Will Smith celebrate the birthday of a very special loved one.

Will, 56, famous son Trey Smith32nd birthday with a heartfelt tribute on social networks Monday, November 11.

“Happy Birthday, T-Ball!” THE King Richard Oscar the winner captioned a slideshow of three photos of him and his elder: One photo was a throwback of a pint-sized Trey smiling on Will’s lap, while two more recent images showed the duo hanging out together.

“Our relationship has been a transformative journey of love,” Will continued in his caption. “You are one of the best teachers I have ever had.”

He added: “I love being your daddy!”

Fans and friends wished Trey a happy birthday in the comments of the post. “Happy birthday, lots of love ,” Will’s wrote Bad boys costar Martin Laurent.

Will shares Trey (whose full name is Willard Carroll “Trey” Smith III) with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino. Two years after Trey’s birth, his parents divorced, ending a three-year marriage.

“I’ve been hurt a lot in my adult life, but I don’t think anything could affect my 2-year-old’s mother’s failed divorce,” Will said in an episode of the Facebook Watch series in 2020. Discussion at the red tablehosted by his wife Jada Pinkett Smithgirl Willow and Jada’s mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris.

But after a few years away, as Will said at the time, he and his eldest son reconnected: “As soon as Trey was ready, he came for his dad.”

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The old Fresh Prince of Bel Air The rapper-actor and Jada share Willow, 24, and Jaden, 26. Like his siblings, Trey dabbled in acting and music, appearing at age 5 in Will’s music video for his rendition of “Just the Two of Us” by Bill Withers (which paid homage to father-son relationships).

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Will has celebrated the “T-Ball” on social media on his past birthdays. In 2020, the two recreated a throwback photo of Trey standing in a chair next to his father. “One of my favorite people on Earth,” Will wrote of Trey at the time.