“Men in Black” star Will Smith took the unusual step
on Monday of publicly shooting down a report that he and his actress
wife of 17 years had decided to divorce.Smith’s marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith has been a subject of tabloid rumor for several years.But
on Monday, entertainment news website Radar Online reported that the
couple had decided to split and would make a divorce announcement at the
end of the summer.Smith, 46, said in statement on his Facebook
page that “under normal circumstances, I don’t usually
on Monday of publicly shooting down a report that he and his actress
wife of 17 years had decided to divorce.Smith’s marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith has been a subject of tabloid rumor for several years.But
on Monday, entertainment news website Radar Online reported that the
couple had decided to split and would make a divorce announcement at the
end of the summer.Smith, 46, said in statement on his Facebook
page that “under normal circumstances, I don’t usually
respond to
foolishness. (Because it’s contagious).”But, so many people have
extended me their ‘deepest condolences’ that I figured – ‘What the
hell… I can be foolish, too!’ So, in the interest of redundant,
repetitious, over & over-again-ness… Jada and I are…NOT GETTING A
DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!”Smith added that if he ever decided to divorce “I SWEAR I’ll tell you myself!”Pinkett
Smith, 43, who recently appeared in the movie “Magic Mike XXL” and in
the TV crime show “Gotham,” married Smith in 1997. They are parents to
teen actor Jaden Smith and 14-year-old singer Willow Smith.
