Why was Aunt Viv fired from Fresh Prince?
Why was Aunt Viv fired from Fresh Prince?
Warner Bros. Will Smith and Janet Hubert have finally ended their 27-year-long feud which first began when they starred together on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Will and Aunt Viv, before Hubert quit the show citing “creative differences”.
What happened between Will and Aunt Viv?
The reason given by Will for Janet’s departure was that she was ‘difficult to work with’ and the pair had ‘creative differences’, but there always seemed to be a lot more to it than that. The real reason why she left the show was never actually revealed until the reunion episode aired in November 2020, 27 years later.
Why did Will Smith and Janet Hubert stop talking?
I just stopped talking to everybody because I didn’t know who to trust because I had been banished. And they said it was you who banished me. Because you were Will,” Hubert said. “I was 21 years old,” explained Smith.
Was Vivian really pregnant in Fresh Prince?
Janet Hubert-Whitten portrayed Will’s auntie in the first three seasons, before Daphne Maxwell Reid took up the role in the fourth, fifth and sixth. The actress fell pregnant in real life in 1992, which was used to create a plot line whereby Nicki Banks, Viv’s son and Will’s baby cousin, was brought into the show.
What did will do to Janet?
In an interview with an Atlanta radio station in 1993, Will Smith publicly attacked Janet and said: “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. …
What happened to Janet on Fresh Prince?
She revealed she left the show when she was offered a very bad deal that would have barely required her to work while prohibiting her from taking on other opportunities. Unfortunately, however, her label as someone who was “difficult to work with” made finding work almost impossible.
