Will Smith: “If I ever decide to divorce my Queen – I swear I’ll tell you myself!’

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Last Friday, we reported on a story from The National Enquirer which claimed that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith would be filing for divorce at the end of the summer. The Enquirer took it a step further than your typical speculation and said that the famous couple had already worked out a monetary agreement for splitting their assets. It seemed plausible to me, especially since The Enquirer was one of the outlets which called the Battfleck divorce well ahead of time.

This is the summer of divorces, but it looks like Will and Jada might not be joining all the other famous splitting couples. The two have denied that they’re getting a divorce. Will posted a denial on Facebook and a source gave a denial to Gossip Cop. What’s more is that Jada did an interview with the American Airlines inflight magazine in which she denied she’s getting a divorce and said that “marriages shift.” She always says things like that though, so it’s not like it’s an indication of anything new. It’s likely that Jada gave the interview in late May anyway, as that’s the date of the photoshoot and the interview is in the August issue. Here’s more:

Will: If I decide to get a divorce I’ll tell you
Under normal circumstances, I don’t usually respond to foolishness. (Because it’s contagious) But, so many people have extended me their “deepest condolences” that I figured – “What the hell… I can be foolish, too!”
So, in the interest of redundant, repetitious, over & over-again-ness… Jada and I are…
NOT GETTING A DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! : -)
I promise you all – if I ever decide to divorce my Queen – I SWEAR I’ll tell you myself!
‪#‎Dumb‬ People Should Have to Wear Scarlet D’s

Jada: Marriages shift, people have worse problems
“Every year there’s a new [split rumor], and I’m like, ‘Here we go. Get ready. Are ya holdin’ on tight?’ ”

“Marriages go through shifts and relationships go through shifts because in life things shift. So people are automatically like, ‘What’s going on? They must be getting a divorce.’ Well, no. But when people feel those shifts and there’s a mystery, they have to fill it with something.”

“I’m thankful for the Hollywood scrutiny, that that’s my problem. There are mothers out there losing their sons, their husbands, their daughters. I’m blessed. So scrutinize me. I’ll take that any day over what the majority of my people are dealing with on a daily basis. I dare not complain. Hollywood scrutiny has nothing on what I’ve survived just to be here.”

[From Facebook and American Way Magazine]

Will should have had one of his people review his “we’re not splitting” message, because it reads like he wrote it on his phone after a few beers. (Although I doubt he drinks much, have you seen him lately? Damn.) “In the interest of redundant, repetitious, over & over-again-ness…” Did he mean “in the interest of clearing up the rumors, which seems redundant as we’ve denied them repeatedly in the past”? You don’t do something in the interest of “repetitious, over & over-again-ness“. Now I know why Jaden is similarly hard to follow. Ironic that this message should call out other people for being dumb.

Notice that Will did not say “never,” he said “if I ever”. He’s half-acknowledging there are problems, as Jada regularly does, but is saying he’ll be open with the public. He’s also saying it will be his decision to divorce instead of Jada’s. I shouldn’t put so much stock in his words, especially given the way he writes.

Jada has acknowledged Will’s message. She simply tweeted the following:

Update: Popsugar has new bikini photos of Jada in Hawaii.

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  1. Lilacflowers says:

    Why is he touching some portion of her butt in almost every one of those pictures?

    • epiphany says:

      To remind you for the 3,450,708,954th time that they 1) are madly in love, 2) are not nor ever have been gay or bi, 3) they will never, ever get divorced.
      Which translates, of course, as 1) we’re still married only because we’re hardly ever together, 2) excuse, us, we have to get back to our boyfriend/girlfriend – you figure out who goes with who, 3) the King won’t announcement he’s divorcing his Queen, as the Queen will be the one making the announcement.
      Rest assured, despite their protests, you’ll be adding these two to the divorce rolls soon enough. Affleck and Garner claimed for over a year there was no divorce in the offing, and look what happened.

      • funcakes says:

        You’ve summed their marriage up perfectly. It’s like a circus act for the world to see. They’re only going to look like the phonies when TMZ brakes the news.
        And the fact they had to include the children in the mess so they could prove they’re lurvvvvvvv make them look even more shallow.

    • Rice says:

      Some guys love boobs. Some guys love legs. Some guys love butts. Nothing suspicious about that.

    • Tdub30 says:

      Brad Pitt does the same with Angelina.

  2. vauvert says:

    So incoherence runs in the family. Also known as over the top, obsequious, extravagant, bombastic, hyperbolic word salad. Got it, Will.

    • Gea says:

      He is using her as a beard.

    • TeaAndSympathy says:

      All of those vauvert, as well as tautology.

      Mamma mia, these two…

    • Ankhel says:

      Or maybe this kind of speech runs in the Church of Scientology. Getting some Tommy vibes here. Can somebody get this jester a sofa to jump on?

