BALTIMORE (AP) 鈥� Will Smith joined on stage as she promoted her new memoir in her Baltimore hometown Wednesday night, pledging lifelong support for her just a week after she revealed that since 2016.
鈥淛ada is the best friend I have ever had on this planet, and I am going to show up for her and support her for the rest of my life,鈥� he told the crowd at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, crediting Pinkett Smith鈥檚 sacrifices for his successes, news outlets reported.
Smith鈥檚 appearance with their two children, Jaden and Willow, and his son Trey Smith, was apparently a surprise for Pinkett Smith. It came at the end of a talk about her book, 鈥淲orthy." Pinkett Smith said the family, including her aunt and uncle and Will Smith鈥檚 mother and sister, was in town to celebrate the 70th birthday of her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, on Wednesday.
Smith called their relationship 鈥渂rutiful,鈥� explaining that it was both brutal and beautiful.
鈥淚t is a sloppy public experiment in unconditional love,鈥� he said, a description that prompted Pinkett Smith to double over in laughter.
Pinkett Smith told The Baltimore Sun that their estrangement was in the past and that she and Smith have been working in the last 18 months to repair their relationship.
鈥淲ill and me are good,鈥� Pinkett Smith told Laura Coates of CNN, who moderated Wednesday night鈥檚 discussion. 鈥淎ll the people who don鈥檛 understand and got something to say are just going to have to fall in line.
鈥淭he truth of the matter is I鈥檓 not leaving Will鈥檚 side and he鈥檚 not going to leave mine. We鈥檝e been on a powerful quest. And I鈥檓 happier than I鈥檝e ever been,鈥� she added.
The book by the actor, who first revealed the bombshell news of their separation to NBC鈥檚 Hoda Kotb, details their marriage, her Hollywood journey, her unconventional parenting style and gives her perspective of Smith infamously slapping Chris Rock during the ceremony over a joke about her shaved head (Pinkett Smith revealed in 2018 that she had ).
that she is feeling free since opening up about the separation.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a weight off my shoulders, honestly,鈥� Pinkett Smith said in an AP interview this week. 鈥淓ver since the Oscars, it鈥檚 so interesting how such an intense event can bring you closer together, and I would say that after that, we really dove in and dug in and got to this beautiful place we are now.鈥�
The Associated Press
