Jada Pinkett Smith admits she dated Will Smith too soon after his divorce

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no stranger to “entanglements,” even dating back to her husband’s first marriage. Sheree Zampino, Will Smith’s ex-wife, appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “Red Table Talk” and reflected on her divorce from the “Men in Black” star in 1995.Months after their divorce, Pinkett Smith started dating Smith but now admits that she should’ve held off to give Zampino more time to “adjust” to the relationship. “When I look back at how much was put on us and how much was put on you because we were so young and it was so public and it was so fresh.

Like, you really didn’t even have time to adjust,” Pinkett Smith said.“You had no time. I didn’t understand that, cause you know, it was like a boyfriend,” she added.The two women became co-parents to Smith and Zampino’s son Trey during that time.

Looking back, Pinkett Smith said she would’ve done things differently before getting involved with Smith and Zampino’s “dynamic”.“I would have definitely had taken a beat as far as putting myself in the dynamic of you guys,” Pinkett Smith told the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star. “Let’s give this a year, let’s let you two just flesh out whatever y’all have to figure out.”Zampino further recalled the moment Pinkett Smith came to her and apologized for getting involved too soon. “You were teary, you were very emotional and you said, ‘I just didn’t know.’ And basically what you were saying is, ‘I was in the picture too soon’ … and you apologized for that.”Later in the conversation, Pinkett Smith and Zampino talked about their gradual close bond that didn’t happen overnight.“We have developed a really nice sisterhood, but it hasn’t been easy along the way,” Pinkett Smith explained. “For me, it was really about maturity.