Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith hosted their family for a fun Thanksgiving celebration.
On Thursday, Nov. 28, the couple spent the holiday together at home with their children Jaden, 26, Willow, 24, and Trey, 32, plus Jaden’s mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and additional family and friends.
More than 60 people were in attendance, a family friend who was there tells PEOPLE.
“Everyone was in a wonderful and very appreciative mood,” says the insider. “Jada and Will’s celebration continued, as they did until Sunday when their hometowns squared off in the big game, when the Philadelphia Eagles played the Baltimore Ravens.”
The insider adds: “And Will’s team won — which he didn’t let anyone forget!”
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On Dec. 1, Will, 56, shared a fun video highlighting the playful rivalry between families during an NFL game. The Oscar winner, of course, grew up in Philly, while Jada, 53, grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. This is a sensitive situation for our family, Will joked in the video.
On Thanksgiving, Jada shared a video of herself basking in the sun, captioning it simply, “Grateful.” In the clip, she tells her followers, “Happy Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving. Sending you all so much love.”
Will and Jada were married in 1997, and while she was publishing her bestseller Worthy last year, Jada revealed that they had been separated since 2016 but planned to stay married.
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Will Smith; Jada Pinkett-Smith.
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In May, Jada and the whole family turned out to support Will at the premiere of his action sequel on the red carpet in Los Angeles Bad Boys: Ride or Diewhich became a hit at the box office.
Jada talked about the importance of family in an interview with The New York Timesexplaining that this is always what keeps her bond with Will strong.
“We wanted to create a family like we never had, and we did. And we enjoy our family. For us, our marriage is like the cornerstone of that for now. Who knows in 10 years,” she said then and added with a laugh: “We’ve tried everything to run away from each other, but we just don’t go.”
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