Nia Long Says She Feels ‘Bad’ For Will Smith And Jada Pinkett-Smith

Nia Long feels for Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

The former “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” cast member said she has nothing but respect for the openness of the long-married couple, after Pinkett-Smith admitted this week that she had had a relationship with singer August Alsina during a separation from the “Independence Day” star years ago.

“I feel bad for Will and Jada right now, because they’ve been extremely vulnerable with their personal story. And it takes a lot of courage to do that,” Long told Entertainement Tonight about the “Girl’s Trip” star’s comments, which were made on the family’s show “Red Table Talk.”

“When you have a show like ‘Red Table Talk,’ you want to be what you are sharing with the world, and that’s gotta be a tremendous amount of pressure,” she continued. “We all have our ups and downs with love. Love is a complicated thing.”

The 49-year-old Brooklyn-born actress called Smith “an icon in our community” and wishes that the public would “back off and leave them alone.”

“I think any key to any relationship is, give your partner the room to be who he needs to be, who she needs to be, and if it means you’re taking a break to do that? Take the break!” Long said. “I know I sometimes just leave the house and I don’t tell anyone where I’m going and I’m like, ‘OK guys I’ll be back.’ Because I’ve learned that if I don’t take care of myself first, nothing else in the house runs smoothly.”

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