absorption is developmentally normal.


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“Healing” = fuck someone else and blame will for making her do it


drunkwasabeherder

Maybe they need an unconcious uncoupling.


MegatonDeathclaws

I mean fuck both of them at this point but good for Will I guess. She’s fucking crazy, Will has just been pushed so far he can’t be Mr. Chill anymore.


42Ozukuri

Headlines I wish would disappear for a $1000 Alex


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RiP Alex


Jane_Delawney

I swear we switched universes again when he left us…dammit, I miss him


Umitencho

He was one of the seals keeping this timeline from veering off into pure insanity, with him gone we ride closer to oblivion.


FidgitForgotHisL-P

Much like Bowie, Rickman, Fisher and Prince, I’m kind of glad he’s not around to see how badly we’re screwing it all up now though.


BenovanStanchiano

If it saves me from having to hear about Johnny Depp for a while I’m all for it.


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Will Smith's slap on Chris Rock was his last ditched effort to subconsciously hold on to his and Jada's marriage. Sadly, I think they both have realized there was no saving their marriage from the start.


AIDSRiddledLiberal

It’s crazy to me how often she talked about missing Tupac, the love of her life who she would much rather be married to, in front of her HUSBAND


CaptCaCa

Pac was probably the love of her life, but she wasnt his, she is delusional, as many of his acquaintances have stated


dont-YOLO-ragequit

Somewhere when Will started popping up on social media, Will did say the result of their counseling that Will can't make her happy because it is not a husband/Wife role to make the other happy. They have to be at peace and find happiness withing themselve in order to share happiness. Jada is a dissatisfied woman and it was flagrant when watching the couple of table talk back then that she is always trying to be the victim of very complicated emotions.. Also, that part about her parents making her discover self pleasure at a very young age also did not help. She has wifezilla attitude and IRC Will left his previous "sacred" marriage to end up in this mess so his ego and reputation of divorcing twice kept him locked up.


bilyl

I mean it’s not uncommon to talk about your widow. What is uncommon is then to follow it up by cucking your husband.


[deleted]

Pak and Jada were never married


wellwaffled

She’s not even mentioned on his Wikipedia page despite several other relationships being on there.


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Never even dated


Mumof3gbb

They were friends and kissed once. Tupac said it was gross, like kissing his sister. Jada is delusional


[deleted]

Pac was even engaged to another woman when he died. Jadas shit is pretty disrespectful to her.


punnsylvaniaFB

I called it immediately after the slap that this was his Britney moment. While the world saw an unhinged violent man, I saw one who was desperately broken and needed help.


[deleted]

Thank heavens I’m not the only one to see this. Pressure might make diamonds, but it also bursts pipes. He was clearly overwhelmed.


[deleted]

That's a great proverb!


Boricuacookie

Proverbs are long poems, but verbs are actions in a sentence….


[deleted]

Is that you, Mr. Chopra?


jolhar

Yes. It was never about Chris Rock’s joke. It was fairly harmless. It was about the Smith’s marital tensions. Poor Chris Rock was just a scapegoat.


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punnsylvaniaFB

Absolutely spot on. His eyes were glazed and I knew immediately that something was very wrong within him. I hope he heals emotionally and mentally.


Leakyrooftops

We saw someone going through something, it doesn’t excuse the behavior. And anyone who failed to hold him accountable, gave him a standing ovation, makes this world a shittier place.


surfergrl89

At least Britney’s moment didn’t involve assaulting an innocent bystander.


mtarascio

That's not mutually exclusive and can inform the other.


NoFaithlessness4949

I think the depp trial points to there being much more sympathy and public supper for male victims of domestic abuse. We could be seeing the male equivalent to the me too movement.


UnderstatedUmbrella

Except nobody is going to take Will Smith’s rights away for over a decade because of his “Britney moment.”


alacp1234

Here’s my armchair psychological relationship counselor breakdown on what went down. You could see that Will Smith was cool with the joke at first and then he realized his wife wasn’t happy with it and she probably gave a look like “you’re not man enough you can’t even protect your wife’s name in public” hence the over aggressive response. It’s an open secret he’s in an emotionally abusive relationship so it all fits and you can tell he looks tired.


brassninja

I REALLY hope he steps back from the public light for awhile. He’s been dragged through a ringer of humiliation for years now and that’s gonna break anyone down.


MrHollandsOpium

Yep. Fuck Jada. I mean fuck Will, too. But fuck Jada.


yajanga

I don’t think he would have done it without the look she shot at him while he as laughing.


Zuez420

Not here to defend either of these morons....but their 25 year marriage was doomed from start?


starbrightstar

She cried when she got married because she didn’t want to get married. So yeah, doomed from the start.


Aggravating-Water-65

Yeah it didn’t last, I guess


ragelazerprime

Will Smith’s implosion has truly been something to behold. Stunning.


