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Name: jazzfan
Comment: Ms. Hubert's (and she IS Aunt Viv to me) mistake is not separating the business and the personal, in my opinion.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: We didn't really need to experience part two of this messy saga. As soon as I read "Let me explain something to you about Hollywood Negroes," she begins. "Hollywood negroes are afraid to not eat.", I was confirmed that her ish is much deeper than the deepest doo-dah.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: Well said, jazzfan
Name: TGen
Comment: I defended her the other day, and still think she has a right to speak out and should not be summarily dismissed, but I have to concede after reading this that this lady is indeed CERTIFIABLE, lol. She's a nutcase. Clearly, Will Smith is just her scapegoat, her cover for other personal problems. It says she dealt with "neurological issues," yep, I can see that, I can see that clearly. I don't think she's working with a full deck, so I cannot support her. She needs help, lots and LOTS and LOTS of it. smh
Name: DawnDuhDuh
Comment: I am left wondering if an olive branch was extended by Will Smith, would she be able to move on? I mean, after all these years, you've got to come to the point were you realize "it is what it is" and get back to being the architect of your happiness.
Name: TGen
Comment: DawnDuhDuh, the answer to your question is "NO." The article says that even when Will Smith changed the tone of his interviews and began to speak about her positively, her response was "Too little, too late." The lady has some MAJOR issues--and Will Smith is the least of them, lol.
Name: WordUp
Comment: EUR must be jealous of Will Smith's success. This story is slanted to show support of Janet Hubert, or at least let folks know what she is feeling about Will. Nonetheless, this attempt to bash Hollywood and Will Smith will not change a thing about Hollywood or Will Smith. Move on.
Name: whynotme
Comment: --->TGen I totally agree with you! She sounds like a nutcase in every sense of the word......Will Smith is not the problem now or then.....this woman would have snapped even if she was kept on the show all those years ago.....she just appears to me as unstable but I could be wrong but that's how she's coming across to me.
Name: WordUp
Comment: Ms. Hubert, I feel your pain, but if you manage to sell a few books , that's all you'll get out of lashing out at being blacklisted because you've just made it worse for yourself. Human resource personnel prolly won't hire you for a nine to five now. Some things are better left unsaid.
Name: nightshift
Comment: If hollywood is the snakes nest she's claiming...she's been done...btw..doesn't she look like the lady that scored big $$ from the Isiah basketball scandal?
Name: lionqueen0728
Comment: i know victims of domestic violence who are less bitter !!!!!! dayum.. can anyone say B I T T E R B Y T C H ???!!! .. get some therapy and move on PUH_LEEZE!!!... how long ago was all this??? sounds like you were jealous of a KID.. a "RAPPER: who blew up.. and you classicaly trained... all those years.. etc etc .. how dare they do this to me!!!! .... .... after all ive been thru/done??!! J A N E T!! we get it ... and--- .....GET OVER YOURSELF!!!... and you woulda still been workin....
Name: SUGA32
Comment: I agree with all the previous comments. She really is nuts!! I am glad that Marcell (sp) spoke out because it counters her claim that the other actors harbored the same feelings which are untrue. He implies that she wanted them to go to bat for her which may have jeopardized their lively hoods. (smart man) She got the ax - and we can see that she didn't go quietly! She's talked a lot of smack about what was said to and about her in the form of jokes but as GROWN UPS; we shake it off and keep it moving. She's very bitter, angry, sarcastic and certifiable! I support Will Smith! That is all.
Name: MrUnapologetic69
Comment: Hmmmm... I say tell your story, Janet, no matter what people may say about you. People are always going to have something positive and/or negative to say - ALWAYS! Thereafter, move one... Life is way too short to keep all that past pain and anger knotted up in your heart. In my opinion THE TRUTH at this point is irrelevant BECAUSE people are going to believe what they believe.
Name: SUGA32
Comment: great post lionqueen!
Name: Big10
Comment: Wow! This "nutcase" is burning a lot of bridges on her road to obscurity. I don's understand why she's calling all these people out. I guess she figures that if all else fails, at least she has he Irish husbands money to fall back on.
Name: khufu
Comment: someties the biz becomes personal
Name: southernbrothah
Comment: Talk about beating a dead horse...hot dayum!!!! Plus, shid she gone tell us the freaking book before its published. With all these excerpts who the heyell needs to read the entire thing...??!?! geesh lady gtfo it...and im all about free speech, but dayum how long she gone go on and on and on and on and on about this ish....
Name: khufu
Comment: awww sheet WORDUP..why do you EUR poster Negroes always have to say that someone is jealous of someone else? Damn..
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >lionqueen - That's what I was saying the other day. I even said that people who have experienced great tragedy like abuse move on after 20 years. Now y'all "get" what I was saying. As for Marcell, the Bri'ish are known for their tact and graciousness - and he holds true to form. A very elegant man, IMHO and that's why he's still working and she's sitting at her computer bangin' on the keys tryin the get her anger out. That crack about "Hollywood negroes" - just wow. If black folk weren't with you before, lady, you can best believe they aren't now with you now. Dayum. She basically threw all black people under the bus. How y'all like being under the R12? I'm under the F14, myself. It sounds like the playground. I bet when she was a kid she'd get mad and take her toys and go home if she didn't get her way or if another kid got more attention that she felt she deserved. People are really just big children. She's ridiculous. Oh, and did y'all catch it that her husband is white? Did I read that wrong? "Of Irish descent"...MC where are you??? LOL
Name: khufu
Comment: book will sell..WIll will have to respond thereby assisitng in the successful promotions of the book....she will get a movie deal (book into screenplay into film) and maybe a reality show
Name: khufu
Comment: when she says "Hollywood negroes" she is also talking about herself is she not?
Name: Olivia
Comment: I don't see anything nutty about what she said. If this wasn't about Will I doubt her saying some blacks in Hollywood will do anything would be looked at sideways or that BW don't get support in Hollywood. To me Will Smith is an arrogant and has always been so everything she is saying doesn’t come out of left field for me. He did bad mouth her after the show and she didn’t have any venue to counteract it at the time. I haven’t cared for Will Smith for a host of reasons, including his 1998 interview with Barbara Walters in which he openly criticized black athletes for the way they speak and stating he does not like to talk about racism. Yes he actually said BLACK and then explained how he did not like to talk about racism. Uh ..who does like to talk about it? Over the years Will has said some of the oddest stuff over the years and it goes unchallenged. One major one comes to mind is his justification of not having a black love interest in Hitch “There’s sort of an accepted myth that if you have two black actors, a male and a female, in the lead of a romantic comedy, that people around the world don’t want to see it,” Smith told the British a paper. This is myth that he has accepted as well. Now back to Janet, do I believe everything she says, nope. Do I believe some? Yes.
Name: smitdawg
Comment: *clappin' my hands* That was a great article from D. Pryor. One of the best I've read on this site. Just when I thought that writers were "gettin' lazy" (as Prince would say) I read somethin' like this.
