Jada Pinkett Smith Praises Will Smith, Sheree Zampino Over Son

Giving credit score the place it’s due! Jada Pinkett Smith just lately wished stepson Trey a contented thirtieth birthday — and praised Will Smith and his ex-wife, Sheree Zampino, for the way they raised him. 

“Trey I can’t consider you’re 30 and what a stellar 30 you’re✨,” Pinkett Smith, 51, captioned a photo of the DJ via Instagram on Friday, November 11. “My best want for you is that the wings upon your coronary heart proceed that can assist you soar to the heights inside your spirit that you’re at all times reaching for.”

The Red Table Talk host went on to say that it’s been “a pleasure to observe you fly increased and better and change into extra free and clever,” and that she “admires” the person he’s change into. “Thanks for loving me❣️Glad, Glad thirtieth Birthday😘,” she wrote. 

Jada concluded her celebratory submit by giving a shoutout to Smith and Zampino, each 54, for being unimaginable dad and mom. 

“Congratulations @shereezampino and @willsmith — ya’ll finished good♥️,” the Magic Mike XXL actress gushed. 

Following the Matrix Revolution star’s heartwarming tribute, Zampino flocked to the remark part to return the candy sentiment. “Correction… ‘WE’ finished good! I really like you J! #BestBonusMomEver,” she wrote. 

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and the King Richard actor tied the knot in 1992 and welcomed Trey that very same 12 months. In 1995, nevertheless, the duo referred to as it quits for good. The Oscar winner then said “I do” with Pinkett Smith in 1997 and the pair share son Jaden, 24, and daughter Willow, 21.

Through the years, Zampino, Smith and the Set It Off star have labored laborious to maintain a healthy coparenting relationship, however their dynamic has admittedly taken a number of effort. 

“I’m not gonna say that it’s straightforward,” the Bravo persona revealed throughout an August episode of the “Behind the Velvet Rope” podcast. “My coronary heart is at all times for my little one. My little one comes first. He actually does.”

She added, “You bought three completely different dynamics, three different personalities and different belief systems, completely different approach of doing issues. And there have been occasions we now have bumped heads and it hasn’t been fairly. However pay attention, we get again on that horse and we press on. We do what we now have to do as a result of once more, on the finish of the day, it’s concerning the youngsters.”

The Whoop Ash founder defined, nevertheless, that having “mutual respect” for each other makes the method of getting alongside “simpler” as time goes on. “With Jada, it was like, so long as she treats [Trey] properly, we’re good. We’re good. And he or she’s handled him properly and she or he’s liked him.”

The Maryland native, for her half, mentioned how the household has moved previous their points when Zampino appeared on an episode of Purple Desk Speak in September. 

“We have now developed a very nice sisterhood,” she shared. “But it surely hasn’t been straightforward alongside the way in which … typically we did need to faux it to make it.”

For Pinkett Smith, it actually nearly maturing. “Not understanding the marital dynamic. Like, ‘OK, if divorce papers are despatched and persons are over it, then that is finished.’ Guess what? It ain’t by no means finished … In order that was my largest false impression — that this girl is a part of this household,” she mentioned. 

Zampino, in the meantime, maintained that so long as Pinkett Smith “handled my son properly,” she was completely satisfied to be pals with the All of Us alum. “You probably did that. And your coronary heart was at all times proper in the direction of him, wanting the most effective for him.”