Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Janet Hubert Clears the Air on Will Smith Feud: I Was Never Difficult on Set

"I think he was young and he was inexperienced and I think he simply had to win," she said of her co-star

By Bruna Nessif Feb 04, 2016 2:57 AMTags
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Are you listening? Because Janet Hubert has more to say.

The former Fresh Prince of Bel Air star, who played Aunt Viv for three seasons before Daphne Maxwell Reid took over the matriarch role for the show's final three seasons, made headlines recently after slamming former co-star Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith over the whole Oscars boycott fiasco.

And now the actress explains what fueled the deep-rooted tension between her and the actor.

"Janet Hubert was never difficult on that set. Janet Hubert was so professional, it wasn't even funny," she began, referring to herself in third person, during an appearance on The Real (airing tomorrow).

"I think Will simply needed to win and I think sometimes when you get caught up in a lie and those things never happened. She never left the set. I never left the set. We got along great."

Hubert continued, "I think he was young and he was inexperienced and I think he simply had to win. And sometimes when you get caught up in a lie and I went back to them in 2009 I and said, "Please I need you to clear my name."

When asked if she spoke to Smith directly, the 60-year-old told the ladies, "I spoke to J.L. when my dad died and when my brother died and I begged them. I said, 'I have a family. I need you to tell the world that this stuff didn't happen.' And I was waiting in my heart thinking somebody would come to me one day and help me, but they didn't.

"Because I've been trained as a young woman, as when I was a young woman, you always have your dignity and you don't just go ugh, you know? But I realize that that redemption was not going to come unless I did it myself."

Smith recently revealed that he had no idea about Jada's video until he was bombarded by paparazzi with questions. And although he didn't address Hubert's comments, he did indirectly respond to her claims that Jada was only making the stance because her husband wasn't nominated.

"Had I been nominated and no other people of color were, she would have made the video anyway," he said.

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