Will Smith ‘heartbroken’ and ‘shocked’ by the revelations made by Jada Pinkett Smith

He wrote a letter opening up about feeling ‘all over the place.

Smith's wife, Pinkett Smith, confessed last week that herself and Will are more or less divorced without the papers.

The shocking news came totally out the blue as Pinkett Smith claimed that herself and Will had lived entirely different lives for the past seven years.

Talking to People about their relationship, Pinkett Smith said: “We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together. We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like.”

She added: “By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.

“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through … whatever. “I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”

However now Will Smith has claimed that has been left "shocked" and "heartbroken" following some of the revelations made in Pinkett Smith's book.

Writing to podcaster Jay Shetty, Will penned a letter which was then read out to Jada during the On Purpose podcast.

Will wrote: "I just turned the final page of Worthy. It is amazing to realise that despite having lived most of my life by your side, I still found myself shocked and stunned and caught off guard, laughing, then inspired, then heartbroken. I was all over the place.”

He continued: “It’s one thing to hear anecdotes at a family barbecue, but it was truly overwhelming to take in your story, potently condensed in this way.”

Will added: “I know it wasn’t easy to excavate the depths in that way. I applaud and honor you. If I had read this book 30 years ago, I definitely would have hugged you more. I’ll start now. Welcome to the Authors Club. I love you endlessly. Now go get some Merlot and take a rest.”

Responding to the letter, Jada said: "He knows I can't have no Merlot! That’s beautiful. That’s why I can’t divorce that joker.”

She added: “To hear him say that he would have hugged me more is me hearing him say he would have taken a bit more time to listen and understand.”

Jada's memoir is available now.

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