Jada Pinkett Smith seemed ‘proud’ to announce her separation from Will and even appeared to suppress laughter, claims body language expert – who says bombshell revelations are the star’s ‘comfort zone’

Jada Pinkett-Smith was surprisingly calm as she broke the news that she and her husband Will had split for seven years and even appeared to be stifling a laugh, according to a body language expert.

Speaking to FEMAIL, Judi James suggested the 52-year-old almost appeared ‘proud’ to make the announcement during her sensational interview on the Today show.

Judi suggested that drama is Jada’s ‘comfort zone’ thanks to her show Red Table Talks where she is used to breaking revelations – such as admitting her relationship with family friend August Alsina in 2020.

However, her apparent nervous excitement may also be a sign of relief at realizing the truth about her troubled relationship there.

Sitting down with Hoda Kotb, Jada explained why her marriage to Will, 55, fell apart, saying: ‘By the time we got to 2016, we were exhausted with the effort. I think we were both still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.’

Jada Pinkett-Smith smiled for ‘bravado’ as she broke the news that she and husband Will have been separated for seven years, a body language expert has revealed.

And Judi said the mother-of-two appeared very animated as she made the revelation while promoting her new autobiography.

“With a book to go, she’s throwing a bath bomb on everything fans know and think about her ‘perfect’ marriage to Will, which may be due to the counterintuitive display of body language as she gives the news during this interview”, the communication says. pro explained.

“Without words, Jada’s facial expression suggested she was announcing good news, like a secret engagement or wedding, not a breakup that happened seven years ago.

She appeared to be struggling to suppress a smile as she ‘surprised’ the host with the spoon.

Judi said Jada appeared to be pursing her lips in a ‘ritual squeeze, as if she was excited to see the news sink in’, with a ‘sharp smile as if she was trying not to laugh’.

“There was an eye smile as she tilted her head,” added the expert. ‘You look almost proud as if you gave someone a nice surprise gift.

“She gave a deep nod of affirmation to the news anchor and had an explosive laugh as if she was finally letting out all the pent-up emotion.”

Judi also explained that ‘smiling when giving or hearing bad or sad news can be brave and is quite a common response’.

However, her handshake during these moments also ‘suggested a tension’.

Speaking to FEMAIL, Judi James suggested the 52-year-old actress almost appeared ‘proud’ to break the spoon during her sensational interview on the Today show, as she is in her ‘comfort zone’ thanks to Red Table Talks.

Sitting down with Hoda Kotb, Jada explained why her marriage to Will, 55, fell apart. Both photographed in 2019

(Jada’s) eyebrows are raised after their ‘separate lives’ were mentioned, suggesting openness,” the expert also said.

The star appeared to be pained when asked why she decided to hide the truth for so long because she is normally a ‘straight talker’.

“Here she looked up and had a micro-pull,” Judi explained.

Her mood changed as she became more dominant and serious, narrowing one eye and speaking with a hand gesture or emphasis and precision.

In the interview, Jada – who admitted in 2020 that she had an affair with singer August Alsina – said she considered a legal divorce but could never go through with it, candidly revealing she made a ‘promise’ to her husband that you will never give him a ‘reason’ to divorce.

“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to divorce,” she continued. ‘We will work on anything. And I just haven’t been able to break that promise.’

“But you still live apart?” Hoda probed, prompting Jada to confirm: ‘We live apart.’

Jada’s nervous excitement may also signal a relief at realizing the truth about her troubled relationship there, Judi said.

The star appeared to be pained when asked why she decided to hide the truth as she is usually a ‘straight talker’.

Speaking of PeopleJada admitted the pair were actually living apart when her husband slapped comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars when he took to the stage in a fit of rage over a joke made about his wife’s balding hairstyle.

She noted that no permanent decisions have been made about the future of her marriage, explaining that she and Will are ‘still figuring it out’.

“We’ve done some pretty heavy work together,” she said. “We just fell deeply in love with each other, and we’re going to figure out what that looks like.”

Jada went on to praise her children – Jaden, 25, Willow, 22, and Trey, 30, who is Will’s son from a previous relationship – for standing by her during this difficult time in her relationship.

‘My children, they are little gurus. They have taught me a deep sense of self-acceptance,” she said. “They love every part of me. The level of love, the unconditional love they have for me and their dad.

‘And it’s one thing to want to be the person who gives you that unconditional love. And then he will be the recipient of this.’

Will and Jada’s split will come as a shock to many, as they have denied rumors of their marriage and have maintained the appearance of a committed married couple.

At the 94th Academy Awards, Will famously slapped comedian Chris when he joked that Jada looked like ‘GI Jane’ because of her bald head, when she recently revealed she suffers from alopecia .

Clearly enraged by the blow, the Fresh Prince star entered the stage and proceeded to punch Chris for jokes.

The shocking attack happened moments before he took home the best actor gong for his portrayal of tennis superstar Venus and Serena Williams’ devoted father in the film King Richard.

In an emotional acceptance speech, a tearful Will admitted that ‘love makes you do crazy things’ – but failed to apologize to Chris for his attack.

In July 2020, Jada admitted to having an affair with singer August, 31, while married to Will during a tell-all.

The actress first revealed her relationship when she sat down with her estranged husband for an intimate chat on her Facebook show, Red Table Talk, where she said she developed a friendship with August four years ago but insisted she and Will were going through a “tough time” and had “basically broken up”.

Will, 55, and Jada (seen at the 2022 Oscars) split when the actor slammed Chris Rock at the Oscars after he made a joke about the actress’ balding hairstyle.

Jada and Will were pictured at the 2022 Oscars with their children Jaden and Willow, as well as Will’s son Trey, 30, from his first wife Sheree Zampino

At the 94th Academy Awards, Will famously slapped comedian Chris when he joked that Jada looked like “GI Jane.”

Jada admitted to having a relationship with singer August Alsina in 2020 during a conversation on Red Table. Both photographed in 2017

At the time, Jada famously referred to the years-long relationship with the R&B singer as a “mess” that now appears as a reference on August’s single “Shake the World.”

The shocking confession came after both actors initially denied August’s claims that Will gave him his blessing to have an affair with Jada.

The bombshell Today show interview comes amid Jada’s ongoing publicity tour for her new book, which has seen her open up about a number of difficult topics – including her battle with ‘depression’ and ‘ despair’, which began when she turned 40.

“On paper, everything looked great – I had the beautiful family, the superstar husband, the lavish lifestyle, the fame and fortune,” she writes in the book, according to an excerpt taken from People.

However, she says that behind the scenes, ‘I had fallen into despair and wanted to be on this earth less and less.’

Jada was the product of a stormy childhood in Baltimore, scarred by her mother’s heroin addiction and her father’s alcoholism.

Against the background of her troubled home life, Jada became a drug dealer by the time she befriended Tupac Shakur in high school.

In her autobiography, she writes that she discovered during adulthood that she suffered from ‘complex trauma with PTSD and dissociation’.

However, during her period of intense distress in the year of her 40th birthday, she still had not received a formal diagnosis and remained struggling to come to terms with her trauma.