Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in 2022.Photo:Emma McIntyre/GettyThe day afterWill Smithproposed toJada Pinkett Smithin 1997, the actress went to Harry Winston and picked out her own ring, which she paid for herself.“By buying my own ring, I took some measure of control and sent the message to myself: All right, get with the program,” she writes in her new memoirWorthy.“I had to move quickly to make it all real and concrete for my psyche. The ring was a statement that said to my fear: Get used to this now,” she continues.Her fear, explains theRed Table Talkhost, had nothing to do with the man she would marry, but rather her “long-held belief that marriage wasn’t for me.”When Will proposed, Jada had recently told theMen in Blackstar that she was pregnant (their son Jaden was born the next year).And while she knew she always wanted to be a mother, “I’d been in the world enough to know how husbands and wives take each other for granted — far more than loving and appreciating each other. I did not want that. And I definitely wasn’t ready to make a lifelong commitment under a spiritual contract with God. This was a shoo-in to f–k up,” she writes.Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Worthy’ is available now.But she slowly came to realize that having a child with Will bonded them for life already.Though she admits to still being “scared as hell” after accepting Will’s proposal, she went out and bought the ring.The two wed in an intimate ceremony on December 31, 1997 in Baltimore, Jada’s hometown where Will was also filmingEnemy of the Stateat the time.Ten years later, her husband upgraded Jada’s pear-shaped diamond set in a platinum band with a 10-carat sparkler he bought from jeweler Graff.Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in the 1990s.Steve Granitz/WireImageWhile promotingWorthy, Jada has revealed many details about her marriage, including the fact thatshe and Will don’t have a prenuptial agreement.“I feel that was a very real moment for the two of us to look each other in the eyes, recognize that there would be tough times in this journey and to say to each other, ‘No matter what, we’re going to figure it out, and that’s why we don’t need a prenup, because I’m making a promise that divorce won’t be necessary, that we will figure this out,’” she toldParade.While the two are not divorcing, she told PEOPLE thatshe and Will are currently “still figuring out” their relationship. She also revealed on theTodayshow thatshe and Will have been separated since 2016.“A lot has happened. The thing about relationships is that it’s constantly moving. Relationships are, it’s an organism. It’s its own thing. It’s constantly shifting and constantly moving,” she told PEOPLE.Worthyis now available wherever books are sold.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in 2022.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty
Emma McIntyre/Getty
The day afterWill Smithproposed toJada Pinkett Smithin 1997, the actress went to Harry Winston and picked out her own ring, which she paid for herself.“By buying my own ring, I took some measure of control and sent the message to myself: All right, get with the program,” she writes in her new memoirWorthy.“I had to move quickly to make it all real and concrete for my psyche. The ring was a statement that said to my fear: Get used to this now,” she continues.Her fear, explains theRed Table Talkhost, had nothing to do with the man she would marry, but rather her “long-held belief that marriage wasn’t for me.”When Will proposed, Jada had recently told theMen in Blackstar that she was pregnant (their son Jaden was born the next year).And while she knew she always wanted to be a mother, “I’d been in the world enough to know how husbands and wives take each other for granted — far more than loving and appreciating each other. I did not want that. And I definitely wasn’t ready to make a lifelong commitment under a spiritual contract with God. This was a shoo-in to f–k up,” she writes.Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Worthy’ is available now.But she slowly came to realize that having a child with Will bonded them for life already.Though she admits to still being “scared as hell” after accepting Will’s proposal, she went out and bought the ring.The two wed in an intimate ceremony on December 31, 1997 in Baltimore, Jada’s hometown where Will was also filmingEnemy of the Stateat the time.Ten years later, her husband upgraded Jada’s pear-shaped diamond set in a platinum band with a 10-carat sparkler he bought from jeweler Graff.Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in the 1990s.Steve Granitz/WireImageWhile promotingWorthy, Jada has revealed many details about her marriage, including the fact thatshe and Will don’t have a prenuptial agreement.“I feel that was a very real moment for the two of us to look each other in the eyes, recognize that there would be tough times in this journey and to say to each other, ‘No matter what, we’re going to figure it out, and that’s why we don’t need a prenup, because I’m making a promise that divorce won’t be necessary, that we will figure this out,’” she toldParade.While the two are not divorcing, she told PEOPLE thatshe and Will are currently “still figuring out” their relationship. She also revealed on theTodayshow thatshe and Will have been separated since 2016.“A lot has happened. The thing about relationships is that it’s constantly moving. Relationships are, it’s an organism. It’s its own thing. It’s constantly shifting and constantly moving,” she told PEOPLE.Worthyis now available wherever books are sold.
The day afterWill Smithproposed toJada Pinkett Smithin 1997, the actress went to Harry Winston and picked out her own ring, which she paid for herself.
“By buying my own ring, I took some measure of control and sent the message to myself: All right, get with the program,” she writes in her new memoirWorthy.
“I had to move quickly to make it all real and concrete for my psyche. The ring was a statement that said to my fear: Get used to this now,” she continues.
Her fear, explains theRed Table Talkhost, had nothing to do with the man she would marry, but rather her “long-held belief that marriage wasn’t for me.”
When Will proposed, Jada had recently told theMen in Blackstar that she was pregnant (their son Jaden was born the next year).
And while she knew she always wanted to be a mother, “I’d been in the world enough to know how husbands and wives take each other for granted — far more than loving and appreciating each other. I did not want that. And I definitely wasn’t ready to make a lifelong commitment under a spiritual contract with God. This was a shoo-in to f–k up,” she writes.
Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Worthy’ is available now.
But she slowly came to realize that having a child with Will bonded them for life already.
Though she admits to still being “scared as hell” after accepting Will’s proposal, she went out and bought the ring.
The two wed in an intimate ceremony on December 31, 1997 in Baltimore, Jada’s hometown where Will was also filmingEnemy of the Stateat the time.
Ten years later, her husband upgraded Jada’s pear-shaped diamond set in a platinum band with a 10-carat sparkler he bought from jeweler Graff.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in the 1990s.Steve Granitz/WireImage
Steve Granitz/WireImage
While promotingWorthy, Jada has revealed many details about her marriage, including the fact thatshe and Will don’t have a prenuptial agreement.
“I feel that was a very real moment for the two of us to look each other in the eyes, recognize that there would be tough times in this journey and to say to each other, ‘No matter what, we’re going to figure it out, and that’s why we don’t need a prenup, because I’m making a promise that divorce won’t be necessary, that we will figure this out,’” she toldParade.
While the two are not divorcing, she told PEOPLE thatshe and Will are currently “still figuring out” their relationship. She also revealed on theTodayshow thatshe and Will have been separated since 2016.
“A lot has happened. The thing about relationships is that it’s constantly moving. Relationships are, it’s an organism. It’s its own thing. It’s constantly shifting and constantly moving,” she told PEOPLE.
Worthyis now available wherever books are sold.
source: people.com
