12/29 Former co-star trashes Will Smith
Everyone fondly remembers the television series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”. The show was a big hit and jump started Will Smith from being a small time comedian and rapper from Philadelphia to one of the rising Hollywood stars. When the show first aired in 1990, Smith was nearly bankrupt and now he is a guaranteed box office hit, with two Academy Award nominations under his belt. On the show and in real life Smith came across as a fun, charming and loveable guy. However, one co-star is saying quite the opposite about him.
Janet Hubert is painting a very different picture of Will Smith. Hubert originally played the role of Aunt Vivian on the sitcom “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” for three seasons. In 1993 she was replaced by Daphne Reid, who retained the part until the show ended in 1996. Since then Hubert has held negative feelings for Smith and says the he is the sole reason she will never do any form of reunion for the show.
In an interview the other week Hubert stated, “There will never be a reunion, as I will never do anything with an a—— like Will Smith. He is still an egomaniac and has not grown up. This constant reunion thing will never ever happen in my lifetime unless there is an apology, which he doesn’t know the word.”
While you would hope that someone would move on after all this time, Hubert recently told a media outlet the she still believes Smith is the reason she was booted from the series. When originally let go, Hubert sued the network airing the series, NBC, along with Smith stating that he actor “created a hostile work environment after she became pregnant.”