Sheree Zampino is the newest Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member, and she happens to be the ex-wife of Oscar-winning actor Will Smith.

Sheree Zampino is the newest friend on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills who happens to have a romantic history with actor Will Smith. Full-time housewife Garcelle Beauvais petitioned hard to have her real-life best friend Sheree join the show. Garcelle's plea eventually worked and Sheree was announced as the new "friend" joining RHOBH season 12. While Sheree isn't exactly a housewife, she is the ex-wife of a very famous actor who had one of the most talked-about moments in Oscars history.

After years of letting others have the spotlight, Sheree will be representing herself on mainstream reality TV for the first time. Overall, Sheree has been very well-known for being the ex-wife of Will Smith. She's a mother of one who co-parented her 29-year-old son Trey Smith with Will for years after their divorce. Despite the ups and downs that come with a divorce, Sheree and Will have maintained an amicable relationship over the years and continue to support each other. Sheree and their son Trey joined Will, Jada, Jaden, and Willow following his win for Best Actor at the 2022 Oscars.

The former couple first met back in 1991 on the set of A Different World. Will actually visited the show in hopes of getting introduced to Jada, but while there ended up bumping into Sheree. "I went to Different World to meet Jada, and met Sheree and ended up marrying Sheree and having [my son] Trey with Sheree," Will revealed on an episode of Red Table Talk. As a result, Will and Sheree got married in 1992, the same year when they welcomed their son Trey. Alas, Sheree quickly filed for divorce in 1992. She has credited the split to Will's growth in Hollywood and the different paths their lives were taking at the time. Not much was known about Sheree and Will's co-parenting journey.

Nonetheless, Sheree and Jada opened up during an episode of Red Table Talk and recalled a past heated phone conversation they had where Jada hung up the phone on Sheree. "Will Smith let me have it!" Jada said about Will's response to her outburst on Sheree. "His take was 'that is Trey's mother and that's just not your place.'" The reveal showed the regard Will kept for Sheree after their divorce. Jada even described Sheree's relationship with her and Will as a "non-sexual throuple." The Men In Black star has spoken about his regret for causing his divorce from Sheree. "Divorce was the worst thing in my adult life, divorce was the ultimate failure for me," Will revealed on his wife's show.

In the end, Will and Sheree have maintained a genuine friendship and bond while raising Trey. Jada even revealed the family vacations Will and Sheree would take with their son when Jada wasn't around. Jada said it was important for Trey to have time with his parents as a child without any outside interference. Their co-parenting choices clearly worked. Sheree is extremely close to Will and Jada and was by Will's side after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newcomer posted a photo holding Will's Oscar and noted that she always keeps things "family first."

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Source: Red Table Talk, Sheree Zampino/Instagram