Name: MzTee
Comment: I still believe she has a right to tell her story. And, like TGen, after reading PartI, I defended her when folks said she should get over it. After reading Part2, it became clearly evident to me that Ms. Hubert has some serious issues that this book won't solve. The Hollywood Negroes comment was very telling as well as all of the health issues she had. Given what she said about Avery and Marcell, Marcell was extremely kind in his response...more kind than she deserves since she's throwing everyone under the bus. While she thinks she may be healed, her words indicate she suffers from a victim mentality. A trip to a therapist wouldn't hurt.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >khufu - Uh uh. There ain't gon be no movie deal. Will Smith is a mega star in the same category as Tom Cruise, etc. Ain't no way on God's green earth is a studio going to produce a story that goes against Smith. Uh uh. I'd bet my condo on it. Not gonna happen. No sale. I know this - I ain't hardly gonna buy that book. I don't want to put that kind of negativity into my spirit. It's like the bitterness will jump off the pages and suffocate you. Nope. She can keep all of those words.
Name: yunvme
Comment: (queeniebunz)If black folk weren't with you before, lady, you can best believe they aren't with you now. (me)..keep it real, she lost the few black folks who were on her side, when she mentioned her white husband. Keep it reall yall.
Name: dede0320
Comment: I think Ms. Hubert has hurt herself even more. Did anyone catch the comment about being roughed up by the Burbank Police Dept.? WTH, I wonder what happened? Or did I read that wrong?
Name: SpecialK
Comment: If she's so happy in her life now why is she bringing up this old baggage? What does she hope to get out of it? Move on with your life and try to be happy. Time is so precious so let them bygones be bygones. Build a bridge Ms. Hubert and cross it.
Name: kwrob
Comment: If Will wasn't the biggest bankable star in Hollywood right now, she would have nothing to go on as far as targeting him in her book because it wouldn't sell. She says she was mad at everybody, and everybody left her. Then her career starting dying. But she has yet to look in the mirror. She reminds me of Omerosa.
Name: dede0320
Comment: "Yunvme, dang you sound like Janet herself, who cares because she has a yt husband? No one made a case out of that, darn. The lady is a nut case with or without a yt man..You were bashing her the other day about her playing the race card, now today you are saying we don't like her becuase she is married to a yt man, you and her need group therapy...
Name: kwrob
Comment: She also reminds me of how Tisha Campbell sabatoged "Martin" with the sexual harassment claim. None of the other people on the show were uncomfortable around Martin, including her friend Tichina Arnold, who worked with Martin on several occasions after the show.
Name: MzTee
Comment: Khufu...not for one minute do I believe Janet considers herself a Hollywood Negro. That comment she made was very insulting and derogatory. Hell, step n fetchit came to mind when I read it.. I wouldn't be surprised if she was thinking that when she made the statement.
Name: yunvme
Comment: dede0320 so I was the only one to mention this????????????????????????????????????????????????? GET A LIFE
Name: goodnplenty1957
Comment: all i can say is...WOOOOO-sah!
Name: Closet_Nerd_Girl
Comment: First of all let me say that I absolutely LOVED Janet Hubert's Aunt Viv. When she was replaced with Daphne Reed, something just "did not compute" anymore. I loved Daphne in "Frank's Place" (a great show that ended too soon...), but her Aunt Viv did nothing for me. I think Janet is a talented, passionate and beautiful sister. I admire what she's doing in her work with children and trying to be a positive force in their lives. With that said, I am 100% sure that the phrase "Does not play well with others" appearled on MANY of her report cards. I think it's very telling that it appears that she is the only "Fresh Prince" cast member that had issues with Will, the producers, etc... I don't doubt anything that she wrote is true, but I think that she could have handled the situation differently. When as a grown-azz woman (mid-late thirties), you are having disagreements with a CHILD (Will was what, 17? 19?), you have to be the adult and the bigger person. If that child wants to act a fool, then let him. Just don't act a fool with him. As far as her needing to "get over it" and "move on" , that's easier said than done. There are things that happened in my life that I haven't "gotten over" and may never "get over", but I have put them in perspective and not allowed them to rule my life. I used them as learning oppportunities and as motivation to do better going forward. With prayer, soul-searching, and the services of a licensed professional, I hope Janet can do the same. I will give her credit though for at least waiting until her son is out of high school before writing the book. (That might be a major reason why "she took so long to come out with this book.") And I really hope she didn't run into the arms of a white man just because her black ex-husband, black male co-workers, and other black men whom she felt wronged her made her sour on all black men. That would be a shame. (Tina Turner and Halle Berry come to mind...)
Name: Closet_Nerd_Girl
Comment: >khufu- YEP!!! I can totally see her on "Surreal Life" or any such show where has-been celebrities go off to pasture.
Name: ss69054
Comment: Again as I predicted the other day, this woman is nuts, bitter and over the top. If Will wasn't an A-Lister then she would have never came out of the woodworks with this garbage. Talking about being happy, yeah right. She won't be happy until Will Smith crumbles.
Name: Reds
Comment: So there you have it. The lady is not just a hater trying to hurt Will, she just wanted to give her side of the story and release the pain. She also was blacklisted, so no one would publish the book so she did it on her own. Good for you Janet. … “ When asked by Lee Bailey why she did not tell her story earlier Hubert says, "Because I didn't think anybody really cared. I kept saying 'why would anybody care. They love him. They love him…They're going to think 'what a %*$!(, she's just trying to take him down. That's how Black women are…just hatin'… I've always been such a private person, [but] it's too much to bear. I'm healed. I'm totally healed because I've got love."
Name: B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: ....Aunt Viv needs to be very, very, careful...Will's a Sci-fi and her azz will be beamed the fucc up and dealt with...I heard something similar 'bout "Hollywood Negroes' from Dave Chapps and Paul Mooney....I say, buy the dayum book and help the sister out...The proceeds from the sale of that book will allow her to get the help she so desparately needs...I, B00TANE B00TUS encourage all my EUR family to visit Aunt Viv's website today...buy two books, and give one to a Hollywood Negro that you know...There are Thousands of Hollywood Negroes without a voice, or a show and no one to help them...Tyler Perry can only do so much....These HN's need our help...Won't you help?...I'm B00TANE B00TUS and I approve this post...Thank you
Name: kevobx12
Comment: The way to heal the pain is to forgive, she should be grateful for that opportunity.
