Will Smith recently opened up about the challenges his family faced after achieving global stardom in 2010.

In an interview with Kevin Hart on his Peacock TV show “Hart to Heart,” Smith said that despite his personal and professional success, “nobody in [his] family was happy.”

“I told myself I would never have that kind of energy with my family and I had a dream, an idea of a family I was building,” Smith said. “Pretty much 2010 to 2012 I had achieved everything I had ever dreamed.”

However, Smith said that his children, Jaden and Willow, felt like they were “in a platoon” and that they didn’t have any freedom. “Willow was the first one to begin the mutiny and it was my first realization that success and money don’t mean happiness,” he said.

Smith said that he had to learn that “material circumstances do not equal happiness and, in a lot of cases, they can be the reason you’re not happy.”

“You can have so much stuff that it makes you miserable,” he said. “That was my first pull-back and I was like, ‘OK, what am I missing?’ I was driving the people around me in a way that I was leaving scorched earth around me.”

Smith’s experience is a reminder that fame and success can come at a cost. While it’s important to pursue your dreams, it’s also important to find balance and to make sure that your family is happy.

Here are some additional details:

• Will Smith achieved global stardom in 2010 with the release of his son Jaden’s film “Karate Kid” and his daughter Willow’s single “Whip My Hair.”
• Smith said that he had always wanted to create a happy and successful family, but that he realized in 2010 that fame and money were not the keys to happiness.
• Smith said that he had to learn to give his family more freedom and to let go of some of his control.
• Smith said that he is now in a better place with his family and that he is grateful for the lessons he has learned.