Every Time Janet Hubert Slammed Will Smith
This feud goes way back.
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Feud on Set - It's no secret that Janet Hubert and Will Smith don't get along very well, and the world knew something was up when Hubert, known to date as the "Original Aunt Viv" was replaced and disappeared from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Now, some 20 years since her departure, the actress is continuing to speak out against her former castmate, but this isn't the first time. Check out a rundown of their "beef."(Photos from left: Chris Cuffaio/NBCU Photo Bank, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI)
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The Wife's Not Exempt - Janet Hubert's gripe with the Smith name does not stop at Will. Most recently, the actress took a stab at the actor's wife Jada after she made some comments urging Black folks to invest more into our own community. Hubert thought it was convenient of her to speak out when her hubby was shut out of the 2016 Oscar nominations list. In a Facebook post directly addressing Jada's comments, she said, "Does your man not have a mouth of his own with which to speak?"(Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Photo By Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
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No More Aunt Viv - The actress made her exit from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air back in the early '90s and didn't speak on her exit for a while following. Will said during a radio interview in 1993, "I can say straight up that Janet Hubert wanted the show to be The Aunt Viv of Bel Air Show." The actress wasn't here for his words, and said, "My departure was planned for a long time... There will never be a reunion of the Fresh Prince." (Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for PSIFF)
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Public Embarrassment - Hubert took another jab at Will in 2010 when she brought up a few instances where he made jokes about her complexion on set. "I was a dark-skinned, African-American mother, and Will used to tell the you're-so-black jokes to the audience before the show, and at one point, I came out and stopped him, and the audience went 'Woooo.'"(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Reunion? No Thanks - Remember that photo that Will Smith posted to social media in 2011 of the entire Fresh Prince of Bel-Air cast — sans Hubert — that hinted at a runion? Well, don't expect the original Aunt Viv to make an appearance. TMZ caught up with her and asked what she thought, and this is what she had to say: "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."(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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