Name: dede0320
Comment: Good post closet nerd>>> and Yunvme you were the only one to mention it in that context, yes some other posters did mention that she was married to a yt guy......my point is that is the least of her worries and it should be the least of yours, she was talked about before the second part and the revelation of her yt husband. Who said he was yt anyway?, he could be biracial like you yunvme, but just be of Irish Ancestry..but most likely he's yt, but I'm okay with it
Name: dede0320
Comment: Ahh Boot, I really would like to help the HNss, but I don't have all my money now, urr do you have layways or easy payment plans. The first is right around the block. Thanks
Name: yunvme
Comment: I suggest you re read what I said. I was speaking of the people here who will now have a problem with her white husband. What context did you get out of that, and why do you proclaim to know anything about me? You sound foolish.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: LOL, she didn't publish before because nobody cared: we still don't care. In a time when we are in desparate need to wise elders, we get exposed to people like "Aunt Viv" who are too egocentric to pass the baton with wisdom and respect.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: desparate need of wise elders
Name: yunvme
Comment: If she is only selling this on her website, no one will be buying it. I can see if it was at a bookstore or something. Will it at least be available on Amazon.com? Something must have been going on inside her head during those years because EVERYONE deserted her (her opinion) even her husband. Did she ever stop to wonder why?
Name: Grace12_34
Comment: WHATEVER ... NOBODY who appeared on that show is starving. They are ALL, including Janet, STILL collecting royalties every single time that show flashes on the screen. I never watched the show in its heyday, but I watch it now and then for an occasional chuckle. She's still getting paid from that show. She may have been replaced by a different actress, but they are still running episodes of that show with her in them. I am going to buy and read the book because I'm just curious like that.
Name: Dovelyone
Comment: Will is NOWHERE NEAR Tom Cruise status. Tom did not start off in TV having a show wrapped around him. Tom has been and stayed in movies for his entire career. I still remember watching Tom in The Outsiders. He's a relatively decent actor. Will may/could become the first Black actor to surpass race in entertainment, esp. if he continues the pattern of pairing with non-Black co-leads. Apparently Will isn't worried about losing Black fans to reach that goal. And he knows if any audio/video the "yo mama so black jokes" said in front of a white audience, Will's Black fan base would evaporate. What Janet should have done is gotten some evidence of Will's unpopular rants from back in the day to trump/support her story. Now Janet just looks like a jilted thespian due to some wet behind the ears youth from Philly. I hope she finds her peace.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >yunvme - Your post to me is confusing. "(queeniebunz)If black folk weren't with you before, lady, you can best believe they aren't with you now. (me).." ...Do you mean they aren't with me, QB or with her? Are you speaking to her or me? LOL...Just got my coffee. Maybe I'll be able to understand your post now. :p
Name: Exmun
Comment: Anybody get the sense that this woman is just 'victimized' by everybody. I tire of folk who don't feel the need to claim any personal responsibility for anything. In her mind Will Smith is the devil... 20 years later, he's still putting on a "charade." Her husband left her. Her friends left her. Quincy Jones didn't want nothing to do with her. Producer Stallworth did her wrong. The baby took all her weight. Her friends left her. Tom Joyner did her wrong. NBC's lawyers did her wrong. HER lawyers did her wrong. None of the "Fresh Prince" cast stood up (for her). The cashiers in the stores gave her scorn. Oprah don't like C and D Listers. Writers didn't want nuthin to do with her. The Burbank police 'jacked' her. Ebony Magazine sucks because they've got no readership. Joseph Marcel for thinking he had a "close friend" in Janet. Yada Yada. When does JANET HUBERT take some damn responsibility in this?
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >Dove - You can say that if you want but I believe Smith is in that category. There are a few guys that are pretty much type cast now. When they want "a cocky white guy" Tom Cruise was the one they went for - for the longest time. Now they have Smith - "the cocky black guy" - he does the same stuff only he's brown. He IS in that category of actors they go to when they want that kind of actor. Say what you want but that's that. I also put him in that category of actor because of all of the producing he does and because of the fact that He and Jada are considered "Hollywood Royalty" - just like Tom and Nicole were and Tom and Katie are now. And I don't even like Smith that much. I don't hate him or even dislike him. I just find his movies to be somewhat formulaic except for the few he's done "out of the box". but that's me. TV has nothing to do with it. He is powerful because he produces. He is one of the few who can probably greenlight a movie just by him starring in it - just like Tom Cruise, Denzel, etc.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: Well, she does say "I'm trying to do my projects but I can't get past it until I deal with [this]," . This passes by pitiful into an entirely different realm of pathos.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >Exmun - you had me laughing when you had her blaming her kid for being skinny! That's funny!...I caught that "jacked by the police" thing, too. What the ham sandwich is she talking about? How do you get "jacked" by the police? I thought "jacking" applied to cars. Does she mean they hemmed her up? Gave her a ticket? Had her face down w/a foot on her neck and a gun to her head?...
Name: McNasty
Comment: No matter how it pans out for her - she had a right to tell her story. Because we all go through serious situations in our lives and deal with them differently I'm not sure why she has to be nuts or bitter. Talking about an old situation you never got closure for brings up old emotions and its coming out in her interviews. Something happened and I believe Will was at the root of it. However even before Will came into the picture Janet Hubert exhibited the same arrogant attitude that Vanessa Bell Calloway displays such that she treated Cheryl Underwood like dirt when she ended up on Oh Drama! That couldn't have helped her on a show that wasn't about her but about the boy. Hopefully she will purge through this process and her book will be successful enough for her to continue her forward movement and Will - well if they are chickens he sent out from his yard they will indeed eventually come home to roost!
Name: Dovelyone
Comment: Queeniebunz>>>true...true...esp. the cocky black guy.... But Hollywood is just NOT that colorblind.... He wants to get to that status and he may be the first to actually get there, esp. due to the "Obama Effect" (Ha! I got Obama into this convo!)
Name: yunvme
Comment: queeniebunz- I was referring to your quote about what she said.
Name: yunvme
Comment: dovelyone- Will has surpassed Tom Cruise's status. Tom is a joke now and his movies bomb.
Name: B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: er, sure dede...You can pay in 3 EASY installments...*(leave it to NEE-GROWS to ask for layaway)>Ex, she IS a victim...You knew the "butler' wasn't gonna collaborate her story...This poor woman has been fucced over by the Will Smith machine...Her only hope may be to become a scientologist...Will wouldn't dare go against one of his own...I hear they're a real tight-close-knit group...
Name: Exmun
Comment: @Queenie. [snickering about the baby taking her weight]. I believe Janet wanted the 'Fresh Prince' to be a second iteration of the 'Cosby Show'. If you recall, at the time Fresh Prince came out when the Cosby Show was going out. I think that's what she wanted. Her heavy hand in the contract negotiation suggests someone who believed they had more power than they did. She azzumed that she had parity with the star of the Show, Will Smith. She azzumed wrong.
Name: TGen
Comment: Reds, she lied. She absolutely wrote the book to "hurt Will." That's blatantly obvious. The problem is she's pyscho. If she was a level-headed person who just wanted to write an auto-bio of her experience as a Black actress and just mention how seasoned actors sometimes clash with newcomers, that's one thing. But it's clear the book is CENTERED around how she was "victimized" (yes Exmun, you were right, I was wrong) by this young kid. Based on her rant, she has no more credibility, at least not in my book. McNasty, the problem is this book will do anything but close that chapter in her life--and I don't think that's what she even wants. She wants to keep that chapter open as I guess those were her glory days (career-wise.) What she's doing is making things worse, she's not only keeping the wound open, but PICKING AT IT, which means it will stay sore longer. Tell-all's are for attention-seekers and weirdos. The lady needs SERIOUS help!
