Jada Pinkett Smith has sparked health concerns among fans after a recent date night with husband Will Smith.
Longtime couple Jada, 53, and Will, 56, had dinner with Jay Shetty in Los Angeles on Thursday night, and the actress emerged with a shaved head and bleached eyebrows.
The stars, who married in 1997 and share two children, put on a cozy display months after they were last seen together in public.
One person commented that Will “looks like her (caretaker),” while another wrote online: “Man, Jada looks tough.” What is happening with her? Another said Jada “doesn’t look healthy.”
She was dressed in a gold Gucci sports jacket and light wash boyfriend jeans for dinner.
Jada Pinkett Smith has sparked concern among fans after a recent date night with her husband Will Smith.
Longtime couple Jada, 53, and Will, 56, had dinner with Jay Shetty in Los Angeles on Thursday night; photographed in 2022
In October 2023, while promoting her memoir Worthy, Jada revealed that she and Will have been separated since 2016 but remain married.
While promoting the literary endeavor on the Today show, he told host Hoda Kotb that the marriage had left them “exhausted.”
“I think by the time we got to 2016 we were exhausted from trying,” Pinkett Smith said on the broadcast.
“I think we were both caught up in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” he explained.
However, in her memoirs she wrote that she decided to stay by her husband’s side when he slapped Chris Rock while defending her at the 2022 Oscars.
At the 94th Academy Awards, Will got up from his seat and went onstage to slap Chris after the comedian made a joke about Jada looking like ‘GI Jane’ in reference to her bald head. , who shaves due to alopecia.
After returning to his seat, Will yelled at Chris twice: ‘Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth,’ shocking the live audience and viewers watching at home.
Looking back, Jada said of the incident: ‘I knew there was going to be an intense reaction. And that was the moment I decided I was going to stay by his side.
‘You know, it’s funny how intense situations can amplify love, and it was a pretty difficult time, but it definitely brought us closer. So yeah, it’s crazy how things work.
One person commented that Will ‘looks like her (caregiver)’
Another person wrote online: ‘Man, Jada looks tough. What is happening with her?
Pinkett Smith was criticized for her appearance and one person mentioned her health.
“She doesn’t look good,” someone else chimed in.
After Jada spoke publicly about her marital rift, Smith followed up with her own comments on the situation.
In an email published in the New York TimesHe said her comments about their relationship were a wake-up call for him, adding that she was more “resilient, intelligent and compassionate” than he gave her credit for.
The King Richard star told the newspaper: “When you’ve been with someone for more than half your life, a kind of emotional blindness comes over you.
“And it is very easy to lose sensitivity to its hidden nuances and subtle beauty.”
The couple shares son Jaden, 26, daughter Willow, 24, and Trey, 32, who comes from Will’s previous marriage to Sheree Zampino.
The couple shares son Jaden, 26, daughter Willow, 24, and Trey, 32, who comes from Will’s previous marriage to Sheree Zampino; photographed in 2022
Will appeared on Instagram days ago to congratulate his daughter Willow, a singer-songwriter, on her two nominations for the 2025 Grammys.
Will appeared on Instagram days ago to congratulate Willow, a singer-songwriter, on her two nominations for the 2025 Grammys.
The proud father gushed to his 70 million followers: ‘CONGRATULATIONS, MA BEAN! 2 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS… WOW!
‘I’ve seen you suffer: cry, fall, fight, get up, train, learn, change, give up, grow, collapse, rebuild… And now… manifesting your wildest dreams! It’s an honor for me to be your dad.’
The singer’s project, Empathogen, is nominated for Best Engineered Album and her song Big Feelings received a nomination for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals.