Will Smith's TV aunt was making about $250,000 a year. In 1993, she lost all of it. Will went on the radio and said she'd gone "from a quarter of a million dollars a year to nothing."
She had a newborn baby at home. She didn't speak to him for 27 years.
In the video below, Janet Hubert finally says it to his face: "You took all that away from me with your words."
In 1993, she was offered a new contract. About two and a half months of work a year, less money, and no other jobs allowed.
Her husband was out of work. She says the marriage was abusive. She said no.
The new season opened with a joke. Jazz said something was different about Aunt Viv since she had the baby.
On that Atlanta radio show, Will added: "She's mad now, but she's been mad all along."
The word that followed her was "difficult." For a Black woman in Hollywood, she says, it's "the kiss of death." She says she lost "everything. Reputation, everything."
The case for Will: he was in his early 20s, carrying his first show. The contract came from the producers, not from him. And she turned it down.
27 years later, he told her: "The person I want to be is someone who protects you, not someone that unleashes dogs on you."
He went on to make $20 million per movie. She waited 28 years for her next recurring TV role.
So did Will Smith ruin Aunt Viv's career, or did she ruin it herself?
“I understand you just got in the Super Bowl business, but we’ve been in the business.”
@michaelirvin88 taking his shots at Eagles fans right in the middle of Philadelphia 🤣
"Vikings are challenging our notions of what defensive football in the NFL can be with how they’re approaching it."
@robertmays, @davehelman_ and Derrik discuss the Minnesota Vikings remaining unbeaten after another strong defensive performance.
Osi Umenyiora reveals how the Giants exposed “the greatest quarterback ever, supposedly,” Tom Brady, by decoding his snap count before Super Bowl XLII
Umenyiora says he noticed Brady pointing at a specific defender before signaling the center to snap the ball. After studying game footage for a week, he became convinced the pattern was consistent and shared his discovery with the entire Giants defense. That preparation gave New York’s defensive line a crucial advantage, helping them sack Brady five times and hit him around 20 times in the upset victory over the previously undefeated Patriots. Umenyiora says the Giants entered the game believing they could win because they had uncovered something their opponents did not know they had figured out.
Damon Wayans says that even at 65 years old, if Keenen tells him to get him a soda, he's going to go get it, because in their family, it’s all about an unspoken code of respect, seniority, and brotherly hierarchy.
“Yeah, but like even now, this is how my family is. Like, I'm 65 years old and Keenen goes, "Go get me a soda," and I got to go get it.”
“If Marlon walks in a room, and you know, if I walk in a room and there's no seats, Marlon gets up. Sean and Keenen will sit, and Marlon will get up and say, "You sit here." And my son will have to do the same thing.”
“That's why I love the fact that they have children. Because I go to my theater sometimes and little Damon's there and Mikey's there, and as soon as I walk in the room, the youngest one gets up and lets me sit down without question, and I love that.”
“It's just how we do with each other. It's just a quiet code. Some things you don't have to teach, it's just what you see.”
@Bucks_Breakdown Most encouraging for sure. Wish Ament wasn’t in foul trouble but he’ll grow up sooner or later hopefully. Also we need big men very badly. lol