Name: Exmun
Comment: LOL@ Boot. I keeps on tellin' ya man, you ain't right.
Name: Exmun
Comment: Gotta agree with you there TGen. She is a psycho through and through.
Name: Exmun
Comment: TGen, nice analogy with the picking at the sore so it's going to hang around longer. Very insightful.
Name: PRDC
Comment: She really just need to look in the mirror and she the problem. Was this her book? Too much reading about nothing. She sounds and likely was jealous of Will because Will is still to this day doing his thing. If he was at fault, he wouldn't be where he is now. She sounds very confused to me...unstable problems......One can see why her husband left her....too much
Name: lionqueen0728
Comment: HA!! i luv it .. "Doesnt play well with others"!!!! PERFECT !!! sums it all up in one sentence !!! lmbao!!!!
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >TGen - "She wants to keep that chapter open as I guess those were her glory days (career-wise.)" For this to be her "glory days" seems kinda sad. This is the kinda thing they make comedy movies about. They'll have a washed up actor/actress dwelling on playing the walk on character who had 2 lines and now he/she is washed up but gets another chance. LOL
Name: Dante
Comment: I don't think she's nuts, from what I heard back then she was black listed and couldn't get a job. Will Smith is responsible, it's so easy for people to say get over it and move on, It just like saying to a young man in his twenties who was raised up by a single parent home to go on and forget about never having a father in his life but he goes on to be a woman abuser. For all you who taking the Will Smith train you better get off it before it wrecks, It doesn't matter if he is mega rich, we all one day going to be accountable for our actions.
Name: katgrrrl
Comment: Do my disbelief, I just sat here and read this whole article...and found it very disturbing. Seriously. Will should hire 'round-the-clock security. Mr. Marcell is a gentleman.
Name: MsFresno
Comment: Sounds like Janet needs to STFU. I mean why is she the only one who has bad things to say. In all of Will's years of acting no one else has ever said a bad thing about him. Something in the milk aint white and I think her name is Janet.
Name: Angel
Comment: Will somebody PLEASE give this woman a hug, damn!!! Oh wait, then she might accuse you of sexual harrassment or at least wrinkling her shirt....nevermind. This chick really needs a big dose of "life is not fair". Yes, she had the pedigree and if the world were fair, the show would've been called Aunt Viv in Belair. But, alas, in the real world, youngins with no training whatsoever are salivated upon by studio execs instead of those who lived, breathed and perfected the craft over many years.
Name: 6footah
Comment: I hope Ms Hubert reads this: LET IT GO!!!! Trust me, I have been down the path of being a woman scorned...you have to forgive and let it alone. Unforgiveness is like drinking acid and waiting for the other person to die. And I see that this has messed with you on so many different levels. Will's life is not as perfect as it seems to everyone; he experiences all of the ups and downs that we do, he just has a different mentality on handling it. Ms. Hubert, you HAVE TO LET THIS THING GO...it is making you look deeply troubled.
Name: Shari
Comment: I am so sick of her. Let it go
Name: Closet_Nerd_Girl
Comment: >6footah, "Unforgiveness is like drinking acid and waiting for the other person to die." That is simply PROFOUND. If you don't mind, I'm adding it to my mental filing cabinet for future use.
Name: katgrrrl
Comment: My 1st post should say, "To my disbelief..." <> B00T, LMAO! <> "WIll will have to respond..." Khufu, oh no he don't. And I'll bet you $10 he won't. He's busy with family and the CAREER that Ms. Hubert, with all of her training and experience, wishes she had.
Name: dcdouglass01
Comment: "Hollywood negroes are afraid to not eat...No one stands up for Black women period...(it is difficult watching Smith on interviews) pretending like he is Mickey Mouse...I've had sisters' sit behind me at events and talk about me like a dog...I was blacklisted by Black people...I love Oprah but I don't think she's there for the sisters that ain't on the A-List...I had lunch with her best friend Gayle (thinking) she would like this, because its quality. [Yeah] Right!...I got jacked after leaving The Fresh Prince by the entire Burbank Police Department, and I completed over 390 hours of community service in the river bottom of Riverside county with convicts...Who the hell reads Ebony magazine? I don't!" I think it's clear that this woman needs help. All her problems are everyone else's fault, from Will to Gayle to Oprah to the Burbank PD to every Black person. The dilemma for me now is this: Do I buy her book out of pity's sake? Hmmm. Guess not, as it sounds like that big strong Irish lad of hers has got her back (my condolenscences to him, by the way).
Name: ladybyrd
Comment: All Hollywood actors are afraid NOT to eat. Which is why Friends Cast negotiated together, so that the brass would not use a scare tactic and replace a cast member. It was all or nothing for the Cast of Friends.
Name: cuteleggs
Comment: The women needed to vent and release all that pent up anger. I'll read that damn book cause I love good juicy gossip. Although she has alienated Oprah, and Tom Joyner and their friends, hey Aunt Viv, I know who'll have you on their show---Wendy Williams. Yep and her show is fresh off the block too and this would be the perfect venue for you sell a hellava lot of books. And, Wendy gonna enjoy every minute of telling that story.
Name: dcdouglass01
Comment: Yeah she was blacklisted, but her own attitude and actions took her there. I could sense her greater-than-thou attitude through the TV screen during the show's original run. What did Will say? "She's mad now but she's been mad all along. She said once, 'I've been in the business for 10 years and this snotty-nosed punk comes along and gets a show.' No matter what, to her I'm just the AntiChrist." I believe that was her attitude and it got her jettisoned to the blacklist. And she probably would have gotten there eventually anyway, with or without Will's assistance.
Name: kevobx12
Comment: This is why when an opportunity presents itself, you make the best out of a bad situation or continue with gray hair & strife. People create their dramas in life. Carry your own burdens.
Name: B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: ...Oh yeah, Will's gonna respond...I don't care how much money the muthafuccer has...He's still from West Philly born and raised...And there's still some Fresh Prince in him...He'll respond in some way...Her acusations will not go unanswered...Jazz is preparing the "Beats" as we post...."remember, the playground was where he spent most of his days...Maybe he'll send Jadda to kick her azz...
Name: Mas90
Comment: "Take a dare. Be a square, 'cause BC kids are everywhere!" Did anyone laugh as hard as I did???? It was so corny!!!
Name: B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: >dc...C'mon now, you know you didn't sense her greater-than-thou attitude through no dayum TV screen...CTFU..
Name: Mas90
Comment: Ladybyrd.... you can't compare 3 seasons in (FPofB) to already having 8 seasons of work (Friends). In their ninth and tenth they got paid a million per episode.
