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"I definitely respect and understand people's curiosity, but people, they have to trust me when I speak on my truth...If I say to you, 'I don't have an open marriage,' 'No, we're not gay,' and you don't trust that, well then there's nothing that I really have to say to anybody about anything, because at the end of the day, I'm living my life, and I'm happy."
-- Jada Pinkett Smith addressing rumors about her marriage to actor Will Smith. (NPR)
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Actor Will Smith (L) clowns around for photographers as wife Jada Pinkett (R) poses for photos at the Vanity Fair Dinner and After Party celebrating the 81st Academy Awards at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California on February 22, 2009. Rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire" swept the board at the 81st Academy Awards, winning eight Oscars including best picture on a night of high-voltage Hollywood glamor. AFP PHOTO/RICH SCHMITT (Photo credit should read RICH SCHMITT/AFP/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith arrive at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith arrive at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actress Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actress Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actress Jada Pinkett Smith (L) and actor Will Smith arrive at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actress Jada Pinkett Smith (L) and actor Will Smith arrive at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actress Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Actress Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter held at the Sunset Tower on February 22, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) NAACP President and CEO Benjamin T. Jealous, wife Professor Lia Epperson, producer/actress Jada Pinkett Smith and actor Will Smith in the audience at the 40th NAACP Image Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on February 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NAACP)
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By: Mickey Webb on 3/21/2009 9:23PM
Enough said,it is sad that their are some many people without a life the waste their time trying to live other peoples.What ever they do however they do it it is their lives.
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By: Amanda on 3/23/2009 5:00PM
Amen
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By: Chuck on 3/23/2009 11:31PM
If you live in LA you know that this is a true story. I just wish that other stars who are gay would just be able to come out and get on with it. I guess we will all have to just wait another 20 years when they are all old and grey to finally have them face the truth and live their lives....until then.........
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By: eric on 3/30/2009 11:43AM
totally agree! that's all they do here on BV's!
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By: Anige'r on 3/23/2009 2:20PM
yea my friend said they were gay but we never belived him and hes always lying so it doesnt matter. and other people try to stay on topic please
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By: NK on 3/23/2009 2:41PM
The reason this issue is so disputable is that so many LGBT folks suffer at the hands of ignorant bashers. This would be much abated if "models" in our society said yes I am and what of it, now take me for my character and the work that I do, not what I do in bed. But apparently, ones character is immediately maliagned if you are and LGBT person.
Take from someone who has done public work and has been thanked for showing something positive about our lives. And at a time when STILL white people openly display who they are, just like heteros do with their partners, families, etc... people of color are left in the dust as if no LGBT people exist in our communities. Idiots!! Have you any ideas how many youth of color become undone because of this????!!!! If they are gay, well blessed be, they and a few other well rumored ones would do well to come out of the closet and say, so what, but hey, what do you think about my work?? What is it about Ellen G., Rosie O., Melissa E., and others that make them so special. Adn oh, don't get me started on the gay sports stars that are practically threatened on the field. Ignorant, whining, UN-Christian hetero BSers!!
Why is it so precious to have a Black (bi-racial, half-black) president????? Hmmmm. Duh!
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By: jamalihess on 3/23/2009 2:56PM
you need to stay off the interent, and get some
rest, these kind of things should not make a
person, even a black person, this mad, and vicous.
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By: AW on 3/23/2009 3:45PM
Race has nothing to do with sexuality or talent. As far as the the President is concerned, maybe, it is because of country's history. Since race was and still is an issue. Hummmmmmmm. Duh!
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By: Washington on 3/23/2009 4:29PM
Seriously, you got issues.
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By: Whatever on 3/23/2009 5:32PM
What are you babbling about?
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