"A queen is her own savior. Her magic is quiet, potent and mysterious." So Jada Pinkett Smith noted in her 2023 memoir Worthy , describing her preferred approach to life in the face of endless speculation about her marriage, family, health, career and more.
Because for all the times she hasn't seemed particularly quiet, she really was keeping plenty for herself before dropping the bombshell that she and husband Will Smith had been separated for six years before his Oscar-winning night in 2022 took a turn , seemingly in the course of defending his wife's honor . And as Jada detailed, she had a lot to work out, not least the vow she and Will made to not get divorced no matter what . "We're staying together forever," she said on The Drew Barrymore Show in November—and a version of that sentiment made its way into most of the conversations she had in the course of promoting her New York Times best seller.
But as Jada turns 53 on Sept. 18, where is she at now? Well, according to a Sept. 1 post marking the looming end of summer, her heart "has been blooming in so many ways.
" The next day, she switched her Instagram setting to private and posted a graphic reading, "A man can CHOOSE to belong to someone. And if he does..
.he is considered noble. A woman is told she MUST belong to someone or.
..she is not worthy.
" Next to it she wrote a lengthy caption expounding on the view of women—even goddesses—as powerless or otherwise incomplete without their male counterpart. "We mere morta.