    • belle de jour says:

      ““In the interest of redundant, repetitious, over & over-again-ness…”

      Actually, I thought quite the opposite – about this part of it, at least: he’s using an old-school rhetorical device (the rule of threes); sort of poetically making up a word form; employing hyperbole in style to mimic hyperbole in subject matter… thus slyly playing upon the meaning of, exemplifying and amplifying all the words by being all of them himself, both in his delivery and statement.

      Could certainly live without all the king and queen nonsense, though.

  3. original kay says:

    **gags**

    king and queen?

    ugh.

    • TeaAndSympathy says:

      I feel exactly as you do, Original Kay – that’s why I have the bucket right beside me. Rex and Regina indeed…gah.

    • SnarkySnarkers says:

      Yea calling each other “king and queen”? Thats way over the top. Gross. The lady (and man) doth protest too much, me thinks. Look how many times Brangelina get called out for their impending divorce and they stay silent. It would seem that they aren’t as concerned with their image as these 2 fake-y fakersons are.

    • Neah23 says:

      I hate that too😝😝😝😝😝😝

    • Jrzladee says:

      The use of King and Queen when referring to one’s spouse is part of the black culture. It is used as a symbolic reminder of the greatness of culture which was stripped from the black American. It is an affectionate nickname with deep roots. So to many in the black community it is akin to saying “my love”, “darling”, “honey”, etc.

      • amunet ma'at says:

        Right, Jrzladee. I feel the same way. When I saw his message I thought it was cool that he used the terminology Queen. I hear it so often I didn’t think anything about it. Seeing her response, I simply thought it was perfect.

  4. Farah says:

    these two have had rumors for half their marriage, and they’ve made it work. I know they’re a bit cooky, but I enjoy the Smith family. I love Will when he’s movie star mode. He’s always super nice, jokes with fans and make sure they get the best picture.

  5. Miran says:

    If you have to scream as loud as these two do about how great your relationship is,’it’s probably not.

    • Katydid20 says:

      My Thoughts exactly! Where there’s smoke, there’s likely fire – I doubt there would be so many rumors about them splitting if there weren’t issues, and they wouldn’t be so vocal about saying it isn’t so. They will unfortunately probably divorce, question is just more when……

    • lisa2 says:

      But to be honest they haven’t been doing that for some time. If you read some of Jada’s interviews they are not like they use to be. She would talk about all the places, ways and such they have sex.. she hasn’t done that in a long time to my knowledge. Just like her statement she talks in these riddles.. “relationships shift”.. what does that mean.. Or she makes it seem like they are living separate lives and such.. So she nor he has been screaming how amazing their marriage is.

  6. Talie says:

    Yesterday was a big split announcement day. When I saw them trending I was like, damn, Reba…Gwen…and now Will & Jada.

  7. Astrid says:

    I’m in the “where there is smoke….” camp. They seem like they’ve been on the rocks for years. Why drag it out?

  8. Kiddo says:

    Some people have been speculating that they started the rumors themselves, for attention, and so that they could begin to pile on the kissyface narrative again. If the Garnerfleck story is any indication, it sure pays, in the media coverage department, to have a split or at least a false alarm. On the other side, the tabloids have everyone breaking up, and the odds are that they will eventually be right about someone.

  9. NewWester says:

    Jaden took a break from social media a few months ago(don’t know if he has returned) but that made me think there were some serious issues in the Smith household. Also Jada leaving the TV series Gotham surprised many people. Maybe Will and Jada were close to announcing a split then but worked things out?

  10. Mimz says:

    Well he’s obviously pissed off, and although I consider myself a coherent person I admit that when I’m upset over petty things and I write in the heat of the moment I can sound a bit incoherent?! I think you’re reading too much into it. He said “if ever” because if he writes I will “never” divorce her, then people will call him cocky and throw it to his face when and if they divorce.
    They cannot win, can they? At least they don’t claim marriages is all roses. I find their honesty in this regard, refreshing…

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I thought his words were intended to be funny. Not the ones you chose, but the over &over again-ness sort of wording. I’m sure he knows that’s not correct, but was just lightening up the situation?

      I’m not sure they will make it, but I also agree with you that at least they admit to the fact that it’s not all roses.

      • Mimz says:

        Well GNAT you always get me 🙂
        When I read it last night I also thought he was trying to be funny, and in any case, nobody knows if a marriage will last until the very moment it is over, right?
        My parents have been married for 39 years. They have separated before. They probably thought about separating many other times and there were times people were gossiping about how they were divorcing. They never did.
        So… I’m not married but I believe marriage is a rollercoaster and it must be a challenge to keep it together for as long as they have been doing. Being a celebrity on the verge of divorce every.damn.year must be horrible IMO.

    • Jegede says:

      @Mimz – Agreed

    • minime says:

      It’s my pet peeve when people say “never”and “forever” regarding relationships..really…you “never” know!
      People change! Not only the other person in the relationship, whom we cannot control to be what we want or to stay happy and committed, but we change too. That’s how it is and I feel that people that use many absolutisms are the ones that keep on trying to convince themselves and others that everything is roses.
      I find it nice that at least they admit that…I also wouldn’t bet my money that they will stay forever together but they had already made it for many years, so there’s that.