Name: huey
Comment: u can look at her picture and tell she is as nutty as a box of fiddle faddle. look like the kinda chick that if u were dating her and u get in an argument and think its over, u fall asleep one night, bout a week later and awaken to the feeling that someone is staring at you. u open your eyes, wipe the sleep out and that heffa be staring down at u and u holding a pan of hot grits talking bout, "what chu say about my mama?".......
Name: stellababy5
Comment: I can not wait for this book.Janet Hubert I have your back.I had it then and I have it now.There a lot of sista's who did not know what happened back then.I know good things will continue to come your way.Your biggest blessing is your son and your husband.I continue to boycott any Fresh Prince episodes that you are not in.What's that old saying"What goes around,comes around".But Karma is a bytch.Peace and Blessings!
Name: katgrrrl
Comment: "He is powerful because he produces." Queenie, yup. He's also powerful cos it was announced a about a month ago that Will Smith is #1 on the list of Hollywood's Most Bankable Actors! <> B00T, you think he's gonna respond too, eh? I think he'll respond with another hit movie. I give him props for tryin' themes other than sci-fi, and I'm sorry his last couple of films didn't do as well. But eventually, (if he hasn't already), he'll get back to the winning formula and be Mr. Fourth of July once again.
Name: dcdouglass01
Comment: Listen to me Boot. I sensed her craziness through my TV screen. How, I don't know. Wasn't Dionne Warwick's Physic Friends Network all over the TV at that time? Some of Dionne's powers had rubbed off on me.
Name: 6footah
Comment: Closet, I got that from Joyce Meyers and Oprah...that changed my outlook on a lot of things.
Name: Southernbelle
Comment: Whoa is me part II (SMH). It's the big eared kid's fault, it's the butler's fault. it's the cute little girl's fault. I'm suppose to believe the whole show conspired against her. But no she goes on, it's Tom Joyner's fault, it's Oprah's fault and etc. At what point in this story does she look at her self and the part she played in her career demise. Hopefully there's a part III to this interview.
Name: bannedntheusa
Comment: So Janet isn't pragmatic? I just read both days coverage of this remain confused by the comments. The consensus is that she should "get over it" or better yet, "grin and bear it." If speaking now about something that happened over 15 years ago, it seems as if she did grin and bear it. We believe that Will probably was arrogant and an azz in his youth. Even DJ chimes in validating his constant lateness. I'm wondering "why" that is accepted as an excuse or "understood" when the same stated about any number of current "rappers/actors" is likened to NRB (Negrodian Regressive Behavior). Understandably most are looking at this through the lends of simply entertainment..much like basketball. Imagine Jordan's (in his prime) reaction to the Bulls accepting Kobe's (as a sub-par rookie) youth and all that entailed. O'Kelly as a writer vs. EUR's "sultry." Janet was the "Phd" on the set and while her ego may have gotten in the way, SHE was the trained professional. Maybe she should have known her place. But SHE was the trained professional. Maybe speaking out 16 years later is tacky. But I am inclined to believe that most of the negative reaction to this is 100% situational
Name: bannedntheusa
Comment: Had the players been switched to Angela B%*$et/Beyonce, none of this remarkably great advice on pragmatism would matter. Hell, Beyonce is currently blamed for something that happened when she was what 18? She was blamed for her father (Quincy-Benny) making DC (Fresh Prince) her (Will) vehicle to success. Will was 21/22. Need I say more? Yes, Situational at best. ****I should add the the reaction also has much to do w/the rollout. Nothing wrong w/contacting EUR but when the article written about you is similar in tone to a Karrine "Superhead" Steffans "I skd and fkd a million dycks and now I"m stuck w/Eddie Winslow" then this is what you get. Did anyone even "read" Monday's article? It was meant to elicit the responses it did thanks to the National Enquirer-like feel it had and unfortunately being a woman and mos def black often unaffords you the opportunity to appear disgruntled. This case is classic...as well as the comments. Interestingly enough, many of YOU have talked about hollywood "any old production will do as long as I'm working" negros and are taken aback by Janet saying so. Is there no truth to it or you just don't want "her" saying it. Sounds like Jeremiah Wright meets Star Jones redux.
Name: FiveMore
Comment: Huey!*hollering at Huey* Ummm... I feel sad for her because it has been a long time for her and still no closure in sight. Holding on to hate and resentment only causes the one who hates to wither away.Pray that Janet can move forward from this set back because twenty years worth of resentment can give anybody a heart attack or a stroke or even death!Let Go and let God,Janet.
Name: Reds
Comment: SUGA32: “I am glad that Marcell (sp) spoke out because it counters her claim that the other actors harbored the same feelings which are untrue. He implies that she wanted them to go to bat for her which may have jeopardized their lively hoods.” … Seems to me that’s supporting exactly what she said. “When asked by Bailey if she got any support from her fellow, older cast members Hubert's authentic, guttural laugh implies a negative.”
Name: FiveMore
Comment: Hmmm.Hi, banned!
Name: cuteleggs
Comment: Aunt Viv, listen to me gurl, call Wendy Williams I guarantee she will air you story with pleasure.
Name: Reds
Comment: Queeniebunz: “That crack about "Hollywood negroes" - just wow. If black folk weren't with you before, lady, you can best believe they aren't now with you now.” …Translation: Will Smith and those of his ilk. It doesn’t include all black actors or black folks in general.
Name: Closet_Nerd_Girl
Comment: >banned, "NRB (Negrodian Regressive Behavior)" LMBAO!!!!!!! That is PRICELESS! *raises one eyebrow* Welcome to the boards.
Name: yunvme
Comment: I dont put too much stock into her being the professional actor here. So what she went to school. I believe in the first part she went on to say she was a soap opera actress, with maybe a commercial or minor parts here and there. That is hardly something that people should be bowing down to. She is the one with the inflated ego.
Name: yunvme
Comment: what happened with her and the law? WTF did she do to get 390 hours of community service? Or am I reading that wrong and it was "research"?
Name: Southernbelle
Comment: Um Janet, I mean banned. Enlighten me. What does she hope to accomplish? These snippets are full of rants, maybe the book has more substance. Are they legitimate rants? maybe so. I think the majority believes that Will was a 22 year old jerk. I think the majority believes that he played at least a small part in having you, um Janet removed from the show. But, as a consumer I will only support, in this case books, that will benefit my own personal growth. Times are too hard for merely entertainment. I need authors who can make me a better person based on their experiences. If I want to read about how much of an azzhole a person is I can do so right here on EUR Web, FOR FREE! But, if I ever meet Will Smith I will tell him how much I don't appreciate the way he treated you, um Janet. IMO, you, um Janet is the one and only Aunt Viv.
Name: khufu
Comment: QUEENIE I dunno. Let's see what happens.
Name: MorrisOKelly
Comment: I think Janet should have her say. But at the same time, she should be ready to deal with whatever criticism should come her way given the manner in which she's gone about it. It's not what you say it's how you say it. It's not what you do it's how you go about it. And regardless of the level of truth which may or may not be within her words, I believe her manner going about this opens herself to more criticism than the person she is criticizing. Nevertheless, people want the dirt and she will sell books...but at what price...pun intended.
