Will Smith Doesn't Practice Monogamy, As "Marriage For Us Can't Be a Prison"
In a recent interview, King Richard star Will Smith shared how he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith do not practice monogamy as part of their marriage.
Smith, 53, opened up in a new cover interview with GQ, sharing that"Jada never believed in conventional marriage... Jada had family members that had an unconventional relationship."
Published on Monday, the interview went on to detail how Smith, who married Jada in 1997, said "She grew up in a way that was very different than how I grew up," and added that "there were significant endless discussions about, what is relational perfection? What is the perfect way to interact as a couple?"
"And for the large part of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thinking of monogamy as the only relational perfection...We have given each other trust and freedom, with the belief that everybody has to find their own way. And marriage for us can’t be a prison."
Another approach for Smith was wanting to have a harem of women — "the idea of travelling with 20 women that I loved and took care of and all of that," he described — including Halle Berry and Misty Copeland. "It seemed like a really great idea. And then, after we played it out a little bit, I was like, 'That would be horrific. That would be horrific'. I was like, 'Can you imagine how miserable?'".
In the interview, Smith admits that airing his fantasies was helpful for him and Jada to dissect their personalities. "What she was doing was essentially cleaning out my mind, letting it know it was OK to be me and be who I was," he said. "It was OK to think Halle is fine. It doesn't make me a bad person that I'm married and I think Halle is beautiful.
"Whereas in my mind, in my Christian upbringing, even my thoughts were sins. That was really the process that Michaela worked me through to let me realise that my thoughts were not sins and even acting on an impure thought didn’t make me a piece of s***.”
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