Jada Pinkett and Will Smith often find themselves dogged by baseless split rumours in the press.

However the couple – who recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary – have learned to ignore the tabloids, with Smith recently addressing the headlines via his new song, In The Clique.

“Twenty years of swag y’all just witnessed,” he raps in the song. “Stop the divorce rumours and mind your damn business.”

Now, speaking on TIDAL’s Rap Radar podcast, Smith has revealed that he and Pinkett Smith are happier than ever. And, when asked for the simple formula to their successful marriage, he was all too willing to share their secret: they don’t see themselves as ‘married’.

“We don’t say we’re married anymore,” he said, explaining that the labels of ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ mean very little to him and Pinkett Smith.

“We refer to ourselves as ‘life partners,’ where you get into that space where you realise you are literally with somebody for the rest of your life. There are no deal breakers. There is nothing she could do – ever – nothing that would break our relationship. She has my support till death, and it feels so good to get to that space.”

This is why Jada Pinkett and Will Smith don’t refer to themselves as “married”