Will Smith and Margot Robbie once ignited romance rumors because of a controversial photoshoot.

Jada and Will Smith’s marriage shockingly crumbled in front of the public, but the couple already admitted their relationship has been hanging by a thread since 2016. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, both of them are leading different lives.

The actor’s alleged previous affair with one of the most in-demand stars now may have contributed to this irreparable damage. It happened in 2013 when a tabloid published photos of Smith and Margot Robbie in a racy pictorial.

Will Smith And Margot Robbie Once Sparked Romance Rumors

Fans would remember Will Smith and Margot Robbie co-starring in 2016’s Suicide Squad as Deadshot and Harley Quinn, but before that, they had already worked together in 2015’s Focus, a crime comedy movie.

In Star magazine’s cover story via Page Six, the outlet claimed that the pair were getting closer on the movie set to the point that they had become too comfortable with each other.

Smith and Robbie were spotted hopping on a photo booth together and taking some steamy pictures with the Emancipation star lifting his shirt while the Barbie actress showed off her undergarments. An insider told the magazine:

“He wasn’t acting like a married man. He gave no signs that he was in a committed relationship. What kind of married man would go into a photo booth with a sexy 23-year-old and start to undress?”

Will Smith and Margot Robbie in Focus

The source also asserted that Robbie initiated the idea of posing intimately, with Smith acting as if his marriage was not already struggling at the time. They confessed to feeling that natural chemistry the moment they started working together. In an interview with Red Carpet News TV, Smith explained:

“When Margot came to read for the role, she didn’t think that there was any chance she was gonna get it because of how different we are. I’m 46, and Margot was 23 when we did it, and then there’s obvious genetic differences. But for some reason, it just worked perfectly. When you see it on screen, none of those questions come up. It’s like a wonderful puzzle, it worked very well.”

Robbie slammed the rumors published by Star magazine in a now-deleted tweet saying (via E! News): “There’s absolutely no truth to the ridiculous rumor in Star mag.” The actress also lamented that their goofing around on set was taken out of context.

Fans Believed Will Smith Should Have Chosen Margot Robbie

Will Smith and Margot Robbie in Focus

A fan from Twitter accused Will Smith of being the “biggest fumbler in history” for choosing to stay with ex-wife Jada Smith amid their irredeemable relationship rather than actually pursuing Margot Robbie, who was not yet married at the time of the alleged affair. Read some of the comments below:

Since the infamous Oscars slap, the old wound in the Smiths’ marriage was reopened and scrutinized in public, and in October 2023, the Gotham actress admitted via Today that she and her ex-husband have long been separated for seven years.