Will Smith revealed that his son Jaden Smith asked to become emancipated when he was a minor, aged 15. Jaden's request came after the pair co-starred in the 2013 film After Earth, which Will described as “an abysmal box office and critical failure”.
As a teenager, Jaden sought independence, eventually moving out of the family home at 15. In her memoir, Pinkett Smith recalls the moment she made making the tough decision to let her young son move out of the house and live with his friends.
July 8, 1998: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith welcome their first child together. The couple welcomed their son Jaden Smith in July 1998. It was the first child for Jada and the second for Will, whose son with ex-wife Sheree Zampino, Trey, was born in 1992.
Trey is the first child of Will and his first wife, Sheree Zampino. He is also dad to son Jaden, 25, and Willow, 23, whom he shares with wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Sheree Zampino was married to Will Smith for three years, and the two share one son, Trey Smith. Both went on to marry other people — Smith tied the knot with actress Jada Pinkett Smith in December 1997, while Zampino married former NFL player Terrell Fletcher in 2007 (although they divorced in 2014).
How old was Jada Pinkett when she married Will Smith?
Jada Pinkett Smith thinks she was too young when she married Will Smith in 1997 at the age of 25. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith thinks she was too young when she married Will Smith in 1997 at the age of 25.
Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Age Is A Major Original Movie Difference. Jaden Smith was much younger than Ralph Macchio was when acting the part of the original Karate Kid, Daniel LaRusso. Macchio was 22 at the time, playing the role of a 17-year-old teenager, while Smith was 11 and cast to play 12-year-old, Dre Parker.
Smith landed his biggest role to date in 2010, starring alongside Jackie Chan in a remake of the 1984 coming-of-age classic, The Karate Kid. Smith plays Dre Parker, a 12-year-old Detroit native who moves to China to study martial arts with a kung fu master, so that he can face down the bullies who torment him.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Will Smith's net worth is $350 million as of 2023. These earnings are thanks to an entertainment career spanning over three decades, from his work as a rapper to his many roles as an actor and producer behind the scenes.
“At 15 years old, when Jaden asked about being an emancipated minor, my heart shattered,” Will writes. “He ultimately decided against it, but it sucks to feel like you've hurt your kids."
But it was the star's usually winning smile which grabbed attention - Jaden sported a bizarre metal grill in his mouth, covering both rows of teeth. The son of Will Smith is expected to attend the Met Gala in the city on Monday night.
Further, Pinkett said: “If there is such a thing as past lives, I definitely think Pac and I have travelled a few together, you know, in various forms.” Tupac and Jada shared a very great bond. However, they were never romantically linked.
At the time, however, Will was married to Sheree Zampino. The two had a son named Trey. Will and Sheree got divorced in 1995, and Will and Jada started dating that same year. In a 2018 interview with Access, Jada said that Will reached out to her when he was separated from Sheree before their divorce was finalized.
Perhaps not a lot of people know that Smith was actually married before he and Jada Pinkett Smith tied the nod. Her name is Sheree Zampino and she shares a son with the actor.
The King Richard star has three kids: sons Trey, 31, and Jaden, 25, plus daughter Willow, 23. All three of them have followed in his footsteps, pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. Smith welcomed his first son, Trey, in 1992 with then-wife Sheree Zampino.
The actor, 52, has three children: Trey, 30, whom he shares with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino, and Willow, 22, and Jaden, 25, whom he shares with his estranged wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
During the two-and-a-half-hour interview in the podcast, she addressed her relationship with Tupac, claiming that although they were kindred spirits, they had no physical nor sexual chemistry arguing that when she dared him to kiss her, they both had an 'Eew' moment.
Now Pinkett Smith has revealed that the pair has been separated since 2016. While promoting her upcoming memoir, Worthy, on the Today show, she shared that, after the “entanglement” that first shook their marriage several years ago (more on that below), the duo never actually repaired their romantic relationship.