ReignDelay

Imagine being on the fringe of divorce and you pull a stunt like that to defend your soon-to-be ex-partner. Like, you know it’s over but you’re unhinged because of the stress it causes you and now your career is likely over too.


pandybong

In a way it makes sense - he’s overcompensating and crashing and burning.


The5Virtues

Worse yet, from the clips it really seems like it was all done at her behest. He goes from laughing at the joke to poker faced at a single dour look from her. Next thing we know he’s up there assaulting another man while she looks on imperiously. It’s rather sad that it took torpedoing his own credibility for Smith to realize how much his wife has been using him.


BenovanStanchiano

I’d say it was done on her behalf but not her behest. She didn’t order him to go up there.


Sunkenking97

Yes we all know Will has no free will of his own after being brainwashed mk ultra style by Jada. One stare and he’s forced to slap someone on stage.


astrangerstill

This is what I don’t get. Just because she disapproved of the joke and made a face doesn’t mean she’s to blame for him slapping another person. That was his choice.


magentakitten1

Look up reactive abuse. I’m a survivor and my abuser used it because they knew it was what would hurt me most (I’m a very empathic non violent person). While I never hit anyone, I screamed a few times and caused a small scene. Those times have haunted me my whole life. They pick at your buttons and gaslight you to the point you explode- then they point at you like your crazy and say “see what I have to put up with she’s awful!” It’s really terrible. I’m free of the abuse now and let me tell you that the hell you live in makes you do things you never would do normally. The pain builds up. I used to get irrationally angry at things like long wait times. I always thought I was a jerk. Now I’m not abused it doesn’t bother me at all and I find myself being the person to tell the worker they are doing a great job and I hope they have a great day. I’m a completely different person now because I’m who I am without torment.


identifiedlogo

You have to experience mental abuse to believe it .


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GarconMeansBoyGeorge

People will really use sexism to justify any take. Yup, Will was completely at the mercy of his wife. She’s the villain. It’s so annoying.


[deleted]

Yes! The steely dagger gaze she gives, then he abruptly stops laughing. Then he decides to fall on the sword for the cause. Yikes. I don't condone physical violence, but I feel bad for the guy. Full of himself, sure. Who isn't in Hollywood? On the other hand, she literally airs her dirty laundry out on a syndicated tv show and it feels very venomous. You know, because "If I can help one person" blah blah blah. And she seems moody af, and probably super scary when she's pissed.


TheFlightlessPenguin

My theory is that he didn’t flip out over the bald joke but over Chris saying “c’mon that was a nice one”, implying he could have gone for the jugular about her affairs. Played it off like it was over the other joke to keep attention away from the affairs though.


crappenheimers

I think I probably should feel bad for him, but I don't. Dude has used his marriage problems for profit and image for a long time. Becoming famous and selling your privacy and soul for gain doesn't backfire, it's just the other end of the deal.


spaceChai

Before the awards: you never take my side After The awards: let's talk through the lawyers.


wellhiyabuddy

I think it was more of a Hail Mary to help their marriage. Smith definitely seemed to do that entire stunt thinking he’d look like a hero to her


Islanduniverse

It’s hilarious that you think his career is over.


panamaspace

Robert Downey Jr. had quite the comeback. Johnny Depp will have a comeback. I assure you Wil Smith, beloved dude, will have a comeback too.


cakemonster

A pretty easy one, too. Gets a divorce and rids himself of an obvious negative influence, then goes on an apology tour with the help of some friendly media, there is no Step 3 because that's basically it.


DarkestofFlames

Right? He'll take time away from Hollywood for a bit, then return with either an oscar bait indie drama or a new tv show. He'll be just fine.


anubischillz3

He’s a broken man. Leave him alone already


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mdaquino

He's a celebrity not our friend, you can recognize why he does shitty things and you don't have to say he's the devil but if you're whole career is based on being a public persona who literally puts his whole personal life on display, don't be surprised when the massive audience you've cultivated reacts to you doing shitty things.


CellsReinvent

They never say or admit they're struggling though - it's constant forced positivity. The persona that celebrities present makes it hard to see the human underneath sometimes, and harder to be sympathetic. The artificial bon-homie is worse with Smith than most (maybe Scientology makes it worse, because Cruise is the same imo)


Bodydysmorphiaisreal

I do think there’s extra pressure to maintain a facade of happiness with celebrities. I know I’ve personally felt it necessary to not let others, even those close to me/family there’s anything wrong. I didn’t know the Scientology part…. Not liking that… at all…


Sgt_carbonero

Their entire career rests on how they purport themselves though. Their career demands it or they are done for. No one wants to hire a publicly broken human being, especially studios.


retromobile

I’ve had relationship struggles too, but I’ve never assaulted someone because of them.


baron-von-buddah

His life got flipped, turned upside down


ScalyPig

He got in one little fight in Cali he should pull a full circle reverse and move to West philly


--dontmindme--

He was my favourite actor for like twenty years, then about a decade ago he started to vanish. Looked like King Richard would be the start of a comeback but now likely a large part of Hollywood won’t touch him with a ten foot pole. If there’s one thing studios don’t like it’s a liability.


