The 'Emancipation' star shares a video of him taking a nap on a boat around the same time he issues his first statement in the wake of the 'Gotham' actress' confirmation that they have separated since 2016.
- Oct 16, 2023
AceShowbiz - Will Smith is letting go all his stress in the ocean. Amid the drama surrounding Jada Pinkett Smith's bombshell revelation about their marriage, the actor has been seen going to the sea in his latest Instagram post.
On Sunday, October 15, the Oscar winner posted on his feed for the first time since Jada announced that they had separated for seven years. Keeping it light, he shared a "fun fact" about himself, with a voiceover saying, "Fun fact about me: I can take a nap almost anywhere."
In the short clip, Will could be seen sleeping in the cabin of the boat, with the sound of multiple phone notifications going off simultaneously. He was then seen on the deck of the boat smiling as the vessel buzzed along at sea.
The "King Richard" star appeared carefree as he was enjoying the sea breeze while rocking a puffy black coat with black athletic pants and white-and-brown Nike sneakers. Seemingly wanting to keep his mind free of any drama, he wrote in the caption, "Notifications off :)"
The Instagram post arrived around the same time Will issued his first statement in response to Jada's split confirmation. He admitted that he had developed "emotional blindness" amid his estranged marriage to the actress.
"When you've been with someone for more than half of your life a sort of emotional blindness sets in, and you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties," the 55-year-old said in an email to the New York Times newspaper. He added that he has only now realized that Jada is "more resilient, clever and compassionate than he'd understood."
Jada shocked everyone as she admitted in a preview of an NBC News and "Today" show special that she and Will have been separated since 2016. When host Hoda Kotb said, "It was not a divorce on paper, but it was a divorce," the former "Red Table Talk" host agreed, adding that she and the "Emancipation" actor "live separately."
Of why she and Will have never formally announced their split, Jada explained, "I think just not being ready yet." She then noted, "Still trying to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership, right, and in regards to how do we present that to people, you know? And we hadn't figured that out."
According to Jada, there were "a lot of things" that caused a fracture in her relationship with Will. "I think by the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be," she shared.
Despite this, Jada stressed that she has no plans to make their separation legal. "I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through whatever. And I just haven't been able to break that promise," she said.
