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Post by willywonka666 on Mar 31, 2013 16:04:11 GMT -5
omg.yahoo.com/news/fresh-princes-original-aunt-viv-wants-amends-smith-152300867.htmlJanet Hubert, who played the original Aunt Vivian on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, says she wants to end her 20-year-old feud with star Will Smith and would not be opposed to a cast reunion. "We need to heal this," Hubert said in an interview with TheGrio.com. Hubert left the show after three seasons in 1993 and was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid. She maintains that she left over a salary and episode count dispute, but Smith has said over the years that Hubert's bad attitude on set led to her dismissal. Asked what she would say to Smith now, Hubert added: "You've done some things, you've said some things, that were totally untrue and you know that they were untrue. I've said some things that I probably should have never said. ... I don't want to do another 21 years like this. Do you?" In 2011, Smith posted a photo on Facebook of some of the Fresh Prince cast members hanging out. Hubert, who was not in the photo, later told TMZ: "There will never be a reunion ... as I will never do anything with an a--hole like Will Smith. He is still an egomaniac and has not grown up. This ... reunion thing will never ever happen in my lifetime unless there is an apology, which he doesn't know the word."
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Post by Free Hat on Mar 31, 2013 16:20:21 GMT -5
I might be a little more inclined to believe her if it were just Will saying that shit, but it's not. I don't think any of the former cast members have anything nice to say about her.
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Post by H-Virus on Mar 31, 2013 16:20:53 GMT -5
When asked to comment, Will Smith was quoted as saying "Who's Janet Hubert?"
Seriously though, I never realized there was more than one Aunt Viv. But then, I don't remember much about Aunt Viv period, so...
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Post by fw91 on Mar 31, 2013 16:24:20 GMT -5
janet hubert was the better Aunt Viv though.
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Post by Free Hat on Mar 31, 2013 16:26:36 GMT -5
janet hubert was the better Aunt Viv though. Honestly, when I was a kid I never noticed the difference. Aunt Viv was always the least the memorable character on that show. |
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Mar 31, 2013 16:28:50 GMT -5
So the I'm ready to forgive you for getting mad at me for being a giant bitch move.
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Post by xCompackx on Mar 31, 2013 16:42:18 GMT -5
Has anyone aside from Janet Hubert criticized Will Smith to that extent? Maybe back then he was a pain sometimes, but Will seems like a genuinely nice person.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 16:42:44 GMT -5
I bet Aunt Viv thinks about this way more often than her Nephew Will.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 16:44:55 GMT -5
She's just all around crazy. I remember reading an article a few weeks back of her ripping into Wendy Williams for something she asked Tatiana Ali (Ashley from Fresh Prince) on her show.
Which wouldn't have been a big deal if she got upset or whatever, but she took it to crazy town.
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Post by anticonscience on Mar 31, 2013 16:58:20 GMT -5
She's just all around crazy. I remember reading an article a few weeks back of her ripping into Wendy Williams for something she asked Tatiana Ali (Ashley from Fresh Prince) on her show. Which wouldn't have been a big deal if she got upset or whatever, but she took it to crazy town. I fail to see what the singers of the song "Butterfly" have to do with any of this.... |
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Post by The OP on Mar 31, 2013 16:59:31 GMT -5
janet hubert was the better Aunt Viv though. Honestly, when I was a kid I never noticed the difference. Aunt Viv was always the least the memorable character on that show. Were you very little when you saw the show? I'm just wondering, because the two actresses don't look alike at all. |
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Mar 31, 2013 17:20:17 GMT -5
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 31, 2013 17:49:56 GMT -5
janet hubert was the better Aunt Viv though. Honestly, when I was a kid I never noticed the difference. Aunt Viv was always the least the memorable character on that show. Same. I was ten years old when they made the switch, and Vivian didn't exactly get a lot of meaningful screen time, so I never really noticed the change. Now it's plain as day, but back then the earlier episodes weren't shown as often, if I remember right, and her role was never huge enough to really be noticeable. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 31, 2013 17:51:44 GMT -5
I find it hilarious that when asked what she said to Will, she specifically doesn't admit fault. She says 'You have lied, and I have been mean.' Rather than 'we both have lied.'
This is clearly a half-assed way to try to get some reunion dollars from a one-off Fresh Prince special or something, and the entire rest of the cast has gone on record more than once as saying that she was insane. I've also never read anywhere else about Will Smith being an asshole.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Mar 31, 2013 17:53:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I noticed the half-assed attempt to make up as well.
This is more like, 'wait, I have no career and need to get some reunion dollars'.
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Post by Psy on Mar 31, 2013 17:54:40 GMT -5
Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) has gone on record saying she was crazy and unpleasant to be around. There's a video of him saying it.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 31, 2013 19:30:38 GMT -5
Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) has gone on record saying she was crazy and unpleasant to be around. There's a video of him saying it. He comes one word short of saying 'the bitch is crazy.' |
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Post by willywonka666 on Mar 31, 2013 19:46:40 GMT -5
I'd like to know Jazz's take on all of this
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 19:48:17 GMT -5
I'd like to know Jazz's take on all of this "So who's playing the mom this year?" |
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Post by Free Hat on Mar 31, 2013 20:53:45 GMT -5
Honestly, when I was a kid I never noticed the difference. Aunt Viv was always the least the memorable character on that show. Were you very little when you saw the show? I'm just wondering, because the two actresses don't look alike at all. 3 when it started, almost 9 when it ended. So yeah, I'd have been about 6 when they made the switch. I probably would have noticed if I'd been a little older, but at the same time Aunt Viv is such a non-entity on that show that recasting her really wasn't a big deal. Unlike the other characters, she had no distinguishing personality traits other than being "The Mom." |
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