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Here's why the original Aunt Viv wasn't one bit happy about the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air group photo
ON MONDAY NIGHT, Alfonso Ribeiro (better known to you and I as Carlton Banks) posted a photo of an impromptu Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion.
“Always amazing to spend an afternoon with my Fresh Prince family,” he wrote. “Wishing that James Avery was still with us to make this complete.” (The late James Avery played Uncle Phil in the sitcom.)
One notable absence from the group photo? That would be Aunt Vivian. The original Aunt Vivian, that is.
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A bit of background. Janet Hubert played Aunt Vivian on seasons 1-3 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She was fired and recast amid reports of a feud with the network and with her co-star Will Smith.
There was no love lost between Smith and Hubert with Smith telling an Atlanta radio station at the time, “I can say straight up that Janet Hubert wanted the show to be The Aunt Viv of Bel Air Show because I know she is going to dog me in the press.”
Hubert later accused Smith of being responsible for her firing.
Many years later, Hubert labelled Smith an “asshole” and an “egomaniac”. She also alleged that she had reprimanded Smith for telling racially charged jokes.
Alfonso Ribeiro referenced her departure during an appearance at a college in 2009 and said, “The bitch was crazy.”
Like we said – they’re not buddies.
So naturally she weighed in on this reunion photo, calling Ribeiro an “ass wipe for Will” and dismissing any possibility of a reunion.
*eyes emoji*
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For what it’s worth, Will Smith described Hubert as “brilliant” in an interview last year.
Unfortunately, it looks as though this is one television feud that will never be resolved.
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