53 years old Hollywood’s Alpha actor Will Smith is currently living a happy life with his three kids and wife. As one of the most iconic power couples, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been together for more than 23 years.
However, life is not ideal as it appears because they both sacrificed a lot for this relationship, and it was all worth it.
I am sure you all know that before marrying the love of his life, Will tied the knot with Sheree Zampino in 1992. Because divorce was such a horrifying thought for Will, he wanted to remain with his wife, but Sheree didn’t want to stay with him and filed for divorce on Valentine’s Day (ouch).
So, what actually happened that persuaded Sheree to ask for a divorce, and where is she now? How did he meet his current wife? If you have lots of other burning questions about Will Smith’s Wives, then check out the article.
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Will Smith First Wife Sheree Zampino
Early Life And Education
Born on November 16, 1967, in Schenectady, New York, United States. Zampino was the daughter of Afro-American parents who earned their bread and butter by working in a theater company. Unfortunately, her parents divorced when she was young, and she lived with her father, Les Zampino.
After finishing her high school education, she went to the Fashion Institute of Technology to pursue her childhood dream of being a fashion designer and studying business. As a result of her two majors, Business and Fashion, Sheree acquired the skill of pursuing her passion and making money.
Career
Currently, Zampino works as the CEO of her organization, Sheree Elizabeth LLC, a company that specializes in healthy skin.
Furthermore, Zampino Sheree is a multitalented individual who started her career as an actress and then swiftly shifted towards production. Her famous projects include:
- Our Journey (2001)
- When the Time Comes (2000)
- Do Something Awards (2013)
In addition to this, she has appeared on the VH1 TV show Hollywood Exes.
Physical Appearance
Sheree is five feet and five inches tall and weighs about 103 pounds. Nature has also blessed her with deep black eyes that enhance her skin tone and black hair.
First Meeting With Will Smith
In his autobiography, Will describes the moment he met his wife, and we are blown away by the little details he remembered. Will Smith wrote that he attended the taping of “A Different World,” hoping to meet Pinkett, a cast member of that show but instead of meeting her, he ran into Zampino (nature’s mysterious plans), who was talking with the writer of the show.
Upon seeing her, he was unconsciously attracted to her and started a conversation with her. He wrote,
Now, here’s the deal,’ I said. ‘We’re just meeting, so I’m-a give you a pass on this one. But the next time somebody asks you where you’re from, you are forbidden to say ‘New York’ when you know damn well you are from Schenectady.
He further wrote,
If she had been drinking water, she would have done a spit take.” “Sheree begins to laugh uncontrollably as if I had given voice to one of her own secret inner whispers. The bell rings, signaling for the audience to settle down so that taping can continue, but she hasn’t gotten herself back together yet. She needs to be quiet. But I’m definitely not going to allow that. I lean into her ear.
Marriage
After a three-month romance marked by laughter and enjoyment, the couple decided to make their relationship official by getting married.
Smith and Sheree Zampino married in 1992 and welcomed their first and only son the same year.
However, as time passed, they both realized that they were too young for marriage and had a whole career in front of them.
All the things were too much to handle for this young married couple, so Sheree decided to end this marriage by asking for a divorce on Valentine’s Day.
According to Will Smith,
Zampino ended up filing for divorce herself. She hit me hard, Smith joked. She filed for divorce on Valentine’s Day. I was like Ouch! Ouch! And I still told her, ‘No, you can’t have a divorce.’ She hit me with the ‘So you’re going to make somebody stay with you who doesn’t love you?’ And that was the one that got me.
The marriage was also difficult for Will, despite his desire to make it work. So eventually, the couple split in 1995.
Sheree Second Marriage
After getting divorced from her first husband, Will, Sheree focused on her career and remained unmarried until she met her second husband, Terrell Fletcher, a former NFL player.
The couple started dating, and in 2007, they officially tied the knot. The couple has a daughter named Jodie Fletcher. Both Zampino and Fletcher appeared together at Holywood Exes. However, their marriage ended in divorce in 2014.