  11. daisyfly says:

    He said if HE ever decides to divorce her. He said nothing about HER deciding to divorce HIM. It’s all semantics and $cino speak.

  12. Bubaas says:

    So Ben & Jen, Miranda & Blake, Gwen & Gavin, Antonio & Melanie, Reba & Narvel, Bobby Flay & Stephanie March, Chris Rock & his wife, Jeremy Renner & Sonni, Pamela Andreson & Rick, Mandy Moore & Ryan Adams, Patrick Dempsey & Jillian Fink, Nicholas Sparks & his wife, Giada & what’s his name…. It’s been a busy 2015… They’re circling the drain at this point.

  13. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    Marriages do shift. She’s right about that, and even solid, happy couples can go through tough times. But they seem to be constantly going through hard times, with her doing the shifting – downward – to accommodate his wandering eye or constant absences or whatever. At some point, you have to be “selfish” in the best sense of the word and ask yourself if what you’re getting out of the relationship is worth what it’s costing you. I think she is waiting for her children to be adults because she wants both of them there for now. I have nothing to base that on but a gut feeling that she is unhappy, but waiting for some reason to pull the plug.

    • MelissaManifesto says:

      I agree about the gut feeling of her being unhappy even if I rarely speculate about couples. That said, I do believe she enjoys the perks of their celebrity, mainly his income and superstardom. I also think this is a well-strategized, planned out relationship, it may not have started that way, but it looks like that’s how it is now.

      Some couples work best together than apart in Hollywood, in this instance their children are still minors, they seem to share the same beliefs (extremely lenient parenting, Scientology, etc) and as long as the rules are laid and everyone agrees on what the other is allowed to do, the machine keeps going until it’s time to draft another plan.

      • sills says:

        That’s how I see it too, they’re a pretty well-oiled machine at this point and I think they both enjoy being part of a power couple. (veeeery image-conscious both of them) Despite their wacky parenting style they clearly adore their kids and that’s got to be figuring into the calculation too. As GoodNames says, when the young’uns are grown they may quietly go their separate ways.

    • Kiddo says:

      I don’t know why but the ‘shift’ part of it is odd wording to me, especially since she repeated it OVER AND OVER, but never expresses what the hell she means. Then she wonders why people ‘fill in the blank’ of what’s going on, since she offers no real insight. It’s like saying, “Things change” over and over. There’s good change, bad change, inconsequential change, but if this shift was of an extremely positive nature, wouldn’t she be on another TMI bender about their lovelife and whatnot?

    • jwoolman says:

      Even if she is unhappy about the way the marriage is turning out, she might simply like him enough to accept a different kind of relationship- especially while the kids are still kids. They may be comfortable with their arrangement and not feel the need for a divorce.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        True. I tend to see things through my own eyes and what is acceptable to me, but she may be fine with it.

  14. Crocuta says:

    His “if I ever divorce her” doesn’t mean they’re in trouble (other factors can, but this one does not). I always use this type of rhetoric, because truth be told, the one thing you NEVER know is what will happen next. I love my husband and I’d still say “if I ever leave him” and not “I’ll never leave him”. I don’t want to leave him, no way, but who knows what I’ll be up to in 20 years? No need to jinx it.

  15. K says:

    I like what Jada said (that hurt) it’s nice to see someone in Hollywood acknowledge that in the grand scheme of things the gossip isn’t as bad as what a lot of people go through. Although it would suck.

  16. Tippipippi says:

    I like these two together, they’re both a but nuts in a harmless, entertaining way and they have their life worked out together. They seem really suited.

  17. jeebus says:

    how about we just not make a big deal out of divorces? lol

  18. Lesley says:

    I think they are gross- they way they show off at every opportunity. They LIVE for the spotlight and that has always been their priority. They care about it less nowadays than they used to, but the adore being a celebrity couple. I think what has changed for them, is there is no romance left. They co-absentee- hands off- parent and vacation seperately ( probably with their newer romantic partners). And about them staying together for the kids- believe me- those kids are mini adults…. They have seen everything and know exactly what is up with their parents relationship. I’m sure they know about wills longtime boyfriend- and I’m certain that all of jadens dressing up as a girl etc, is trying to find his sexual and emotional identity. They have been raised with loose perimeters and I think that the kids are doing whatever they can to find themselves in that very weird culture they were brought in to.

  19. miasys says:

    I know they are crazier than a sack of cats. However, stories about them are my guilty pleasure and I love her resting bitchface. It’s epic level.

  20. Scout says:

    Why would they ever divorce? Will is free to hook up with other women as long as he’s discreet. Jada apparently does do so too (with other women; she’s bisexual). These two love their open marriage arrangement in which they still get to appear to be the perfect HW couple. Meanwhile their teenagers can’t spell and are photographed with scantily clad adults in worrying contexts. Permissive marriage, permissive parents.

  21. Reid2010 says:

    She’s a naturally stunning woman so WHY IN GOD’s NAME is she toxing so hard??