Jada Pinkett Smith has been criticized for her treatment of husband Will Smith, as fans called out her past confessions after she posted a bubbly birthday tribute.
The actress, 50, posted a heartfelt message to her 25-year-old husband on Instagram on Monday on his 55th birthday.
But the post was quickly flooded with scathing comments from other social media users who criticized the sentiment in light of Jada’s previous comments about their marriage.
The mother-of-two previously revealed how she cried all the way down the aisle on her wedding day before calling the yearlong affair with R&B singer August Alsina, now 31, an “entanglement.”
The birthday tribute, shared with Jada’s 11.4 million followers, included a black-and-white throwback photo of the couple and their two children, as well as Will’s son, Trey, from a previous marriage.
The actress, 50, took to Instagram on Monday with a heartfelt message for her husband of 25 years on his 55th birthday
The birthday tribute, shared with Jada’s 11.4 million followers, included a black-and-white throwback photo of the couple and their two children, as well as Will’s son, Trey, from a previous marriage.
She wrote: ‘Willard. I’m so happy you were born on this day. Without you, I would not have experienced the greatest joy of my life… the love of our family.
“In this divine assignment we have chosen to walk together, I am grateful for the sources of laughter along the paths of tears we have shared.
“Thank you for helping me embrace everything… with a smile. Here’s to more than 100 more birthdays full of growth, acceptance and joy.’
But it was quickly met with backlash, with many quick to allude to Jada’s previous confessions about marriage.
One wrote: ‘I hope you stop humiliating him.’
Another said: ‘Didn’t you cheat? Get real!!”
And a third sarcastically added: ‘Aren’t you glad you married him even though you cried and didn’t want to? Very cute.’
In 2018, during an episode of Red Table Talk in which Will appeared as a guest, Jada insisted she “never wanted to get married” – after tying the knot on New Year’s Eve 1997 at the gothic Cloisters Castle on the outskirts of her hometown. of Baltimore
But it was quickly met with backlash, with many quick to allude to Jada’s previous confessions about marriage
The comments referenced a series of revelations Jada has previously made about her relationship with Will.
In 2018, during an episode of Red Table Talk where Will appeared as a guest, Jada insisted she “never wanted to get married” — after tying the knot on New Year’s Eve 1997 at the Gothic Cloisters Castle in a suburb of her hometown of Baltimore.
In the newly surfaced clip, the star discussed her reservations about marriage before revealing that she decided to tie the knot with Will to calm her mother down after she became pregnant.
Will and Jada had their son Jaden while they were still dating and Jada said on the show, “I knew the moment after the act that I was pregnant.”
She revealed that she “cried that whole night” because she realized “my life would never be the same” after becoming a mother.
“I really didn’t want to get married,” Jada admitted, prompting Will to say with a laugh, “We only got married because Gammy cried.”
“It was almost like Gammy was saying, ‘You have to get married, so let’s talk about the wedding,'” Jada said, noting that “I was under so much pressure, you know, being a young actress, being young, and I was just pregnant and I was like, I didn’t know what to do, but I just knew, I was like, I never wanted to get married.’
In the newly surfaced clip, the star discussed her reservations about marriage before revealing that she decided to marry Will to appease her mother after she became pregnant.
“I remember having a really strong feeling and wanting you guys to get married,” said Adrienne, who was a teenager when she became pregnant with Jada and briefly married father Robsol Pinkett Jr.
‘I remember that, but I don’t remember you rejecting the idea of marriage. I remember the rejection of the idea of a wedding, but not a marriage,” she added.
Jada agreed that she never wanted a wedding either, describing her feelings at the time: “And now Gammy’s gone to Will, crying because I don’t want a wedding, and now I’m being forced to have a wedding, when in fact I wanted just the two of us sitting on a mountain, because I thought, ‘This is serious business.’
Adrienne apologized “for not respecting your wishes,” and admitted she was “selfish” by insisting on a full ceremony because Jada was “my only child” and this was Adrienne’s only chance to see her daughter get married .
Both Jada and Will agreed that marriage was ultimately “the right decision,” but Jada and Adrienne admitted that the wedding was “terrible.”
But this wasn’t her only misstep after admitting to a years-long affair.
The couple made headlines in July 2020 when they discussed Jada’s affair with August Alsina on her candid talk show Red Table Talk.
She began explaining that the couple met August through their son Jaden, 22, and recalled that the singer, who would have been 23 at the time, was “very ill” (while battling a genetic liver disease).
The couple made headlines in July 2020 when they discussed Jada’s affair with August Alsina on her candid talk show Red Table Talk.
Jada said, “And it all started with him just needing some help, me wanting to help his health and his mental state.
“Our family’s outpouring on him was initially about his health,” she said. “We found all these different resources to help him get through it, and from there you and I went through a very difficult time.”
After Jada’s confession, Will admitted, “I was done with you,” while Jada added that they decided to break up for a “period of time.”
“And what did you do then, Jada?” Will asked, urging his wife to keep talking.
“As time went on, I got into a different kind of entanglement with August,” Jada explained.
The mother-of-two then responded to August’s claim that Will gave her “permission” to have an affair.
When Will pushed Jada to clarify what she meant by “entanglement,” she replied, “It was definitely a relationship.”
Jada continued, “I was in a lot of pain and very broken. In the process of that relationship I certainly realized that you cannot find happiness outside yourself.’
She denied August’s claim that Will had given his blessing on the affair and claimed they were divorced at the time.
The affair sent shockwaves through the world and many turned to Will to see how the movie star would react.
Oddly enough, Jada had initially denied August’s claims that it was an object, until she finally confessed that “healing was needed.”