Will Smith has said that both he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have had sex with other people during their marriage. Will and Jada married in 1997 and have two children, Jayden and Willow.
Will Smith says his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith is not monogamous
Last year, the marriage came under public scrutiny after rapper August Alsina claimed that he had been in a relationship with Jada with Will’s permission.
Jada initially denied the allegations, but when she and Will participated in an interview for her web show Red Table Talk, she said an “entanglement” had occurred.
In a new interview with GQ, Will admitted that while their marriage was initially monogamous, they later decided to open it up after “they were both miserable and clearly something had to change.”
He also said that while the conversation around Alsina had centered on Jada, both he and his wife had had other sexual relationships.
“Jada never believed in conventional marriage. Jada had family members who had an unconventional relationship. So she grew up in a very different way than I grew up,” he said.
“There were big, endless discussions about, what is perfection in a relationship? What is the perfect way to interact as a couple? And for much of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thinking of monogamy as the only relational perfection.”
He continued, “We gave each other trust and freedom, with the conviction that we each have to find our own way. And marriage for us cannot be a prison.
And I don’t suggest our path to anyone. I do not suggest this path to anyone. But the experiences that the freedoms that we’ve given each other and the unconditional support, to me, is the highest definition of love.”
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