Jada Pinkett Smith Says The Oscar Slap Saved Her Marriage

Jada Pinkett Smith Says The Oscar Slap Saved Her Marriage

If it’s one thing Jada Pinkett Smith is going to do is tell her story…whether we want to hear it or not.

Jada spoke with DailyMail and opened up about the slap that pretty much changed both of their lives, with Jada claiming for the better.

“I nearly didn’t even attend the Oscars that year, but I’m glad I did,” she said. “I call it the ‘holy slap’ now because so many positive things came after it.”

 

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She continued, “After all those years trying to figure out if I would leave Will’s side, it took that slap for me to see I will never leave him.”

As we previously reported, Jada confirmed on The Drew Barrymore Show that she and the Men in Black star will continue in their marriage.

“I feel like maybe your and his shadow separated in a way in this book, whether they stay together forever or not,” Barrymore said. “It sounds like you’re staying together forever.”

“We’re staying together forever,” Pinkett Smith respondede. “I tried. We tried,” alluding to the couple’s several years long separation that ultimately didn’t take.