Jada Pinkett Smith has shared that she and Will Smith are putting in significant effort to mend their marriage.

This comes after her recent revelation that they had separated in 2016, even though they continued to appear together in public.

In an interview with NBC, Pinkett Smith emphasised that they are currently focused on "healing the relationship." Their relationship made headlines last year when Will Smith made a public display by confronting and slapping the Oscars host, Chris Rock.

He yelled "Keep my wife's name out of your [expletive] mouth".

Pinkett Smith's revelation about the Hollywood actors' relationship made headlines across the world.

Speaking to NBC's Today Show, she said, "We are in a place now that we are in a deep healing space.

"And we are really concentrating on healing the relationship between us...

"We are working very hard at bringing our relationship together back to a lifelong partnership."

She explained, "He can't be this perfect, idealised husband. I have to be able to accept him for the human he is.

"He has to accept me for the human I am. And we want to love each other there."

When asked if the couple might live in the same house again, she agreed they might.

On Wednesday, as part of a book launch, she said she had considered a legal divorce but could not go through with it because she was determined to work through it.

She attributed the breakdown of the relationship to "a lot of things" and by 2016, they were "exhausted with trying".

Rumours and questions about the state of the couple's marriage had arisen in 2020, following a candid discussion on Jada Pinkett Smith's Facebook show, Red Table Talk.

During the conversation, it was revealed that Pinkett Smith had been in what she described as an "entanglement" with artist August Alsina.

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith first crossed paths in 1994 when she auditioned for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Their relationship evolved, leading to their marriage in 1997.

The couple shares two children, Jaden Smith and Willow Smith, in addition to Trey Smith, who is Will Smith's son from his first marriage.