Oprah Winfrey had no problem going there with Will Smith when it comes to his unique marriage with Jada Pinkett Smith.
Will appeared on the latest episode of Winfrey’s “The Oprah Conversation,” sitting down with her for a 90-minute interview ahead of the release of his new book, “Will.”
Toward the end of the chat, talk eventually turned to the couple’s untraditional relationship — starting with Will praising his other half.
“Those early days were spectacular. Me and Jada, to this day, if we start talking, it’s four hours. It’s four hours if we exchange a sentence.
It’s the center of why we’ve been able to sustain and why we’re still together, not choking the life out of each other,” he began.
“The ability to work through issues, I’ve never met another person that I connect with in conversation more blissfully and productively than Jada.”
Of course, they’ve had no shortage of issues — with Oprah bringing up how the two separated following the 40th birthday bash he threw for Jada.
On an episode of “Red Table Talk,” Will said Jada called the party — which she didn’t even want — “the most ridiculous display of my ego,” causing them to reevaluate their relationship.
Winfrey wanted to know how long the two were separated, wondering whether it was “months or years?”
“It’s really funny, we didn’t … we never actually like, officially, separated, right?” he replied. “What happened was we realized that it was a fantasy illusion that we could make each other happy.
And we agreed that she had to make herself happy and I had to make myself happy and then we were going to present ourselves back into the relationship already happy, versus demanding the other person fill our empty cup.”
Winfrey loved that idea, saying it should be a “prerequisite” to anyone getting married. She then mentioned how, in the book, he said their time apart “helped us both discover the power of loving in freedom.”
He explained what “loving in freedom” meant, saying that for many, “there’s a certain fluidity” when it comes to love for everyone except your partner. “It’s friendship versus marital prison,” he added, saying most don’t grant as much flexibility or restrictions to romantic partners as they do everyone else.
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