Name: Reds
Comment: McNasty: “Hopefully she will purge through this process and her book will be successful enough for her to continue her forward movement and Will - well if they are chickens he sent out from his yard they will indeed eventually come home to roost!” … I think those chickens are already on their way home. As much as folks want to call this woman a nut case, these “rants” will have an effect on people’s perception of the “invincible” Will Smith.
Name: Reds
Comment: Dante: “For all you who taking the Will Smith train you better get off it before it wrecks, It doesn't matter if he is mega rich, we all one day going to be accountable for our actions.” … I wish Will Smith all the best, but I think his past and present actions will eventually catch up with him. Like his arrogance and the non-black co star ish.
Name: Exmun
Comment: bannedntheusa "Imagine Jordan's (in his prime) reaction to the Bulls accepting Kobe's (as a sub-par rookie) youth and all that entailed." Your comparison is an unequal one to the Will Smith-Janet Hubert drama. She may have been a "seasoned" actress, but she wasn't the "star" of the show. The show was designed around Will Smith (the Fresh Prince). Everybody else was the supporting cast from jump. She wasn't the "Jordan" of this set. At best, she was a veteran player who was the paid supporting cast of the new guy. And if she didn't figure that out at the outset, SURELY by year three when this all went down she should have damn well realized it. SHE and SHE only is the cause of why she didn't remain employed on that show.
Name: khufu
Comment: from TV reruns you get residuals not royalties
Name: khufu
Comment: actually, TV syndication ("re runs")brings you residuals
Name: B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: OK Reds- Sooo you're saying Will will eventually get his comeuppance?...He's gonna go to bed and be visited by three ghosts...The Ghosts of Fresh Prince Past, Present and Future...I wonder which ghost Janet "Aunt Viv' will be.....
Name: MorrisOKelly
Comment: There's no way in the world Will Smith "loses" because of this book. If Will is a jerk...the movie making and more importantly the movie PURCHASING/viewing world won't care. How many superstar actor a-holes are there out there? Hasn't hurt Russell Crowe. Tom Cruise hasn't exactly done poorly and he went crazy in public and is certifiable with the scientology. There's nothing that can be written in that book that can adversely affect Smith's career. The only thing that adversely affect his career is if he did something incredibly stupid in response to it. Short of that...I say Smith will say nothing and keep counting his money.
Name: Reds
Comment: MorrisOKelly: “There's nothing that can be written in that book that can adversely affect Smith's career.” … Maybe not adversely, but chip away a little here or there. You never know.
Name: Southernbelle
Comment: @ Reds, I 'm sure Will is more concerned about being kidnapped by aliens than this book.
Name: goodnplenty1957
Comment: i agree with you yunvme>Irish decent does sound kinda whitey to me..but if that wasnt a hint, how bout this? OUT OF HIS OWN MOUFF,,,"I can't teach him (her black son, how to be a black man..."etc....guess its a black thang,,he wouldnt understand.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: LOL - Name: Southernbelle Comment: Um Janet, I mean banned.
Name: katgrrrl
Comment: "I say Smith will say nothing and keep counting his money." - YUP! <> Will makes the studios and plenty of people rich. As long as he keeps doin' that, he'll stay on top. A few more movies like Seven Pounds, and hmmm, maybe not. And I'm just wonderin', if she's mad now, STILL this mad after all these years, I'm guessin' that if Will should someday win an Oscar (don't laugh! He HAS been nominated 2ce for best actor in a leading role for The Pursuit of Happyness and Ali), that's what'll make her snap and go Quazimodo ringin' the bells, frk'n nuts. He'd better get a restraining order.
Name: Reds
Comment: goodnplenty1957, those two statements kind of hint at yt, but she also says "irish-descent." That could imply mixed race. Anyway, I know of a few Irish blacks. They have lots of them in England and Ireland is not too far off.
Name: MorrisOKelly
Comment: Yeah, like "Morris O'Kelly"...
Name: bannedntheusa
Comment: HI FIVEMORE!!! Thanks CNG. Ex..I don't think they are dissimilar. Under that scenario Jordan (like Hubert) was the PHd on the court. Jordan would have ery right to have his WTF moments. In many circles, experience in your craft deontes a level of responsibility. It is hardly uncommon for trained thespians to have a better appreciation for their craft than flyby's like Will was at the time. Is it arrogant? If you say so. Is it bytchy to complain about the star of the show being late, inappropriate, and immature? You can say so. I don't have a problem w/nething Janet has said. I only wish that she had not allowed herself to be put out there like this. I don't think she's crazy, loosy-goosy or anything like that. I believe she is speaking candidly (like we often do) and people are playing shocked to hear it. What she did was speak to her principles. But having principles won't keep you employed. She learned it the harder way. That said, it seems disingenuous to suggest, after revealing how they cut her out of shows and banned her from doing any other work, that SHE is the SOLE reason why she isn't employed. Tell u what, let your company (after hiring a fresh out of law school lawyer who hadn't pas.sed the bar) cut back on ur hours, prohibiting your income, and come back and tell me that u understand it was SOLELY ur fault..lol BTW, u can choose the Angela/Beyonce comparison if u like that better..
Name: TGen
Comment: Bannedntheusa, great posts. But I have to say you underestimate the posters. Yes, this article and its sister on Monday were written in tabloid-style (after all, this is seedy stuff! lol), but some of the posters here are actually able to read past that provocation and dissect this "situation" (your word) objectively. You imply that we are saying there is "no truth to" what Hubert says. I don't think anyone (or at least not most) has implied anything of the sort. On the contrary, most admit she's probably telling the truth, as far as how events went down. But that's not what makes her "nutty." That label comes from her reaction to the "situation." The tell-all is one thing, tacky in and of itself, but the dialogue she uses to accompany it, at least in this interview, is just...wow. Imo, it is clear from this interview that "bratty, spolied, egotistical" Will Smith is not the source of her angst, he is the scapegoat. She feels that she was railroaded. Fine, that sucks, take it to court. Oh, you did? Nothing came of it? Time to keep it moving. Your success is all the vindication you need. Oh, but you can't get success? Why? Because "they" won't let you? All your showbiz friends left you? Your hubby left you? You ask [in the article] "Who do you turn to" when that happens? Hint: It ain't Lee Bailey, Janet! lol
Name: dcdouglass01
Comment: Yeah, Reds, maybe her husband is Black. Like the girl who sings "From My Heart To Yours" from Dublin. Maybe he's a Black Irish R&B singer.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: Was out at lunch so I had to catch up...banned - Hhmmm. Could it be?...>dcdoug - "jettisoned" - nice vocab word! I did catch it that she went down the list and lashed out at VERY powerful people - Oprah, Joyner, Jones and of course Smith. The only one she didn't get at was Cosby. I am blown by her stupidity. That would be like being in the computer industry and going after Gates and Jobs then expecting work. Some of y'all are saying that she should have her say and all of that but what she is doing is ridiculously stupid. >Reds - to even think this will in any way affect Smith's career is not such a smart thing. He may even find out about it but if he does, he'll be like "so what?" and keep going. If the chickens have come home to roost in his life then they're laying golden eggs. He's good. Karma may be a b*tch but he's doin' that b*tch. It must be good cuz he keeps on doin her...
