EXCLUSIVE: Jada Pinkett Smith’s kids Willow and Jaden are ‘RELIEVED’ that the truth about her sham marriage to their dad Will is finally out – after years of being forced to ‘LIE’ to protect their parents’ secret

Jada Pinkett and Will Smith’s children Jaden and Willow are said to be extremely ‘relieved’ that news of their parents’ split is finally out of the bag – after they were dragged into the couple’s public lies by having to ‘break ‘ their mother and father. were in wedded bliss for the past seven years.

Girls Trip actress Jada, 52, shocked Hollywood this week when she revealed that she and Will, 55, have been living ‘completely separate lives’ since 2016 and have no plans to divorce.

As she continues to release revelations ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir – including admitting her shock at Will referring to her as his wife during his infamous Oscars buffet last year – children Jaden, 25, and Willow, 22, are hoping that this is a chance for the family to finally ‘heal’.

The lies about their parents are said to have left the siblings ‘extremely upset’, according to insiders who claim they felt ‘uncomfortable’ avoiding a constant stream of questions about their parents’ relationship.

A source exclusively told DailyMail.com: “Even though Jaden and Willow love their mum dearly and take a lot of her mannerisms and traits, they are very relieved that the news is finally out there, so everyone can get on with it, no one. is getting younger.

“Everyone wants everyone to be true to themselves and stop holding grudges or secrets.

“Jaden and Willow hope that everyone can now heal and let go of any drama that may still be in their world now that all the revelations have come out.

“They’ve seen the attacks that their mom has taken from all of this, and they really hope that people can trust their mom in the future, they didn’t expect the negativity to shine through on their mom, but now that it’s happening, they want you to spend it all as a family.’

Another source told DailyMail.com that Will and Jada had ‘put their children in a very strange and uncomfortable situation’ and, while Willow has always had a close relationship with her mother, they claimed she was angry with her mother for broadcasting so dirty. laundry in public.

“They were constantly asked about their parents and for seven years had to lie to everyone and pretend everything was fine when they knew it wasn’t,” the insider said.

“This made them extremely irritable at times and they constantly quarreled with each other and with them.”

While Willow is said to be upset with her mother for sharing the news so publicly, the insider said the singer has been harboring a grudge against her father behind the scenes for some time.

They added: ‘Willow has so much animosity towards Will in particular. She will always take Jada’s side in things.

“She doesn’t know why her mother had to go and show all their dirty laundry to the world. She feels like she is being laughed at by all her peers.’

DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Will, Jada, Jaden and Willow for comment.

Jaden, who destroyed both his parents when he sought emancipation from them at the age of 15, is also said to be struggling to come to terms with the latest developments surrounding their marriage.

“Jaden has had so many issues with them, and it’s always been hard for him to deal with,” the source continued.

He petitioned for emancipation from them just three years before they separated. Will pushed him to do what he does.’

It will shed light on Jaden’s desire to break free from his parents in his memoir, Will, in 2021.

“At 15, when Jaden asked about being an emancipated minor, my heart broke,” he wrote. “He finally decided against it, but it’s bad to feel like you hurt your children.”

Jaden, who previously claimed his mother introduced him to psychedelics, spoke about his request to become an emancipated minor during an appearance on The Ellen Show while sitting alongside Will in 2013.

At the time, he joked: ‘Here’s the thing I have to explain, I’m not going anywhere. The thing people don’t realize is that everything in his house is free, so I can get anything and everything in his house.

‘So I’ll be there for another 20, 30 years. But he says that once I have a film that is bigger than one of his films, then I have to get my house.’

Will – who is also father to son Trey, 30, with his first wife Sheree Zampino – laughed and added: ‘I think I made a joke in Tokyo. My son will never leave me! No emancipation for the Smith children.’

Willow has been open about her struggles with growing up in the spotlight, telling Interview magazine in 2017: “It’s absolutely, absolutely terrifying.”

The singer said she struggled with depression because she knew people would laugh and make fun of her family.

“Growing up and trying to figure out your life … while people feel like they have some sort of right to know what’s going on, it’s absolutely, utterly terrifying — and the only way to get through it is to go into it “, she. said.

‘You can’t change your face. You cannot change your parents. You can’t change any of those things. So I feel like most kids like me end up in a spiral of depression, and the world is sitting there watching them through their phones; laughing, joking and making memes about the crippling effect this lifestyle has on the psyche.’

Jada praised her children for standing by her during this difficult time in her marriage – adding that they brought her comfort.

“My kids, they’re little gurus,” she told People. “They have taught me a deep sense of self-acceptance.

“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 there is, being the recipient of that.’