Will Smith reveals his heart 'shattered' when son Jaden made a shock request

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Will Smith has spoken of the heartbreak he felt when his son Jaden asked to become an emancipated minor at the age of 15.MORE: Inside Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's jaw-dropping £32.3million mansionThe actor, who starred alongside his son in the box office dud After Earth, revealed how he felt his son was "betrayed" by his father's actions after it was Will who had "coached" him through the film.WATCH: Will Smith prepares to take a dive in the deepest swimming pool on earth"After Earth was an abysmal box office and critical failure, and what was worse was that Jaden took the hit.

Fans and the press were absolutely vicious; they said and printed things about Jaden that I refuse to repeat. Jaden had faithfully done everything that I'd instructed him to do, and I had coached him," he wrote in his memoir, Will."We never discussed it, but I know he felt betrayed.

He felt misled, and he lost his trust in my leadership," the father-of-three-continued.MORE: Jada Pinkett Smith's engagement ring from Will Smith cost more than a FerrariMORE: Will Smith’s daughter Willow turns heads in a birthday look no one saw coming"At fifteen years old, when Jaden asked about being an emancipated minor, my heart shattered.

He ultimately decided against it, but it sucks to feel like you've hurt your kids."Will is father to Jaden, now 24, 21-year-old daughter Willow, and son Trey, 30, whom he welcomed during his first marriage to Sheree Zampino.