Jada Pinkett Smith , Reveals She Has Been Separated , From Will Smith Since 2016.<br />NBC reports that Jada Pinkett Smith has <br />discussed new information about her relationship with her husband, Will Smith. .<br />NBC reports that Jada Pinkett Smith has <br />discussed new information about her relationship with her husband, Will Smith. .<br />In an upcoming NBC News prime-time special, <br />Pinkett Smith said that the couple has <br />lived "completely separate lives" for years.<br />Their separation comes <br />nearly 20 years after <br />they married in 1997.<br />In her upcoming memoir, 'Worthy,' Pinkett Smith shared <br />more details about the couple's relationship, including <br />how it began and where it currently stands.<br />According to Pinkett Smith, their relationship <br />status was kept secret because they were , "Still trying to figure out between the two of us <br />how to be in partnership ... In regards to, how do we <br />present that to people? We hadn’t figured that out.".<br />By the time we got to 2016, <br />we were just exhausted with trying. <br />I think we were both kind of just still <br />stuck in our fantasy of what we <br />thought the other person should be, Jada Pinkett Smith, via NBC.<br />NBC reports that Pinkett Smith added <br />that she has never been able to go through <br />with a legal divorce, despite considering it. .<br />I made a promise that there <br />will never be a reason for us <br />to get a divorce. We will <br />work through ... whatever. <br />I just haven’t been able <br />to break that promise, Jada Pinkett Smith, via NBC.<br />The couple has two children, <br />their 21-year-old daughter, Willow, <br />and their 24-year-old son, Jaden. .<br />Pinkett Smith's memoir calls their relationship a , "rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power."