Will Smith breaks his silence over Jada Pinkett Smith's bombshell memoir

Actor Will Smith has broken his silence following his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's bombshell tell-all memoir Worthy where the actress has revealed that the couple have been separated for the last seven years.

Will Smith spoke about the memoir in an email sent to The New York Times and admitted that the book woke him up. He noted that his estranged wife had "lived a life more on the edge than he'd realised and she is more resilient, clever and compassionate than he'd understood."

"When you’ve been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in, and you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties," the Oscar winner wrote.

Meanwhile, Pinkett Smith appeared on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast, where the host also read a letter to her written by Smith.

"I applaud and honour you," Shetty read the letter in a clip shared by The Associated Press on social media. "If I had read this book 30 years ago, I definitely would’ve hugged you more."

"I’ll start now – Welcome to the Authors Club," the letter continued. "I love you endlessly. Now go get some Merlot and take a rest."

In response, Pinkett Smith laughed and said, "He knows I can’t have no Merlot," she replied before getting emotional. "That’s beautiful."

"That’s why I can’t divorce that joker," she added.

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Meanwhile, Smith publicly decided to make light of the frenzy around Pinkett Smith’s memoir, which hits stands on October 17.

On Sunday, the actor turned to Instagram and shared a clip of himself on a ship. He was seen lying down below deck, bundled up and seemingly at ease with his arms crossed and eyes shut.

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"Fun fact about me," a voice is heard saying over the video. "I can take a nap almost anywhere."

Last week, ahead of the book’s release, Pinkett Smith appeared on a TV interview and explained why she and Smith have not officially called it quits. Pinkett Smith clarified that their separation was not "a divorce on paper," but "by the time we got to 2016 we were just exhausted with trying."

"I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce," she told Kotb, 59. "We will work through whatever. And I just haven’t been able to break that promise."

Pinkett Smith also told People magazine that "we’re still figuring it out."

The couple married in 1997 while the star was pregnant with their son Jaden. They also share a daughter named Willow. Smith is also a father to son Trey, 30, from his previous marriage to actress/producer Sheree Zampino.