Jada Pinkett Smith calls Tupac her ‘soulmate’ despite 19-year marriage to Will Smith – but says they never hooked up due to lack of chemistry

Jada Pinkett Smith believes Tupac Shakur was her ‘soul mate’, but shared that they never got hitched due to a lack of chemistry.

The Matrix star, 52 – who recently revealed she had been secretly separated from husband Will Smith, 55, for seven years – spoke candidly about her relationship with the late rapper as she discussed her upcoming memoir in an interview with roll out.

Jada revealed that she and the Hit Em Up hitmaker, who died aged 25 in 1996, had ‘friendship’ and ‘love’ but no physical chemistry.

She also suggested that the couple had ‘travelled’ together in a previous life.

When asked if she regrets the decision not to take the friendship in a romantic direction, Jada replied: ‘It just wasn’t possible. There was no chemistry between us.’

Editor Christal Jordan asked Jada about Tupac calling her a ‘soulmate’ and whether she feels it’s possible to be that without a romantic connection.

‘Absolutely, we have soul mates, our children can be our soul mates. I think this kind of romanticized idea of ​​like a soul mate — there are all kinds of definitions of soul mates,’ Jada replies.

The Magic Mike star then speculated about traveling with Tuapc in past lives.

“If there’s such a thing as past lives, I definitely think me and Pac have traveled a few together, you know, in different forms,” ​​she said.

When Jordan said that many fans have seen what they believe to be chemistry between the two in various past videos, Jada revealed that it is “friendship chemistry, love chemistry,” but not romantic chemistry.

The Queen Cleopatra’s executive producer previously said Howard Stern the two shared a kiss once, but decided they would be better off as friends.

“When you have two young people who have very strong feelings … but there was no physical chemistry between us at all,” she told the shock jock.

Tupac was shot and killed in Las Vegas on September 16, 1996 while sitting in a car waiting to enter a club. He was only 25.

Last month, Jada revealed she hoped the arrest of a suspect would help solve the mystery of who killed Tupac.

The Red Table Talk host took to her Instagram Stories to share her wishes, writing: ‘Now I hope we can get some answers and have some closure,’ after the news was announced.

She finished the thought with ‘RIP Pac’ followed by a dove emoji.

Tupac’s murder remained a cold case for more than a quarter of a century, until Las Vegas investigators announced the arrest of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 60.

“Duane Davis was the ringleader for this group of individuals who committed this crime,” according to Las Vegas Police Homicide Lt. Jason Johansson.

“He orchestrated the plan that was carried out.”

Davis has admitted in interviews and in his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend, that he provided the gun used in the drive-by shooting and that he was one of three “living eyewitnesses” to the murder.

Davis’ court case is scheduled for Oct. 19, and he has not yet entered a plea, according to court records.

The star’s friendship with the hip hop icon began at the Baltimore School of the Arts in Maryland.

“It was the first day and he came up to me and introduced himself,” the Girls Trip star explained in a maintenance.

‘It was definitely not the type of cat I would want to look at,’ she said.

“But as soon as he approached me, he was like a magnet,” she said, describing the charisma of the Soul Train Music Award winner.

“Once you paid attention to him, he kind of sucked you in. And we hit it off from that moment on.”

The actress has been dropping bombshells during her promotional tour for her upcoming memoir Worthy – including the news that she and Will have been separated for 7 years.

The star admitted that the couple, who tied the knot in 1997, are still trying to ‘figure out’ what the future of their marriage looks like.

Speaking to Hoda on the Today Show on Wednesday, Jada explained why her marriage to Will fell apart, revealing: ‘By the time we got to 2016, we were just tired of trying. I think we were both still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.’

Jada – who admitted to having an affair with singer August Alsina in 2020 – said she considered a legal divorce but was never able to go through with it, and openly revealed that she made a ‘promise’ to her man made that she would never give him. a ‘reason’ for divorce.

“I made a promise that there would never be a reason for us to divorce,” she continued. ‘We will work through whatever. And I just couldn’t break that promise.’

“But you still live apart?” Hoda investigated and asked Jada to confirm ‘we live separately’.

Talk to PeopleJada admitted the pair were, in fact, living apart when her husband slapped comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars when he walked on stage in a fit of rage over a joke made about his wife’s baldness hair style

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’.

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 .