Name: Grace12_34
Comment: PRDC, your post makes no sense. PLENTY of sh!theads make it to the top. I can tick off examples of that from now until New Year's Eve. @Cuteleggs, AS WE SPEAK, Janet is aboutt o go on the Wendy Williams radio show this afternoon (WBLS in New York City). The only thing bad about it is that Wendy is busy taping the TELEVISION SHOW and hasn't been in YET this week. Someone named "April" is filling in for her. I co-sign with McNasty, Reds, Bannedntheusa, Stellababy5 and Dante. What goes around comes around. We shall see.
Name: khufu
Comment: wellapparentlyWIldrove her mad and insane :--)po' woman....po' po' woman....bad bad WIll
Name: TGen
Comment: No DcDouglass01, from the article: "In relation to their son, Elijah, who stands tall at 6'3" Kraft [her husband] assures her, "I can't teach him to be a Black man, but I can teach him to be a good man." Her hubby is NOT Black.
Name: dcdouglass01
Comment: TGen, I know he's not Black. I was just having fun with Reds on him/her seemingly reaching that Janet's husband could be Black.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >TGen - lest I get all spiritual, I may have missed it but did she in any way said she has turned to God? Even if she says she did, I don't believe she has because if she did, she wouldn't be this bitter and she wouldn't be out of work. In a situation like this, you remain still, you get on your knees and pray and you wait for God to work for you. This is the scripture I used to support that. I meditate on it whenever it seems people or circumstances are doing me wrong.... (Exodus 14:13-14)"Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."...Had she opened her Bible and meditated on this, I don't think she'd be here right now. She'd be too busy to write a book because she'd be out somewhere working on a play, movie, or TV show. Y'all can scoff at me if you want but hey, I got testimony that says it's true...
Name: Southernbelle
Comment: Not that it matters, but I doubt that her husband is black. She hasn't had a kind word to say about a black man in any of these two snippets. IMO, chances are greater for Clarence Thomas to go back black.
Name: katgrrrl
Comment: "I know of a few Irish blacks." A few years ago, I couldn't pick up a Brit magazine that didn't have a pic of "Irish" singer Samantha Mumba.
Name: goodnplenty1957
Comment: yeah reds..maybe her husband is one of those black irishes.. Laura Izibor is of IRISH/NIGERIAN decent, sings FROM MY HEART TO YOURS and is from dublin..she is mixed. ..and i guess if her husband WAS one of those black irishes, i dont think he would say I CANT TEACH HIM HOW TO BE A BLACK MAN. dont know.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: I can't stand WW but I may actually check this out. If nothing else, I'll get to see an example of what holding on to bitterness can do and learn from it. It'll be like watching a train wreck, though with the recent crash in DC, it seems tacky to say that. My prayers truly go out to the ones who didn't make it, the injured and all their families.
Name: TGen
Comment: Queenie, yes, you got the answer correct. I was going to answer my "hint" but I decided I'd let posters answer it for themselves, lol. To my recollection, NO, Hubert did not mention turning to God, but you are right, that is what is sorely missing. She continues to look past HIM, giving others around her sooo much of her power, not realizing that they never had all the power anyway. Who the f is a Will Smith? lol Had she understood that he was never the problem--and thus bashing him in a tell-all could never be the solution--she would be much further along. She is truly a sad case.
Name: Reds
Comment: “In relation to their son, Elijah, who stands tall at 6'3" Kraft assures her, "I can't teach him to be a Black man, but I can teach him to be a good man." … OK, OK. I misread that part. He is yt.
Name: TGen
Comment: Reds! I just found out the SC governor has admitted he LIED and was having an affair when he "disappeared." lol! Your thoughts?
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >TGen - I'm gonna jump in on that one. Duh! When they said they saw him at Hartsfield in Atlanta when they had 4 other stories given to the media from aides and even his wife, I knew something was up but I didn't know her name. This guy is too dumb to be governor of any state. Sh*t. He's too dumb to be freshman class president if he thinks he can get away with cheating by doing this sh*t. Pu-lease.
Name: Southernbelle
Comment: @ TGen, I guessed that. I'm just waiting for it to come out that he was with his gay lover LOL.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: TGen! I posted on another blog very early today that Mr. Disappeared from S.C. was going to cause great sorrow to his family, his constituents, and his special interest donors. I can't gloat about being right on this one. Thanks for your alert.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >TGen - That woman must have that sunshine p---- that shines when you throw it up in the sky like Lela Roshon in "Harlem Nights"...I'm surprised he didn't make the same call as dude in that movie. "Hey, junior. Put your mom on the phone. I ain't neva coming home no more." *hangs up the phone*
Name: Closet_Nerd_Girl
Comment: >Queenie, TGen- I knew before I was even half-way thru the first post. *raises other eyebrow and smiles*
Name: Reds
Comment: TGen: “Reds! I just found out the SC governor has admitted he LIED and was having an affair when he "disappeared."… What? You mean the guy that was missing for father’s day and said he was on a hiking trip. I’m stumped. Didn’t they say he was also a prospective presidential candidate? Wow! Well, he ain't one of mine, so no tears shed.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >Reds - No, silly. He wasn't camping! He was writing a book. No, wait, he was taking private time to get his head right. No, he was...screwing some broad in South America...SMH
Name: Reds
Comment: Wasn’t this the same guy who was a major headache for Obama’s stimulus package. Man, we may even get Dem governor in SC out of this. BTW, I thought he was a goner after the stimulus stuff. ... Hey, I just got to say this - It’s so cute to see TGen and queeniebunz on one accord (sml).
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >Reds - It won't last! LOL :p
Name: Secret
Comment: Speak your piece Janet. I here what your saying about the Negroes in Hollywood. I hear what your saying about black women never getting the support from her own people. We as black people tear each other down everyday and we broke. lol Get over this in your time. Damn what people think.
Name: Reds
Comment: Queeniebunz: “Reds - It won't last!” … I’ll enjoy it while it does. LOL
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >Secret - Screw you, lady! We don't tear down other black women. We support the whinin' bitter heifas! And weren't we nice to Rihanna? Nobody said she prolly hit him, too! We support Jill and Halle and Erykah and all the other babymamas! And I'm being nice to you, ain't I? *just joking* :p
Name: Reds
Comment: “Sanford said he would resign immediately as head of the Republican Governors Association.” … For a second, I thought he was actually smart enough to resign as governor. But, will he be dumb enough to run again?