Relationship Of Sheree With Her Ex-Husband Will
After their divorce, Smith, and Zampino remained friends, and since then, they have supported each other. Sheree and Will are connected through their son, and Will has always said nice things about Sheree. On the other hand, Smith was also defended by Zampino in 2016 when actress Alexis Arquette claimed he was gay in a Facebook message.
Upon seeing this message, Sheree Zampino didn’t waste a moment to show her support for her ex-husband on the social media platform and uploaded her video on Facebook in which she shared the real reason for their divorce and said,
My marriage end not over any infidelity. I didn’t find Will in the bed with a man, and I didn’t find him in bed with a woman. It just didn’t happen! Will, was straight in 1992, and he’s straight in 2016. That just kind of is what it is. However, our marriage ended because we were so young. We were the same age then that our son is right now. It’s just a lot of responsibility.
She further said,
Marriage isn’t easy, especially at that age. Will was becoming bigger and bigger with his career. I’m becoming smaller and smaller. I just, I didn’t have the tools. We didn’t have the tools to make it work. I left because I was unhappy. It’s really that simple.
Sheree’s Net Worth
Approximately 6 million dollars is the net worth of Zampino. Moreover, as a former reality T.V. star, she earns between $150K and $1 million annually. Zampino’s wealth is mainly generated by her own skincare line.
Sheree’s Social Media
Will Smith’s millionaire ex-wife is pretty active on social media. She loves sharing her daily routine with 342k followers on Instagram. Besides being on Instagram, she also connects with her fans on Twitter and Facebook.
- Instagram Account: @shereezampino
- Facebook Account: @Sheree Elizabeth Zampino
- Twitter Account: @Sheree_Zampino
Will Smith Second Wife Jada Pinkett
After ending his marriage with Sheree, Jada Pinkett entered into Will’s life and heart as the sole queen, and even today, she enjoys the status of “Only One.”
Now without wasting any more time, let’s take a look at her life.
Early Life
Jada Koren Pinkett was born on September 18, 1971, in Baltimore, Maryland. Jada’s mother named her after her favorite soap opera actress, Jada Rowland. Her mother is Adrienne Banfield-Jones, who worked as a head nurse in Baltimore’s inner-city clinic, and her father is Robsol Pinkett Jr., owner of a small construction company.
Her parents divorced when she was young, and she was raised by her own mother and grandmother.
According to Jada, she enjoyed a close relationship with her mother and grandmother, and she always appreciated the good nature of her grandmother. She said,
My grandmother was a doer who wanted to create a better community and add beauty to the world.
Education
Jada’s grandmother encouraged her passion for performing arts by enrolling her in piano, tap dance, and ballet lessons when she was a young girl.
So Pinkett studied at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where she met her close friend and classmate, rapper Tupac Shakur. She chose dance and theatre as her major subjects and graduated from high school in 1989. After completing her graduation, she stayed a year at the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Acting And Music Career
In 1990, Pinkett made her acting debut in an episode of True Colors. She has appeared on television shows such as Doogie Howser, M.D. (1991), and 21 Jump Street (1991), and appeared on the NBC sitcom A Different World in 1991, starring comedian Bill Cosby.
She performed in many different movies and T.V. serials including,
Scream 2, The Nutty Professor, Return to Paradise, Kingdom Come, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Madagascar, The Human Contract, and many more.
Pinkett Smith formed the metal band Wicked Wisdom in 2002 under the name Jada Koren. The band comprises Pinkett Smith on lead vocals, Pocket Honore on guitar, Cameron “Wirm” Graves on the keyboard, and Rio on bass. Overbrook Entertainment, a company founded by Will Smith and Pinkett Smith’s husband, James Lassiter, manages the band.
Apart from acting and singing, Jada officially began her hosting career with the launch of the Red Table Talk on Facebook Watch in May 2018. Pinkett Smith has been hosting the talk show, featuring both her mother and daughter and tackling a broad range of topics.
Jada Meeting With Will
As I have told you before, Will met Jada on the set of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, where Jada came for the audition, but the director rejected her, saying that she was too short for the role of Will’s girlfriend.
Then Will saw her on the T.V. show, A Different World, and attracted her. He said,
I knew there was something in our energy that would be magic.
