Since Will Smith's Oscar slap controversy, his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith has been beneath public scrutiny greater than ever. Recently, enthusiasts discovered a video where she was "using him for clout," adding to the scandalous dishonest incident that would possibly have ended in Chris Rock getting slapped.
As a result, everyone's digging into the couple's relationship history. We've in the past mentioned Smith's relationship with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino and his wife's past relationships with Wesley Snipes, Grant Hill, and Tupac Shakur. Now, we will be looking on the Oscar winner's transient romance with Tyra Banks in the '90s.
How Did Tyra Banks & Will Smith Meet?
Banks met Smith when she landed a guest role in his hit sitcom, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She played his ex-girlfriend Jackie from Philly. She first seemed at the display in season 4 and ended up being in 8 episodes. It was once in truth the stick insect's first acting gig. In 2020, she recalled "feeling so dumb" during the auditions. "So I, like, put on, like, basketball shorts and, like, a big, huge T-shirt," she stated of auditioning for her character who performed basketball. "You know, just kind of like a basketball girl. I walked in kind of around the way, no makeup."
When Banks arrived at her audition, all of the other actresses were in great attire and heels. "And then in the audition room, there's, like, a line of chairs and there's all of these actresses. And I swear everybody had on a little black dress and black heels and just looking gorgeous and face done," she recounted. "And I'm like, 'Oh, you're not supposed to dress like the character, you're supposed to, like, be pretty, and then they put the character on you later.' I was sitting there feeling so dumb."
It labored for her anyway because the casting director requested her to go back for some other audition. "So then hours later [I] go back and then Will Smith is in the room," mentioned Banks. "And I read with him, didn't know what the hell I was doing. Just trying to read the thing and just be as natural as possible." The America's Next Top Model host advanced a friendship with Smith that at last grew into one thing more in 1993. They dated for a yr until 1994. According to studies, issues "never got serious" between them.
Are Tyra Banks & Will Smith Still Friends Today?
Banks and Smith have remained buddies over time. In 2019, the type posted a throwback picture of them together from a scene in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. "Happy Birdhat," she captioned it — intentionally misspelling the phrase birthday and referencing an inside of comic story about an actual feathered hat that Banks wore at the display.
In 2020, Smith posted an Instagram video of them revisiting their heated scene from season 4 episode All Guts, No Glory. "This next piece is one of my favorite moments. I love that we did that," Smith said in the video. Banks impressed audience when she recited her strains verbatim. "Yo it's 30 YEARS LATER and @tyrabanks still has this scene memorized!! Love that!" the actor wrote within the caption.
Who Is Tyra Banks Dating Now?
Banks has been dating Canadian businessman, Louis Bélanger-Martin since 2018. A supply said that they are "very much in love" and that they get along side every other's sons with their earlier companions. "Tyra's child has his own room at Louis [and] Valerie's [Bélanger-Martin's ex-wife] house in Magog and Tyra moved some of her stuff—clothes, jewelry—there too." Banks has additionally maintained a just right co-parenting courting along with her baby daddy, Erik Asla.
Banks first met Asla when he was working for Norway's Next Top Model. They officially showed their relationship later in 2015. A yr later, after a series of "traumatizing" IVF procedures, they welcomed a baby boy named York Banks Asla. "The journey to now has not been an easy process, as I’ve shared before," the Coyote Ugly big name advised People on the time. "But there was a beautiful bright light at the end of the tunnel for me and his father, Erik."
The couple reportedly had an amicable cut up in 2017. There have been rumors about Asla dishonest on Banks, but neither has mentioned the rest about it. "It came drama-free and they're co-parenting their young son," a supply stated of their breakup back then. "He is slated to shoot the photos for the opening credits of the upcoming America's Next Top Model."
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