Name: bannedntheusa
Comment: TGEN...but calling someone nutty after waiting almost two decades to officially "tell" a story. I agree that she is doing herself no favors in allowing herself to be characterized as such. In fact, it seems that the snippets are something you would actually say to a confidant rather EUR. That still does not take away from the fact that she isn't saying nething that most of us haven't said..in similar situations. The difference is that she's Janet...and we get to read it. Do you know all of the crazy stuff said by many on this board? I don't think people are "crazy" for the way they choose to engage on this site. I say they are human. Clearly, TV/Film has not been her road to success. So what is it that she should trying to protect? Is it implausible that she was blackballed, not supported by the cast, felt that Will, as an actor (again her profession) didn't fit the bill. No it's not. Should she have said nething at all..ever..lest she be accused of being angry and bitter? Maybe. At the end of the day, the exact thing she says kept her from speaking out..is exactly what I'm reading now. That's not a coincidence and seems to me that she's more together in her thought processes than people are crediting her with.
Name: katgrrrl
Comment: Hol' up. She's talkin' about how we black folks tear each other down. What is the purpose of her talkin' about what Will Smith did to her all them fkn years ago?? Later for writing a book. Go to church! Hire a good therapist! She can get Will and anything else off her chest.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: bannedntheusa, the only thing that Ms. Hubert has together is her bunch of sour grapes. Other people and I have wondered about her spiritual walk/ability to let go and let GOD. This woman is ultimately all about the dead presidents.
Name: Exmun
Comment: bannedntheusa, the show was called "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" Not the "Aunt Viv Show." The Jordan-Kobe comparison isn't even in the ballpark.
Name: JAXXIE
Comment: Let's be clear: Ms. Hubert has a right to have her say. Having a right to speak out on a topic with a tell-all book does not easily translate into the material profit that makes the story teller happy in the pursuit of the effort. She still has to fill her losses with something other than the material. Upthread, check Exmun's list of Ms. Hubert's personal losses. It's truly sad.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >JAX - Uh uh. Get it right. Exmun's post listed the different players in her blame game. And the theme song of "The Blame Game" - "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I guess I'll go eat worms!"
Name: Exmun
Comment: Queenie, no one has said that the object of Sanford's affection was a woman. Just an FYI. Don't be shocked like the rest IF it turns out that it was a man.
Name: Grace12_34
Comment: If you can tune in, Janet Huber is on the Wendy Williams Experience radio program right now
Name: Exmun
Comment: Reds, SC has term limits. Sanford is in his last term as SC Gov. He cannot run again.
Name: Angel
Comment: Reds - He can't run again. It's his second term.
Name: Exmun
Comment: Beatcha to you Angel. ;)
Name: Exmun
Comment: Whoops. Beatcha to it Angel ;)
Name: Reds
Comment: Angel: “Reds - He can't run again. It's his second term.” … OK, that explains everything - Tripping on the stimulus, running off with this other woman. Plus, GOPs are out of style, so he know he is done.
Name: bannedntheusa
Comment: Jax...EX..I have no dog in this fight. We are all entitled to our opinions. Mine are usually less judgmental than most. One on hand, she's criticized for not being quiet. She did that for 16 years. On the other, she's criticized for not knowing her place...arrogance...bytchness...etc. IMO, none of these are out of the norm adjectives used to describe blacks..and especially black women. Doesn't mean we have to feed into to it. But it's always a fine line we must walk lest we be accused of being{insert adjective}. She had something to get off her chest. Hmmm..so did Superhead..and it got her a seat on Queen Oprah's couch and a bestseller's nod. So again, our comdemnation is purely situational.. BTW, no governor can be in office longer than two terms. The audacity of him to be an advocate AGAINST the stimulus while fkng latin poonanny.
Name: Angel
Comment: Damn u Exmun!!!!! I would've been a star but for your meddlin. Typical of EUR negroes to steal a black woman's thunder.**starting tell-all--release date 2024** LOL
Name: Reds
Comment: Exmun: Whoops. Beatcha to it Angel ;) ... She beat you to my response. I missed yours when I first opened the page.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >Exmun - but they said it was a woman he knew for 8 years on MSNBC.
Name: Reds
Comment: Queeniebunz: “Exmun - but they said it was a woman he knew for 8 years on MSNBC.” …. Not MSNBC!? And I was so looking forward to Rachael and Keith get on that azz tonight.
Name: queeniebunz
Comment: >Reds - Rachel got in that azz like a bike with the seat off last night, particularly about the senator who also cheated but got applauded for his [eventual] candor at the Rep. luncheon. Tonight should be interesting as well, though. ---beginning of article on MSNBC--- COLUMBIA, S.C. - After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he'd secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he'd been having an affair. He apologized to his wife and four sons and said he will resign as head of the Republican Governors Association.
Name: Janissi
Comment: Ms. Fresno>>>Maybe others haven't said anything against Will because they don't want to be labeled troublemakers or crazy, nuts, etc. just like Janet is now. Will is an establishment and most people don't have the guts to go against the grain. It happens all the time in corporate America. Wow! What a stinkin' mess this must've been. As far as no one standing up for her, people do like to eat. Of course the older cast members weren't going to support her - Will and that show were their bread and butter. They know how hard it is for black folks to work in Hollywood. They had to save their azzes, and like she stated, the cast members probably would've thrown anyone under the bus that would interfered with that. Support you? Hell to the naw. Support Will? You betcha! Her comment about, "No one stands up for black women" is SO ON POINT. That's all imma say about that. I'm glad to hear she is married to a man who has her back and loves her regardless of his color. Olivia, I cosign and concur. If this wasn't about Will, people would be saying something altogether different.
Name: Exmun
Comment: Janissi, if this wasn't about Will Smith, it wouldn't have made news. But rest assured, most who've labeled this lady a nut have done so because of HOW she is going about this not simply because she is speaking out. She is certifiable. See my initial comment to this post waaay above about all of the various people that she complains of in a brief interview. Nuts doesn't even begin to explain this woman's victimology.
Name: Reds
Comment: Queeniebunz: “>Reds - Rachel got in that azz like a bike with the seat off last night, .. “ … Last night? They knew from then. They say the affair was discovered five months ago. But who actually knew? … BTW QB, on “Was out at lunch so I had to catch up….” … I feel you. Knaw a mean?
Name: BrotherSlade
Comment: I liked Mrs. Reids character better. She did not fit the role.
Name: Reds
Comment: BrotherSlade: “I liked Mrs. Reids character better. She did not fit the role.” … You got to be the first person I heard that feels that way. But to each his own.
Name: Grace12_34
Comment: That's really strange, BrotherSlade, since "Aunt Viv" was CREATED BY Janet. Amazing.
Name: Fragrance
Comment: IS SHE CRAZY? Slamming 'who reads Ebony?' She's a 'piece of work' (as what I always hear white men say when they want to show distain, like in the movie with Sanaa Lathan)
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