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When it comes to Willow Smith’s birthday candles her parents are ready to light ‘em up.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith reunited to mark their youngest’s 25th birthday with a rare joint message.
“You bring us as much joy as this video every single day,” Will, 57, and Jada, 54, wrote alongside an adorable throwback of their baby girl getting into the Halloween spirit while laying in a black coffin. “Happy Birthday, Spooky Girl.”
The estranged couple added in the Oct. 31 Instagram post, “We love you, Mom & Dad.”
The “Meet Me At Our Spot” singer was clearly delighted by her parent’s choice of celebratory video, commenting with a laughing crying emoji.
And having a message posted by both Will and Jada proves that the couple—who quietly separated in 2016—are as committed as ever to maintaining a loving relationship, with the two previously sharing that they had no plans to formalize their split.
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“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce,” she told NBC News in 2023. “We will work through whatever, and I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”
Jada—who also shares son Jaden Smith, 27, with Will—got candid about the couple’s relationship status in her 2023 book Worthy, explaining that while there will always be love, they had to find a new way to look at their relationship.
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“Why it fractured, that’s a lot of things,” she explained to Today while discussing the memoir. “I think by the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.”
Will—who is dad to son Trey Smith, 31, with ex Sheree Zampino—echoed the statement at an event promoting her book.
“Jada is the best friend I have ever had on this planet,” he said, according to The Baltimore Banner, “and I am going to show up for her and support her for the rest of my life.”
For a look back at Will and Jada through the years, keep reading.
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Throwback!
Stunner in a blue outfit (dress?)! Will and Jada are all smiles at the Devil in a Blue Dress premiere in 1995.
White hot
Have you ever seen anything more ’90s glam than this? The couple poses together in 1997, the year they got married.
Baby bump alert
Jada is styling more than just a trendy silver coat in this 1998 red carpet photo: she’s showing off her baby bump in a sleek black dress. Jaden Smith was born on July 8, 1998.
Suited up
Hats off to the couple who never cease to show up on a red carpet in style. Here they are together at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California in 2005.
Here comes the bride
Jada ignored the old superstition of never wearing to black to a wedding as she and Will head to Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s 2006 wedding in Rome, Italy.
Family affair
The kids are here in London, England with Will and Jada on the red carpet at The Karate Kid premiere in 2010.
Say cheese
Orange you glad to see this picture of Will and Jada together? The happy couple smiles in New York City in 2010.
Oh Canada
Willow, Jaden, Will, and Jada Pinkett Smith pose together in a family shot at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012.
Glam in green
Jada dazzles in green as she and Will arrive at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in 2016.
Vacation mode
Everyone is all smiles for a family vacation after making a quick pit stop at the 2018 World Cup.
Soft smiles
Will posts an Instagram tribute to wife Jada, acknowledging that they’ve been together for “HALF OUR LIVES!”
Entanglement
In 2020, Will and Jada addressed Jada’s alleged affair with August Alsina.
Admitting she and August had an “entanglement” while she and Will were separated, she explained, “It was a relationship. I was in a lot of pain and I was very broken. In the process of that relationship I definitely realized you can’t find happiness outside of yourself. Luckily enough, you and I were also going through a process of healing in a much different manner.”
2022 Oscars
During the 2022 Academy Awards, Will slapped host Chris Rock over a joke the comedian made about Jada’s shaved head.
After the slap, Will resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and was banned from its events for 10 years. He also apologized to Chris—calling the slap “unacceptable” and noting “there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment.”
Separation News
In Oct. 2023, Jada revealed she and Will have been separated for 7 years, including the six leading up to the 2022 Oscars.
“We’re still figuring it out,” Jada told People in a profile published Oct. 11. “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 for us.”
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