Jada Pinkett Smith Tells Stephen Colbert: Will Smith Is Still My Man

After revealing last week that shed been secretly separated from Will Smith for seven years, actor and Red Table Talk host Jada Pinkett Smith told Stephen Colbert on Monday that the movie star is still my man.

The Late Show comedian asked Pinkett Smith if Smith was still her husband or now a former husband. The pair are not legally divorced.

Thats still my man. Thats still my man, replied Pinkett Smith.

She later called Smith her dude and right hand and described the pair as life partners.

Pinkett Smith, whose new memoir Worthy came out Tuesday, explained why she didnt share the news of the split sooner.

Listen, uncoupling consciously is a very difficult thing so in this process of learning how to, you know, I had a lot of things I had to resolve so it wasnt like a war in public, she told Colbert. I didnt want that for Will and I. And so I really needed time to get myself together.

The fallout from Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars over a joke about Pinkett Smiths shaved head (shes had alopecia for years) actually brought them closer, she added.

Smith invited her to attend the ceremony with him, which certainly wasnt a given, she said.

I didnt go to the Oscars necessarily as Wills wife but when the event occurred, I knew in that moment that I wasnt going to leave his side, she recalled. And I knew in that moment I didnt go to that theater as his wife, but I was leaving as his wife and I was going to stand by his side no matter what. And thats when I knew, I was like, I love this man.

Pinkett Smith said years and years of stuff between Smith and Rock came to a head at the Academy Awards but said it was a story for them that she was actually not a part of.

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In her memoir, Pinkett Smith revealed Rock asked her out in 2016 amid rumors shed split from Smith and profusely apologized to her after she denied the claims.

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