Will Smith has explained the real meaning behind his latest single First Love as he reminisced on the ‘freedom’ and ‘recklessness’ at the beginning of a relationship. 

The Oscar winner, 56, who was blasted last week for his ‘inappropriate performance with singer India Martinez, appeared to take a jibe at wife Jada Pinkett as he alluded to love being lost over time during a marriage. 

Taking to his Instagram on Valentine’s Day, Will penned: ‘Valentines day got me thinkin… who was your first love?’

Launching into a speech he began: ‘So first love theory. You know when you remember that first time you loved somebody and that kind of freedom and the reckless abandon and the wide openness before life happens.’

Suggesting relationships often lose their spark after this initial period of falling in love he asked: ‘How can we make our way back to that open space because with a closed heart there is no way to create that love that we desire.’

Quoting American spiritual leader and guru Ram Dᴀss he added: ‘There is a Ram Dᴀss quote “learning how to have an open heart in hell.” 

Will Smith has explained the REAL meaning behind song First Love as he appeared to take jibe at wife Jada Pinkett amid their bizarre marriage in an Instagram reel earlier this month 

The Oscar winner, 56, alluded to love being lost over time during a marriage as he reminisced on the ‘freedom’ of the early days of a relationship (pictured in 2022) 

‘There’s a line that I love that is “Every heart will be broken, but what do we do with the pieces.”‘ 

Will and Jada tied the knot in 1997, however Jada disclosed in 2023 that they had been separated for seven years, beginning in 2016, but remained married. 

Details of their bizarre marital arrangement have revealed the pair are continuing to live in separate homes, though insiders insist the pair are still together. 

The I Am Legend actor and the Matrix star, 53, are ‘are living their own lives but haven’t completely severed ties,’ a source told People last month.

‘Call it what you want,’ the source added. Meanwhile, another inside said the pair, who got married in 1997, are ‘still together’ but ‘have had separate homes for years.’

In 2023 it was reported that Jada has her own house nearby to Will in Calabasas. 

Meanwhile in the same year, while promoting her memoir Worthy, Jada revealed that the marriage had left them ‘exhausted.’

‘I think by the time we got to 2016 we were just exhausted with trying,’ Pinkett Smith said on the broadcast.

Launching into a speech he began: ‘So first love theory.You know when you remember that first time you loved somebody and that kind of freedom and the reckless abandon and the wide openness before life happens’

Suggesting relationships often lose their spark after this initial period of falling in love he asked: ‘How can we make our way back to that open space because with a closed heart there is no way to create that love that we desire’

It comes after Will was blasted over an ‘inappropriate’ act with a female singer India Martinez, 39, onstage last week 

Will and Jada tied the knot in 1997, however Jada disclosed in 2023 that they had been separated for seven years, beginning in 2016, but remained married (pictured 2019)  

‘I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,’ she explained.

In Pinkett Smith’s book she describes the separation as a ‘divorce,’ but clarified they never filed any paperwork.

‘It was not a divorce on paper. But it was a divorce,’ Pinkett Smith said.

However, in her memoir she wrote that she decided to stay by her husband’s side the moment he slapped Chris Rock while defending her at the 2022 Oscars.

It comes after Will was blasted over an ‘inappropriate’ act with a female singer onstage last week. 

Will was filmed putting on a flirty display with India Martinez, 39, as they performed song First Love at the Premio Lo Nuestro award show in Miami on February 20.

The pair got steamy during their song as they embraced and even appeared to share a kiss, while Smith placed a hand on Martinez’s backside.

In further candid snaps taken backstage, Martinez was seen jumping into Smith’s arms and wrapping her legs around his waist.

In further candid snaps taken backstage, Martinez was seen jumping into Smith’s arms and wrapping her legs around his waist

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The display left fans stunned and calling out the rapper for ‘inappropriate’ and the ‘worst’ behavior.

One fan wrote: ‘This is the worst’ while a second typed: ‘Inappropriate, even if it is ‘entertainment.”

Others wrote: ‘It’s like someone’s dad’s on the karaoke with a drunk local woman.’ 

‘It’s how Will forgot where he was and went to put his arms around her.’; ‘Will plays too much.’

Others defended the star and said he deserved ‘unlimited hall pᴀsses’ after Pinkett admitted to an affair with family friend August Alsina in 2020. 

Fans penned: ‘I know yall ain’t tripping when Jada has embarrᴀssed this man publicly numerously times!! Come on.

‘Idc his ‘wife’ embarrᴀssed him how many times.’; ‘Let that man live he’s been put through enough, damn. TR.’