Jada Pinkett Smith is revealing the truth about her relationship with Will Smith.

In an exclusive clip from her upcoming NBC News prime-time special with Hoda Kotb — which will air on Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC — Pinkett Smith confirms to Hoda that there’s more to her marriage than she has previously shared.

According to Pinkett Smith, she and Smith have been separated and have lived “completely separate lives” since 2016, nearly 20 years after they married in 1997.

Pinkett Smith details more about their relationship — both how it started, and where it stands now — in her upcoming memoir “Worthy,” out Oct. 17.

The two are legally married, but they have no relationship, per TODAY.

“It was not a divorce on paper,” Kotb said.

“Right,” Pinkett Smith responds.

“…but it was a divorce,” Kotb continues.

The reason the status of the relationship wasn’t made public, per Pinkett Smith, is they weren’t “ready yet … Still trying to figure out between the two of us how to be in partnership … In regards to, how do we present that to people? We hadn’t figured that out.”

“Why it fractured … that — that’s a lot of things … By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” Pinkett Smith

Jada also addressed the Chris Rock incident in a new interview with People, Pinkett Smith opened up about the incident, which she said, like many other people, she initially thought was a comedic bit between the two men.

“I thought, ‘This is a skit.’ I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him,’” she recalled. “It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.” 

She told the publication that as soon as they were alone she asked Smith, “Are you okay?”

Pinkett Smith reveals more about her marriage, career and early life in her forthcoming memoir, “Worthy.” The book releases Oct. 17.

I definitely can’t wait to read the book.

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