Jodie Turner-Smith shared a rare photo and video of her 5-year-old daughter, whom she shares with ex-husband Joshua Jackson.
In a carousel of photos posted via Instagram on Wednesday, May 14, Turner-Smith’s little girl was on hand as she got ready for an event celebrating Tory Burch’s new flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles.
In one photo, Turner-Smith, 38, beamed as her daughter gave her a kiss on the cheek. The actress wore a navy blue ensemble complete with a long-sleeved crop top and velvet pants. Her daughter wore a gray shirt and purple pants.
Then, in a follow-up video, Turner-Smith seemingly asked her child, “[Do I look] pretty?”
“Before I drove off, my daughter said ‘remember: BE FASHION’ ????????❤️???????? did i hit the target, @toryburch? ???? congratulations on your store opening! ????,” Turner-Smith captioned her post.
Turner-Smith welcomed her daughter with Jackson, 46, in April 2020. News broke on Monday, May 12, that the exes reached a divorce settlement more than a year after her initial filing. In the deal, the former couple agreed that neither party would receive spousal support. While Turner-Smith stated that the pair separated on September 13, 2023, Jackson listed the split date as September 30, 2023.
The Dawson’s Creek alum and Turner-Smith also agreed to share joint legal and physical custody of their daughter.
Turner-Smith made headlines in October 2023 when she filed for divorce from Jackson after more than four years of marriage. While reflecting on the split in February, Turner-Smith noted that she doesn’t view their relationship as a failure.
“Sometimes things we really want to work just don’t end up working,” she said in an interview with U.K.’s The Times. “And that’s OK. The most important thing is that you choose what’s healthiest for you and your family and definitely your children.”
Jackson, for his part, also spoke about the split and how their daughter is his No. 1 priority in an interview on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s podcast “Dinner’s on Me” in April.
“It’s my job, shared with my ex-wife, to do everything we can to nurture you, cultivate you, and give you all the tools you need in life,” he said of raising his daughter. “But man, it is not lost on me that I am getting an opportunity to experience a father’s love in a way that I never experienced it.”
He added: “My father’s response to difficulty was to run away. And instead of doing that, I’ve had the opportunity to give my daughter the opposite experience … If I ever did anything to estrange my daughter from myself, I would be in duress. I actually can’t conceive of it because I don’t even wanna think of the pain that that would be.”
