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Will Smith reveals Jada Pinkett Smith’s bombshells ‘woke him up’ after years of ‘emotional blindness’

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Will Smith has addressed estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s bombshells about their marriage.In an email to the New York

Will Smith reveals Jada Pinkett Smith’s bombshells ‘woke him up’ after years of ‘emotio<i></i>nal blindness’

Will Smith has addressed estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s bombshells about their marriage.

In an email to the New York Times published Saturday, the “King Richard” star reacted to the candid personal confessions included in her forthcoming memoir, “Worthy.”

“When you’ve been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in,” he told the outlet.

“And you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties.”

Smith also said the revelations “kind of woke [him] up,” adding that the “Girls Trip” actress was more “resilient, clever and compassionate than [he’d] understood.”

The actor’s comments come days after Pinkett Smith revealed that they have been secretly separated for seven years.

Will Smith
Will Smith broke his silence on estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s bombshell revelations about their marriage in an email to the New York Times. AFP via Getty Images
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
“When you’ve been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in,” he wrote. Arnaldo Magnani / Getty Images

“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 said during an NBC News special with Hoda Kotb.

“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through whatever,” she continued. “I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”

During her sitdown with the “Today” co-host, Pinkett Smith, 52, shared why she and the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum, 55, had never publicly addressed the state of their marriage beforehand.

“[We were] 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,” she said.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
He added that the confessions included in her upcoming memoir “kind of woke [him] up.” AFP via Getty Images
Jada Pinkett Smith
The “Girls Trip” star recently revealed that the two have been quietly separated for seven years.
Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and their children, Jaden Smith, Willow Smith and Trey Smith
The former couple wed in 1997 and share two children, Jaden and Willow. The “Hitch” actor is also dad to son Trey from his previous marriage. Jada Pinkett Smith / Instagram

Meanwhile, the actress told People that they are currently trying to work out how to move forward with their 25-year union.

“We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got deep love for each other, and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us,” she said in the interview published Wednesday.

The estranged couple tied the knot in 1997 and share two children: son Jaden, 25, and daughter Willow, 22. Smith also shares son Trey, 30, with ex-wife Sheree Zampino.

(By/Gabi Duncan)
 
 
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