Will Smith opens up about lowest point in marriage to Jada when she cried '45 days straight'

Will Smith has made a heartbreaking confession about his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith.

The Hollywood couple, who have been married since 1997, have succeeded where so many other famous pairings have failed.

However, the Men In Black star has now admitted that their marriage almost came close to crumbling.

Speaking on his wife's Red Table Talk chat show, Will confessed to daughter Willow: "There was a period where mommy woke up and cried 45 days straight, I started keeping keeping a diary."

FACEBOOK/Red Table Talk"You missed some days," Jada chimed in with a smile.

"It was every morning. I think that’s the worst I've ever felt in our marriage," Will added.

"I was failing miserably."

FACEBOOK/Red Table TalkLater in the show, Will admitted the pair don't call themselves "married anymore", instead choosing to refer to themselves as "life partners".

It's not the first time the actor has opened up about their relationship highs and lows.

In 2015, Will shared: "We've been married 20 years and we've been asking ourselves [what's the secret to marriage] and really at the end of the day it's just not quitting.
Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith before the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes "You can't expect it to be easy. It's like our marriage was the most difficult, gruelling, excruciating thing that we have ever taken on in our lives. And you know we're just not quitters."

Will also revealed what he considers to be the secret to maintaining a good marriage.

The actor told Entertainment Tonight: "I would say is that we never went into working on our relationship.