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A lot of inside details about Jada Pinkett and Will Smith's marriage came out this year. A few months ago, Jada Pinkett shocked the entire world when she made the bombshell revelation that she and her husband, Will Smith, are separated. Recently, the Red Table Talk host shared how the infamous Oscar slapgate helped save their marriage.

In a new interview with the Daily Mail's YOU Magazine, the actress called the slap 'holy' as many positive things came out after Will slapped comedian Chris Rock, who made a joke about Jada's bald head.

"I nearly didn’t even attend the Oscars that year, but I’m glad I did, I call it the 'holy slap' now because so many positive things came after it," she said. 

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Adding how one slap made her realise that she's not going to leave Will, Jada said further, "That moment of the s--- hitting the fan is when you see where you really are." 

She added, "After all those years trying to figure out if I would leave Will’s side, it took that slap for me to see I will never leave him. Who knows where our relationship would be if that hadn’t happened?"

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Talking about the Oscar drama, Jada said earlier this year that, like many, she thought that Will slapping Rock was a part of a skit.

He said, "I was like, 'There's no way that Will hit him.' It wasn't until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realised it wasn't a skit."

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Will Smith's infamous Oscar slap!

At the 94th Academy Awards, we saw one of the most shocking moments in Oscar's history. During the ceremony,  Chris took the stage to present an Oscar and made a movie ‘G.I. Jane’s' joke about Jada's bald head. Following the joke, the one thing that the whole world saw was Smith giving a punch to Chris.

After slapping, Will returned to his seat and said, “Keep my wife's name out of your f*****g mouth.” 

Jada and Will's complicated marriage!

Actress and talk show host Jada Pinkett Smith shockingly revealed that she and Will have been living separately since 2016, but the couple are still legally married.

In an interview on The Today Show, the 52-year-old actress told Hoda Kotb that she and her husband Will were already living "totally separate lives" for years before the infamous Oscars incident.

"By the time we got to 2016 we were just exhausted with trying," she said in a promo clip of the interview to promote her upcoming memoir, Worthy.