• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Jada Pinkett Smith Admits She Never Wanted To Get Married In Resurfaced Clip

Home> Celebrity

Published 09:58 9 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Jada Pinkett Smith Admits She Never Wanted To Get Married In Resurfaced Clip

A resurfaced clip has shown Jada Pinkett Smith confessing that she 'never wanted to be married'

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

A resurfaced clip has shown Jada Pinkett Smith confessing that she 'never wanted to be married'.

Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been thrust further into the spotlight ever since Smith took to the stage at the 94th Academy Awards and slapped Chris Rock after he made a 'GI Jane 2' joke about his wife.

The Set It Off actor has often spoken openly about her relationship with Smith on her Facebook series Red Table Talk - having previously admitted to dating singer August Alsina, who recently released a song about the 'entanglement'.

Advert

However, a resurfaced clip from an episode which first aired in 2018 shows Pinkett Smith open up about her feelings towards her wedding with Smith, revealing she 'really didn't wanna get married'.

Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jaden Smith and Trey Smith at the 2022 Oscars.
Alamy

Joined on the 'Becoming Mr and Mrs Smith' episode by her husband and daughter, Willow, Pinkett Smith opened up about her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, a.k.a. 'Gammy' and her role in the wedding.

She explained that her mother pressed for her to wed Smith after learning of her daughter's pregnancy with the couple's first son, Jaden - two years into their relationship.

Advert

Pinkett Smith said: “I was under so much pressure, you know, being a young actress, being young, and I was just, like, pregnant and I just didn’t know what to do.

Check it out:

“I never wanted to be married.”

Advert

Smith backed up Pinkett Smith's recollection of the pressure the pair faced. "We only got married because Gammy was crying," he reflected.

Pinkett Smith replied: "It was almost as if Gammy was like, 'You have to get married, so let's talk about the wedding'."

Banfield-Norris even confirmed herself: "I remember feeling very strongly and wanting you guys to be married."

However, while admitting her strong desire to see her daughter wed Smith, Banfield-Norris said she didn't remember Pinkett Smith's 'rejection of the idea of marriage'.

Advert

"I remember the rejection of the idea of a wedding but not a marriage," she said.

"And now Gammy done gone to Will, crying about ‘I don’t want a wedding,’ and now I’m being forced to have a wedding. I just wanted it to be the two of us on a mountain because I was like: ‘This is serious business'," Pinkett Smith stated.

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith at the Aladdin World Premiere.
Alamy

The pair first met on the set of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1994, before beginning to date a year later, with the pair eventually getting married in December 1997 after Smith proposed earlier in November.

Advert

The wedding was a private ceremony at Cloisters Castle in Pinkett Smith's hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.

"The wedding was horrible. It was a mess. Jada was sick, she was very unpleasant … She didn’t cooperate with anything," Banfield-Norris reflected.

Pinkett Smith explained: “And I was so upset that I had to have a wedding. I was so p*ssed I went crying down the freaking aisle. I cried the whole way down the aisle.”

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards.
Alamy

Advert

However, Smith recalled his excitement prior to the day from having been 'picturing what [his] family would be' since the age of five.

"There wasn’t a day in my life that I wanted anything other than being married and having a family," he said.

Despite the drama surrounding their wedding day, on the episode, the pair resolved it was 'the right call' and Pinkett Smith's mother apologised for her pushy role and 'selfish' motivations.

If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected]  

Featured Image Credit: Red Table Talk

Topics: Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Chris Rock, Oscars

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
3 hours ago
4 hours ago
8 hours ago
  • 2 hours ago

    Broadway legend Kristen Chenoweth brutally slammed by viewers for 'worst National Anthem ever' at major basketball game

    The Wicked star showed off her vocal skills ahead of the game between Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers

    Celebrity
  • 3 hours ago

    Miley Cyrus slammed for 'mean' behavior at fan event with footage showing horrifically awkward interactions

    Some fans are furious at Miley

    Celebrity
  • 4 hours ago

    Amanda Bynes explains heartbreaking reason why she's decided to start taking Ozempic

    Amanda Bynes regularly updates her fans on Instagram

    Celebrity
  • 8 hours ago

    Justin Bieber fans concerned after sharing cryptic post about 'silent treatment' amid 'savage' post from wife Hailey

    Justin Bieber's fans have been concerned about his marriage for some time

    Celebrity
  • Will Smith debuts new gospel tune in first award show appearance since infamous Chris Rock Oscars slap
  • Jaden Smith explains his 'weird' behavior over the years and why 'it’s not exactly going to plan'
  • Jada Pinkett Smith Speaks Out On Oscars Slap
  • Will Smith opens up on Jaden asking to be emancipated at 15 years old