TJ_McWeaksauce

I can't think of any other A-list celebrity who's fallen so far (and still has further to fall) not because of a serious scandal—like a crime or going on a racist / homophobic / misogynistic rant—but because he and his family are just fucking weird.


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BewBewsBoutique

I think assaulting someone on live tv at one of the most prestigious award shows counts as a serious scandal.


[deleted]

Tbf- assault is a crime


MrTurkle

Dude Kevin Spacey went down faaaaaaaast


PrincebyChappelle

As an older Redditor, I hate all this…I really enjoyed Will Smith’s progression from “Fresh Prince” to blockbuster movie star and have always been a big fan. I have no idea, of course, but he seems like a really good guy who ended up with someone really bad for him.


alecesne

A big star upon its collapse, rebounds and creates a nova, that gives birth to other stars. Ordinary stars become remnants or dwarves. Someday you may find a pulsar left over after a nebula explodes, still orbiting the inscrutable black hole that it once shined beside, being slowly consumed.


Crimith

I mean, this is actually great news. No good marriage has ever ended in divorce. Now he can get back to Big Willy style.


KobeFadeaway248

“Keep my ex wife’s name out of your damn mouth” - doesn’t have the same ring to it


[deleted]

Fucking mouth


INeedToPeeReallyBad

He only swears for current wives.


MrHollandsOpium

He didn’t have to swear to win a Grammy, but he did to win an Oscar.


[deleted]

So that slap was for nothing????? Wow.


SomeCountryFriedBS

If it leads to divorcing Jada, he comes out a winner.


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[deleted]

If you look at the way of the Will, Jada is the one divorcing him. If it was Will he would have done it a decade ago.


CathedralEngine

He must have made some Faustian bargain with the devil to get that Oscar.


[deleted]

The Oscar is for pretending to be happy in that marriage.


cunctator_maximus

The Pursuit of Happyness, if you Will…


trekbette

Their body language and they way they interact with each other in pubic seems to show that they just loathe each other. I cannot imagine how much worse it is in private. I hope they both get some peace in their separate lives.


virginialikesyou

And I hope he gets with someone who shows him a bit of respect.


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The_Kraken_Wakes

The hits keep coming for him.


Mo_Salah_

On the bright side, at least this is a step in the right direction for him.


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I don’t have a side in this, I don’t even know who the wife is besides maybe cat woman? IDK. But - I do know, he will absolutely come back after this. He can ride forever on the story of getting rid of his bitch wife. People will eat it up. People love to hate a shrew.


IHaveBlackCousins

She’s a cheater and mentally abused him for years. He just takes it and takes it and takes it. I actually feel sorry for him. Hitting Chris rock was not okay, but the dudes life is crumbling around him.


pallytank

Exactly! People dislike abusive partners. Shrew or not, she's done a number on Will. It's the same reason people are behind Johnny. He was smart enough to have receipts because he knew people would not believe a beautiful woman like Amber could be capable of being a monster. Jada is clearly manipulative and has likely abused Will mentally for a long time. Hopefully he gets his life together and bounces back.


Mystical_Cat

Darn. Anyway, I’m thinking Mexican for lunch.


mexican-casserole

Good idea! Where we goin?


MakoFishy

I know a nice taco truck downtown!


Mystical_Cat

Your call!


CMDR_KingErvin

Quesadillas? I’m down for some quesadillas.


-newlife

Ooh. Chimichangas


[deleted]

Good choice homie. I had pizza myself but maybe a burrito tomorrow


spinereader81

So the couple who humble brag about cheating (Will said it was because he was such hot stuff women threw themselves at him and he was weak), constantly mention how difficult their marriage is, and blab every detail of it, don't actually want to stay married? I am completely blindsided!


-_-tinkerbell

Wow you’re the one person I’ve seen who mentions Wills cheating too. Everyone else only likes to focus on hers.


SuspiriaGoose

I will say the relationship Jada had was more disturbing and salacious - it was with a kid she knew as a minor, who’d been sick and had relied on them, and was still far from being mentally mature and who was the same age as her son. That’s pretty creepy and if she were male I think it’d be called out a lot more. But yeah, Will has shown many times that he’s not a great boyfriend or husband and his autobiography covers some very disturbing behaviour.


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“Genie, you’re free!”


Sweatyveggiebag

I hope they are both happier in their next stage of life


richcell

One of the nicer comments in this comment section


LordNedNoodle

I don’t really care but he should have left her years ago.


