“You have three different dynamics, three different personalities and different belief systems, different ways of doing things.”
Sheree Zampino getting real about co-parenting with ex-husband Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.
While appearing on Monday’s episode of the “Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef” podcast, the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” The star, who appears as a “friend of” on the series, opened up about co-parenting her son Trey, now 29, with Will, as well as the “different dynamics” between her, Will and Jada.
Sheree, 54, and Will, 50, married in 1992 and welcomed son Trey that year. They later divorced in 1994. Meanwhile, Will and Jada, 50, married in 1997 and share two children: jaden24, and Willowtwenty-one.
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On the podcast, host David Yontef asked Sheree how she has been able to maintain a close relationship with Will, Jada and their family over the years, noting how the Bravo star appeared on the premiere episode of Jada’s. “Red Table Talk”.
“How does that happen? It’s so hard,” the podcast host said of Sheree’s good co-parenting relationship with the couple, to which Sheree replied, “I’m not going to say it’s easy. I think from the beginning, like from the beginning: I learned this from my mother: my heart is always for my son. My son comes first. He really is. He comes first, so it’s not about me anymore.”
She continued, “So how do we do this where we honor [the kids] and we put them first and we don’t deprive them of anything good, what’s good is the relationship they have with each other, the relationship they have with me, the relationship my son has with Jada.”
“We were able to go there and I’m thankful for that,” she added. “I can’t really elaborate on why, but I’m thankful that we were all on the same frequency and on the same page for wanting to do that, which is probably why we call each other out in this space.”
Although Sheree noted that it’s not always easy, she said “when you have mutual respect, it becomes easier.” She added: “With Jada, it was like, as long as I tried [Trey] well, we’re fine. We are fine. And she has treated him well and she has loved him.”
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However, the businesswoman revealed that she, Will and Jada still have “headbutts” in the past.
“You have three different dynamics, three different personalities and different belief systems, different ways of doing things,” he said. “And there have been times when we bumped heads and it hasn’t been pretty. But listen, we get back on that horse and we keep going. We do what we have to do because, again, at the end of the day, it’s about the kids. We have a responsibility to them.”
Meanwhile, Yontef mentioned how Sheree attended the Oscar 2022during which Will, now infamously slapped chris rock. “I’m not talking about this David,” Sheree laughed, before Yontef praised “King Richard,” the film in which Will won an Oscar for Best Actor. Sheree agreed, calling the film “amazing.”
The Whoop Ash founder also shared her thoughts on Will and Jada tuning in to “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Sheree appeared as a guest on seasons 10 and 11 of “RHOBH,” before becoming “friends with” the housewives for season 12, which is currently airing.
“I hope not [watch], but you never know. You never know,” Sheree said.
As for whether she would approach them to watch the show, she jokingly added, “I don’t know how I feel about texting Will and Jada saying, ‘I’ll be on the show for about four minutes.’ , can you see the whole 44? I don’t feel called to do that.
