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Will & Jada August 24, 2011
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It appears Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have launched a campaign to quash those “troubled marriage” stories.
"Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false," the couple said in a joint statement Tuesday.
"We are still together, and our marriage is intact."
Look for more photos popping up like the one that first appeared on TMZ — showing the couple in Malibu on Tuesday, laughing and looking like the two happiest people in the world, with Will calling the splitsville rumors “ridiculous.”
While the Smiths stress their marriage is “intact,” there are tales that it’s Will who wants to change the physical nature of the couple’s relationship — wanting a more traditional marriage (in the bedroom) than Jada.
A Smith pal questioned that rumor, saying, “I’d love to know who came up with that. I can’t imagine Will discussing his sex life with anyone — at least anyone who would blab about it.”
Info from Chicago Sun-Times, BILL ZWECKER August 24, 2011 7:14PM and People.com
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History of the rumor and the coupleWill Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith Split? Couple Separating: Report UPDATE: Couple Denies Report Huffington PostFirst Posted: 8/23/11 10:31 AM ET Updated: 8/24/11 03:19 AM ET
UPDATE IV: Smith and Pinkett have put out a statement denying the rumors, saying, "Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact."
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UPDATE III: Pinkett's representative issued a statement through
Entertainment Tonight, saying, "Everything about the
Marc Anthony story is completely false, but we are not commenting on whether they are separating or not."
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UPDATE II: Will's son Trey denied the story via Twitter earlier in the day, saying: "Will and Jada getting a DIVORCE ..NOT TRUE AT ALL !! RETWEET"
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UPDATE: When contacted about the story by TMZ, Pinkett's rep said, "What? In Touch said that? I know nothing about this... Lord. I'm going back to bed."
Radar Online quotes a family member, who asked not to be identified, as saying, “No way are they splitting up. They are totally together and are not separating."
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PREVIOUSLY:In Touch Weekly is reporting that
Will Smith and
Jada Pinkett are separating. Their reps have not confirmed the story.
The pair, who met when Pinkett auditioned for "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," married on December 31st, 1997. They have two children together, budding pop stars Jaden and Willow, and Pinkett is the step mother of Smith's older son from a previous marriage, Trey.
Speaking to
YourTango in 2007, Pinkett described how they first got together.
"After we had known each other for many years, we went out for dinner one night with mutual friends and I saw that he had grown from this lanky kid to this really responsible man," she said. "We started courting each other and our friendship turned into romance."
In 2008, Smith spoke with
Ellen Degeneres about their marriage, which he implied would last forever.
"What I found is divorce just can't be an option," he said. "It's really that simple. And I think that's the problem with L.A. – there are so many options. So a huge part of the success for [Jada] and I is that we just removed the other options."
Whether it was cause or effect is uncertain, but that dedication certainly coincided with an active sex life, including a romp on the way to the Oscars in 2010.
Speaking to
Uptown Magazine in June, Pinkett said, "People think that Will and I don’t spend a lot of time together. Too much time, actually, if you ask me. It’s always nice to have a little time apart. Sometimes you need that.”
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Will & Jada-The Couple That Smiles Together
8/24/2011 12:40 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Moments after their romantic Malibu brunch this morning, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett hit up the nearby Malibu Colony Company for some houseware shopping ... both grinning ear to ear.
It's an all out PR blitz to prove their marriage is still "intact" -- but the question is ...
Buying It?
No 63%
Yes 37%
Total Votes: 94,684
TMZ Poll - 5:03 AM 8/25/2011
See some
TMZ video of the shopping trip
here
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