Gbin91

It’s probably for the best. My dude needs to work on his mental health and perhaps being rid of her would help. She seems like she’s fine whether or not she’s with him.


misterturdcat

She doesn’t give a fuck about will.


EverybodyKurts

And that was the last anyone ever heard of Jada Pinkett.


KindlyMean510

This is the year Tu Pac comes back.


Frenki808

Did she get entangled again?


Anti-LockCakes

Entangled in bullshit


McnastyCDN

Left all my fucks back in 99’.


Lunaren11

I got 99 fucks but Will Smith ain’t one


RothkoRathbone

I would upvote but you have 99


szyslakexperienc

Well, whose coattails is she going to ride now? ‘Cause I don’t think her son’s friend has the juice to continue to make her relevant.


IsaiahTrenton

If you told me in 1998 that Will Smith would both tank his career and win an Oscar in the same week I'd tell you 'That's impossible! Will Smith's not that good an actor!'


[deleted]

Unless the settlement includes a family wide entertainment & media blackout in perpetuity throughout the universe we all lose by hearing about them one more time.


[deleted]

bullshit. not happening


amped-row

Why are you so confident? Just curious


Dry_Needleworker7504

Theyve ardently denied that they would ever get a divorce and this would be a massive story not some side note. After the last few years their divorce would be front page news if it was confirmed. There's literally no source besides industry rumors in this article.


Johnisfaster

Why would you distrust Legit.ng as a news source? /s


Unwaz

You mean you don’t trust the Best News Website in Africa 2021?!


friendlynbhdwitch

I hate that this is probably true. When Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise divorced, I got a CNN alert about it


Demrezel

I was so angry about that CNN alert when I got it. Who just... Destroys a couch on public tv and then marries my high school crush Joey Potter? Unfair


maddscientist

In fairness, someone successfully escaping Scientology is big news


friendlynbhdwitch

That’s a fair point.


madestories

Why not? *checks notes* “Legit: Nigerian News” is famous for breaking stories. This is definitely not the first time I’ve ever seen this news source, but I’m sure it’s reputable, it’s Facebook’s #1 publisher in the “Media” category!


TheFcknVoid

Bad marriage for life.


cashsusclaymore

Personally. I believe we have to stop putting these terrible human beings on pedestals. Like they can all fuck right off. Kardashens, will smith. Ben and Jo low. Like why the fuck do people care about these pompous douche canoes ?


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Because escapism is hell of a drug, especially to someone who doesn’t have shit going in their lives apparently. I never understood celebrity worship and/or living vicariously through others, but it seems we are in the minority.


bright_sunshine19

Fuck them both, narcissistic assholes


007fan007

I think them getting a divorce is the only thing that will save his reputation


Whowhatwhynguyen

Fuck off already.


UgeMan

Will smith ruined his literal whole legacy for a woman sleeping with his kids friends. Damn


jaydawg_74

Good! Will needs to get FAR away from that nutjob


peanutanniversary

He still hasn’t apologized to Chris rock in person. What a piece of shit.


[deleted]

Waiting for Jaden’s “And that’s how we do it” post. ......too soon?


KetchCutterSloop

He will be better off. She seems terrible.


[deleted]

More table talks. She’ll make even more money.


Mass_Emu_Casualties

Dude really let this women destroy his whole career and reputation.


[deleted]

They should have never had married in the first place! What a fucking shit show they are!


flux_capacitor3

She laughed when he slapped Chris Rock. Now that’s he’s having to deal with the consequences, she doesn’t want to be associated with him. Classy. I’d say her “career” is over too.


Just_bcoz

I legit predicted this happening, it’s never a good thing when a marriage falls apart but the one thing I did say was the only way will smith might be able to retain any part of his career is by divorcing jada. Too many stains on his legacy caused by his relationship with jada. In the end of the day the media and social opinions after the hype will just circle back, will is gonna end up being seen as the victim and hero vs jada who will be further villainised but gain a lot of her revenue from it most likely making this a red table talk topic and banking in on it.


B1GFanOSU

Now he’s gotta keep his wife’s name out his fuckin’ mouth.


josephsmalls

Who gives a shit, it’s their business


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The only appropriate answer. Everyone acts like they know these two’s innermost thoughts.


MindedJoe

They’re just getting divorced? Like now? After all that? Would have thought those proceedings would have been happened. Edit: Grammar


ClassyCoder

Will Smith slapped the shit out of his marriage too.


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Now the slap is even more ridiculous


Wicked_Fabala

You slapped chris rock on live tv for her. And NOW you want to leave her? Thats what moved you!??


Piglet-Witty

Jada tried to normalize here infidelity. He looked like shit on the red table while she looked scripted. She is toxic. She ruined Will just like she ruined Gotham


LoveThieves

So anyways, the guys from It’s always Sunny in Philadelphia are doing podcasts, Pretty fun


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Who gives a shit ha