Will Smith welcomed his son Trey Smith with ex-wife Sheree Zampino

Trey Smith and Will Smith attend a Vanity Fair and L’Oreal Paris-hosted music event in February 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Photo:

Trey is Will’s only 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with ZampinoWill Smith and Sheree Zampino with their son Trey Smith at his second 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day party in November 1992 in Los Angeles, California.

On Nov. 11, 1992, Will and Zampino welcomed their first and only 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, a son named Willard Carroll “Trey” Smith III. The Men in Black actor says he felt an immediate connection to his son, named after him.

“I brought him home, we put him in the bassinet. … It was like stark terror. I’m totally responsible for this life and I couldn’t stop going and checking. … I just cried so hard. It makes me teary right now,” Will said during an appearance on Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk in 2020.

Will and Zampino divorced when Trey was a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥

When Trey was 2 years old, Will and Zampino split after the actor “had a realization that [he] wasn’t with the person [he] was supposed to be with.” According to the Hitch star, she filed for divorce, and they officially separated in 1995. Will has since called the period “the worst thing” in his adult life.

“Divorce was the ultimate failure for me,” he shared on Red Table Talk. “I’ve been hurt a lot in my adult life, but I don’t think anything touches the failure of getting divorced from my 2-year-old son’s mother. Sheree and I ran into that — if a man’s not a great husband, then he loses his parental rights.”

Trey had a strained relationship with Will growing upWill Smith and Trey Smith at the premiere of ‘Hancock’ in June 2008 in Hollywood, California.

“In the first couple years of Trey’s life, because Sheree and I were divorced, I think my desire to never have my son see me in that way made me more absent as a father,” he explained on Red Table Talk. “I wanted to create enough distance. We not gonna be cursing, we not gonna be fighting.”

Trey also had a tough relationship with ZampinoTrey Smith with his mom Sheree Zampino.

“One of the things that my son said to me when he started to do the work [on forgiveness], one of the things that came up for him, he felt that he wasn’t loved,” she shared during an appearance on Red Table Talk in 2022. “I said, ‘Oh my God, your father loved you, what are you talking about?’ He said, ‘I’m not talking about him, I’m talking about you.’ ”

Will and Trey now consider themselves best friendsWill Smith and Trey Smith pose in the press room during the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in November 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Although Will initially had a challenging relationship with Trey, they now call each other best friends. The Bad Boys cast member said everything went as his father, Willard Carroll Smith Sr., had predicted, and as Trey got older, he reached out.

“Just like Daddio said, as soon as Trey was ready, he came looking for his father,” Will recalled on Red Table Talk.

Will was so committed to Trey’s football career that while filming Karate Kid in China, he would commute back to Los Angeles on weekends to attend Trey’s games.

“We would fly and land Friday afternoon in L.A., go to Trey’s football game. We would stay home for Saturday and then fly back, be at work on Monday morning in Beijing for 10 weeks,” Will said on Red Table Talk. “I would say that’s the high point of my parenting. There’s very few things in my life I enjoy as much as watching that boy play football.”

In June 2024, Trey was there to cheer his dad on at the premiere of Bad Boys: Ride or Die, and ahead of the movie’s premiere, Will told E! News that Trey “loves” the movie franchise.

“He’s the one that’s into Call of Duty and all of that, so a Bad Boys movie for him is everything. It’s the one he likes that his dad is doing,” he said.

Trey has appeared on-screen with WillWill Smith and son Trey Smith attend the in-store signing of Will Smith’s book “Just the Two of Us” in June 2001 at Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Santa Monica, California.

Will later penned a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren’s book of the same name based on his own relationship with his first𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧. Trey later appeared in Will’s television series All Of Us, which also featured Jaden.

While Trey has not continued to pursue acting, he did appear in the 2008 short film The Speech.

He released his debut album in 2020Trey Smith arrives for the premiere of Apple Original Films’ “Emancipation” in November 2022.

He even released a song called “Find You Somewhere” as a collaboration with his siblings, Jaden and Willow. In 2020, he released his debut album, Best Wishes.

Trey enjoys streaming on Twitch

He’s very close with Jaden and WillowJada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jaden Smith and Trey Smith attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March 2022 in Beverly Hills, California.