In honor of Father’s Day, Will Smith spoke of his difficult beginnings as a father with Trey, his eldest son.
Before being an incredible actor and a film legend, he was a loving and protective father. With his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, whom he married in 1997, Will Smith had two children Jaden (21) and Willow (19). He is also the father of Trey (27), born of a first marriage to Sheree Fletcher. On the occasion of a special Father’s Day episode of the Jade show “Red Table Talk” available on Facebook Watch, the 51-year-old actor gave his wife about his most beautiful role: that of father .
At the age of 24, Will Smith welcomed his first son, a responsibility that obviously changed his life. “I kept going to see him and watching that he was fine. I cried so much. … made me cry now, “he said with bright eyes. Asked by Jade about the reason for his tears, Will Smith justified them by his fear of failing as a father at such a young age. “I didn’t think the red sofa (on which he was sitting) would make me like that,” he joked.
Agent Jay’s interpreter in “Men In Black” divorced when Trey was only two years old. A situation that he particularly regrets because of the suffering that his son felt, only 2 years old. “Divorce was the ultimate failure for me,” he said. “I am a much better father than husband,” continued the director. During his separation from his ex-wife, Will Smith did not want his son to see him in critical condition and this made him “an absent father”. “I wanted to create enough distance between us,” he said.
A few years ago, the actor got a little closer to Trey. During a trip to Abu Dhabi in 2018, he confided in his Instagram video about his relationship with his son. “We fought for years after the divorce from her mother. He felt betrayed and abandoned. It is a blessing to recreate an adorable relationship with my magnificent son! ”, He had written while sharing photos of the accomplice father-son duo.
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