However, don't expect Smith and Hubert to be on the set together anytime soon. Dan Girolamo is a writer out of New York City who loves pop culture and entertainment. Dan has been covering film and television for close to five years. His work has been featured on entertainment websites such as Hidden Remote and Popdust. As much he loves covering film and television, his true passion lies in sports and in particular, New York sports.
His intense fandom for the Yankees, Giants, and Knicks has provided him with some of the best and worst moments of his young life. By Dan Girolamo Published Feb 21, Share Share Tweet Email 0. I was no longer laughing, smiling, joking because there were things going on that nobody knew about. While it was widely reported that she had been fired from Fresh Prince , Hubert said that was not the case.
They said, 'You've got two months and two weeks of work and you cannot work anywhere else. I had a new baby and a husband who was out of work. So I said no. I did not accept their offer. I was never fired," Hubert explained. I was trapped. What could I do?
They said, 'We're going to recast your role. I was hurt deeply. I wasn't perceptive," Smith said, looking back. I can see where I made the set very difficult for Janet. During Smith and Hubert's long-awaited heart-to-heart that brought both to tears, they dug deep into why they weren't on the same page on Fresh Prince and why their feud dragged on in the public eye for decades.
We all knew that. I even said that part of the success of the show was because of your success, you were destined for that as well. When I left the show, I had this new baby and no one. Family disowned me, Hollywood disowned me. Wishing that James Avery was still with us to make this complete. However, many eagle-eyed fans were quick to point out that there were in fact two actresses who played Aunt Viv during the show's six season run. 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.
So, why the change? According to various reports, Hubert has a long-standing feud with Will Smith, with her attitude leading to the violation and, ultimately, termination of her contract after the third season. The actress fell pregnant in real life in , which was used to create a plot line whereby Nicki Banks, Viv's son and Will's baby cousin, was brought into the show. However, Smith claimed the feud stretched far further back than this in a interview.
She's mad now but she's been mad all along.
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