"Marriage Is the Most Difficult, Grueling, Excruciating Thing" - Will Smith

[Jahmal]

Making it last. Will Smith discussed his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith on Monday, Nov. 23, revealing that the nearly 20 years they’ve been together have been filled with ups and downs.

“You can’t expect it to be easy,” the actor, 47, told Entertainment Tonight. “It’s like our marriage was the most difficult, grueling, excruciating thing that we have ever taken on in our lives. And you know we’re just not quitters.”

Smith — who married Pinkett Smith in 1997 — also shared the secret to their marriage.

“If there is a secret I would say it is that we never went into working on our relationship,” the Concussion star revealed. “We only ever worked on ourselves individually, and then presented ourselves to one another better than we were previously.”

Back in September, the Magic Mike XXL actress, 44, called her husband an “exceptional man” in a sweet message to the actor on his 47th birthday.

“You have 100 percent of my heart and the rest of my days,” she wrote on her Facebook page on Sept. 25.

The A-list couple share son Jaden, 17, and Willow, 15. Smith also shares son Trey, 23, with ex-wife Sheree Fletcher.

Will Smith: Marriage Is the Most Difficult, Grueling, Excruciating Thing

Get Married Brehs and you'll live happily every after

 

[MillionMills]

They worked on their marriage time after time and they are still together. I see that as a win. Divorce is an L.

Buy yall negative nikkas gon come in here on that bullshyt

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

Marriage is actually pretty rare.

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

They worked on their marriage time after time and they are still together. I see that as a win. Divorce is an L.

Buy yall negative nikkas gon come in here on that bullshyt

He's been divorced already.

He has more to lose now than he did 20 years ago in his first L, so it's in his best interest to work to keep it together

No matter how "difficult" "grueling" and "excruciating" it is, he's stuck


#GMB

 

[⠀⠀⠀]

You cant hate. He is doing something white people in the spotlight cant do

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Toss salads...toss salads.

 

[CinnaSlim]

Marriage is work, lots of compromising, lots of communication and lots of sacrifice. Two different separate individuals trying to make a life as a single family unit.

 

[International Playa]

#GMB

 

[Terrance Curtis Beasley]

marriage is some stupid shyt, u can create a family n shyt without gettin married

I aint signin shyt, fukk dat

 

[Knuckles Red]

So good to see a black family survive all these years. That really is amazing especially considering that they're in the spotlight.

Edit: Its good that they understand the importance of putting family first, so to create a stable foundation for their kids.

 

[Sk3ptical]

what can i say #GMB

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Those 2pac and jada tales definitely pisses him off when brought up..
@ jada.
@ willy.

 

[sanityovar8ted]

still.......#GMB

 

[FSP]

No shade. More evidence that its not for me

 

[YeLovesBoston]

These folk have it right. That's why Will and Jada the GOAT celebrity black love if I ever had to name one.

Everyone wants to find some Disney ass shyt and be Mr. and Mrs. Perfect. Then they end up unhappy and start looking at each other like and play the blame game

Everyone stuck on the "idea" of love and ain't ready to face the reality of it.