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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Sheree Zampino opened up about an emotional conversation she had with her son Trey, who she shares with ex-husband Will Smith.
While appearing on Red Table Talk along with Jada Pinkett Smith, her former husband’s current wife, the actress, 54, revealed that her child, now 29, told her he “didn’t feel loved” growing up.”
‘One of the things my son said to me when he started work’ [on forgiveness]one of the things that stood up for him, he felt he wasn’t loved,” she recalls.
Sad: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Sheree Zampino shed tears when she opened up about an emotional conversation she had with her son Trey, who she shares with ex-husband Will Smith
Earlier: When she appeared on Red Table Talk along with Jada Pinkett Smith, the current wife of her former husband, the actress, 54, her child, now 29, revealed to her that he “didn’t feel loved” growing up,” the actress family is seen in LA in November 1992
After telling him that his father loved him, Trey replied, “I’m not talking about him, I’m talking about you.”
In response, she said to him, “You didn’t feel loved by me?” So we had a conversation.’
“If he was small and he fell, or something happened, he would be disappointed. Since I was around so many women, I would think you’re fine,” she explained. ‘I would encourage him. Instead of just sitting in that room with him, and just being there, [and say] ‘How do you feel? It’s okay to feel.’
Sweet: Host Jada rubbed her arm for support when Sheree got emotional
‘One of the things my son said to me when he started work’ [on forgiveness]one of the things that stood up for him, he felt he wasn’t loved,’ she recalled; the mother and son are seen in 2013
Will and Sheree are seen in Los Angeles in January 1992
Eight months ago, after much thought, she admitted that she “didn’t care about” his feelings, or even her own, because she “didn’t know how.”
“I always rushed myself. You have to be stoic, you have to be tough, you have to get through life, and this was him who said this,” Zampino recalled. “I didn’t have the ability to care about his feelings because I couldn’t care about mine. I was on autopilot.’
In the same episode, Pinkett Smith, 51, told the mother-of-one that she “crossed the line” with husband Will during the early days of their relationship.
Heartbreaking: After telling him his dad loved him, Trey replied, ‘I’m not talking about him, I’m talking about you’
In response, she said to him, “You didn’t feel loved by me?” So we had a conversation.’
After the end of Zampino’s three-year marriage to Will, Sheree, he and Jada quickly sparked romantic rumors.
The couple, who have since forged a strong friendship, shared how an awkward incident about Trey’s behavior led to an argument.
Jada said, “I can remember a few times when I actually crossed the line. There was one time when Trey had a play date and he misbehaved. I was like, “Uh uh, we need to sit down, we need to talk about this, Trey can’t act like this.”
Happier times: Sheree, 54, was married to Will, 54, from 1992-1995, with the couple sharing son Trey, 29 (Sheree and Will pictured in 1993)
Sheree replied, “Let me give you my version. I literally walked into the house to drop him off and as soon as I entered, Jada said, “We need to talk about his behavior!”
“I was like, ‘Please go get his father. Why are you talking about what’s happening at my house, here?” His behavior was at my house.’
Jada said, “It was a lot of intertwining and it got a little messy,” while Sheree labeled her behavior “off the line.”
Sheree also acknowledged that Jada “meant no harm” with her comment, adding, “My only requirement was that you treat my son well. You did and your heart was always right on him and wanted the best for him.’
Actress Sheree also explained how her behavior sometimes became “embarrassing” and revealed how she entered Jada and Will’s bedroom uninvited to check out the set.
Family: During Red Table Talk, the couple, who have since forged a strong friendship, shared how an awkward incident about Trey’s behavior led to an argument (Trey pictured with siblings Jaden and Willow, Jada and father Will in 2016)
Jada said, “You looked around… you wanted to see what was going on, how it was decorated and all that. It was early and I think you thought, “I just want you to know that Queen Bee is around here.”‘
Jada added: “I was like, well, damn, she’s got the house sorted out, I can’t say anything. We were very fiery.’
Jada also revealed that she had a misconception that she would be “done” with Sheree after her and Will’s divorce – before accepting that Sheree would always be part of their family.
Scream 2 actress Jada said afterwards that she “would have taken a beat” before getting involved in Will and Sheree’s relationship amid their “public and fresh” split.
Sheree said, “But when you got it, I remember you came to me — and you were in tears, you were very emotional, and you said, ‘I just didn’t know’.”
“Basically, what you said was, ‘I was in the picture too early.’ And you apologized for that.’
Close connection: Jada continued: ‘My philosophy has always been, how can I love Trey and not the most important person in his life, which is his mother? That is not possible. … it was certainly quite a partnership’
Jada continued, “My philosophy has always been, how can I love Trey and not the most important person in his life, which is his mother? That is not possible. … it was certainly quite a collaboration.’
Will and Jada, 50, tied the knot in 1997 and share son Jaden, 24, and daughter Willow, 21.
Sheree was later asked by Jana Kramer what she thought of Jada getting “the better version” of Will.
Sheree said, “I think when our union ends, he should be better thanks to me. He should be better. So it might hurt to see you with the better version, but he shouldn’t be worse because he’s been with me.
‘I think I left too early at this stage of my life. That was part of me trying to protect myself. If I was in another time, I’d never leave so quickly, I’d work on it.’
The star said she and Will are better at co-parenting than they were as a couple, with Jada joking that the trio isn’t a “throuple” after revealing that Sheree and Will are going on vacation with his relatives and without her. .