He went to meet Jada on the set of A Different World and ran into his ex-wife Sheree Zampino. They both ended up talking and laughing, and he forgot his purpose of coming to the set.
However, even after marrying Sheree, he did not forget about Jada and realized that he was not with the person he loves. Will explained this feeling on the Red Table Talk show and said,
I had a realization I wasn’t with the person I was supposed to be with,” Smith said. “I was sitting in a stall, and I was crying and laughing uncontrollably, and I knew [Jada] was the woman I was supposed to be with, but I was never getting divorced…I went back out, sat down with Sheree, and started going back on with my life.
Love Life Of Jada And Will
To be clear, Jada and Will never dated each other when Will was married to Sheree, and she was not the reason for their divorce.
According to Will, he called her after his marriage fell apart and Sheree left him, and at that time, Jada was in her hometown Baltimore.
Will asked her if she was dating anyone, and she replied no, which made Will happy, and he said,
“Cool, you’re seeing me now,” Smith smoothly told her. From there, they both started their love journey, and Pinkett Smith shifted back to California.
Jade And Will Big Wedding Day
Will purposed Jade in November 1997 without knowing that she was pregnant with their first child. Will said,
One day we got engaged, and the next day we found out we were pregnant,
On December 31, 1997, they officially married in a private ceremony at a hotel in Pinkett Smith’s hometown Baltimore. To avoid media coverage, they kept their ceremony private.
On her big day, Jade wore a champagne color dress, and she was pretty nervous. In an interview, she recalled her big day and said,
I was so upset that I had to have a wedding. I was so pissed. I went crying down the freakin’ aisle getting married.
Life After Marriage
In the first year of their marriage, they officially became father and mother to a beautiful son Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, and nearly two years later, the Smiths greeted their daughter, Willow Camille Reign Smith, on October 31, 2000.
Both of them are very open and supportive of each other. Jada said,
I’ve always told Will, ‘You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay, she said. Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I’m here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that’s not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.
People criticized Jade for her open relationship with Will, and she took to Facebook to clarify her point of view. She wrote,
Open marriage?
Let me first say this, there are far more important things to talk about in regards to what is happening in the world than whether I have an open marriage or not. I am addressing this issue because a very important subject has been born from discussions about my statement that may be worthy of addressing.
The statement I made in regard to, “Will can do whatever he wants,” has illuminated the need to discuss the relationship between trust and love and how they co-exist.
Do we believe loving someone means owning them? Do we believe that ownership is the reason someone should “behave”? Do we believe that all the expectations, conditions, and underlying threats of “you better act right or else” keep one honest and true? Do we believe that we can have meaningful relationships with people who have not defined nor live by the integrity of his or her higher self? What of unconditional love? Or does love look like, feel like, and operate as enslavement? Do we believe that the more control we put on someone the safer we are? What of TRUST and LOVE?
Should we be married to individuals who can not be responsible for themselves and their families within their freedom? Should we be in relationships with individuals who we can not entrust to their own values, integrity, and LOVE…for us???
Here is how I will change my statement…Will and I BOTH can do WHATEVER we want because we TRUST each other to do so. This does NOT mean we have an open relationship…this means we have a GROWN one.
Jada Pinkett Smith Net Worth
Jada Pinkett Smith has a net worth of $50 million. This hefty sum of money comes from several careers including film, television, music, fashion, and writing children’s books.
Jada’s Social Media
Jada is not only the queen of Will’s heart; she is also the queen of social media. With more than 11 million followers on Instagram and 1.6 million followers on Twitter, she keeps her fans updated about the latest happenings of her life and what she’s up to.
- Instagram Account: @jadapinkettsmith
- Facebook Account: @Jada Pinkett Smith
- Twitter Account: @jadapsmith
Some Lesser-Know Facts About Will Smith’s Wives
- Sheree Zampino will be 56 years old at the end of 2024.
- Sheree Zampino’s date of birth is November 16, 1967.
- Sheree Zampino enjoys a friendly relationship with Will Smith’s family, and she was even invited to Jada’s show Red Table Talk.
- In 2014, Jada’s book, titled “Girls Hold Up This World,” was published, and this book was a tribute to her daughter.
- Jada Smith runs her own production company called “100% Womon Productions.”
