Will Smith speaks on the struggles with his eldest son Trey

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Hollywood actor, Will Smith has spoken on his awesome relationship with his eldest son Trey. The 5-year old star shared an emotional Instagram video of himself on Tuesday from his Abu Dhabi hotel room where he revealed how his son views him.

“So I’m in Abu Dhabi at the F1. I brought my son Trey. We been hanging and usually I take my kids separately on stuff just so they have their individual daddy time,” Smith, wearing a white bathrobe, said.

He continued, “So we been doing this, me and him hanging out at the F1. And he just hit me with, ‘You know what dad? I just realized you’re not just my dad.’ He paused and he said, ‘I’m pretty sure you’re my best friend.’”

The Bright actor got emotional as he pursed his lips and said, “I was like, ‘Whoo. Yeah, man. Probably. Probably.”

In the caption, the father of three wrote, “It has not always been like this between Trey & I. We STRUGGLED FOR YEARS after my Divorce from his Mother. He felt betrayed & abandoned.”

He added, “It is a Wild Blessing to recover & restore a Loving Relationship with My Beautiful Son! @treysmith0011.”

Smith married 26-year-old Trey’s mother, Sheree Zampino, in 1992 before the two divorced in 1995. He went on to married Jada Pinkett.

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