Jodie Turner-Smith Are you evaluating your ex? Joshua Jackson dating actress Lupita Nyong’oand her reaction may surprise a lot of people.
In a long interview with The cutthe 37-year-old model-actress was asked directly if it was strange that the Dawson Creek star and Nyong’o started dating two months after she asked for divorce him in October. Weird? Far from it.
“Good for them,” Turner-Smith responded. “We need happiness to co-parent peacefully. I’m trying to get us to Gwyneth and Chris Martin’s level. I really hope they’re happy and that it benefits us as a family.”
Turner-Smith and Jackson called it quits after three years of marriage. Although she filed for divorce in October, Turner-Smith listed September 13 as the date of separation. They share a 3-year-old daughter, Juno. Turner-Smith and Jackson met in 2018 at a benefit at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
During an interview in Late Night with Seth Meyers In May 2021, she revealed that the pair had a one-night stand that developed into a “three-year one-night stand.”
As for Jackson and Nyong’o, they were seen holding hands in December during a romantic stroll near the Autocamp resort in Joshua Tree, California. They then had a PDA-filled beach outing in Port Vallarta.
In February, Turner-Smith spoke publicly for the first time about her divorce, telling The times from London that it’s okay when something doesn’t go right. She also expressed similar sentiments about having an amicable relationship with her ex in favor of healthy co-parenting.
“Sometimes things we really want to work just don’t,” she said at the time. “And that’s okay. The most important thing is that you choose what is healthiest for you and your family, and definitely for your children.”
And when it comes to her marriage, Turner-Smith said she doesn’t see it as a failure.
“Obviously we had such a beautiful time together,” she said. “And now it’s time for a new moment for both of us. And how exciting! The bravest thing in the world is to recognize when something isn’t working and take action, and I always want to set that kind of example for my daughter.”
She concluded, “The big takeaway is that this is as much love and joy as it ever was. It’s just about taking a step forward toward a better life for everyone involved.”
Turner-Smith and Jackson were very public about their relationship, often posting on social media and showing PDA on the red carpet. But going forward, Turner-Smith says any future relationships will not be in the public domain.
“When you are in the public eye, a part of you belongs to the public. It stops being yours and becomes theirs too,” she said. The cut. “I didn’t have an accurate understanding of what it would mean to share my relationship with the public. It’s something I will never do again. Ever. That’s an important lesson I took away from it, which is just that people don’t need to know everything.”
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