I remember this change for the actress that played Aunt Viv on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air as a child, but I never knew why it happened. Decades later the record was finally straightened why the change happened.
According to Carlton, the original Aunt Viv was crazy. This was due to a three season long feud between Will and Aunt Viv. In real life Janet Hubert-Whitten, the original Aunt Viv, became pregnant which was also written into the storyline for the show. During that time Janet had issues with the star of the Will Smith.
Will Smith claimed that long before Janet's pregnancy they struggled to get along, and it was her attitude that lead her out of the door.
"I can say straight up that Janet Hubert wanted the show to be 'The Aunt Viv of Bel Air Show' because I know she is going to dog me in the press," Will Smith stated this in 1993 for an Atlanta Radio Station,
Will Smith said “she has basically gone from a quarter of a million dollars a year to nothing. 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."
For years this was the excuse used to end Janet’s career. She was reduced to bit roles and short term parts. Many years later Will Smith came out to right a wrong he did as a 23 year old kid. Will Smith said Janet was right and he was wrong. Will had maturity issues and Janet was a professional that took her job too seriously. Janet’s stubbornness clashed with Will Smith’s ego. Ultimately bc Will Smith was a huge Movie and Television stardom in 1994, the show decided to dismantle the relationship with Janet Hubbard and replaced her with Daphne Maxwell Reid, who played Will's auntie in the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons of the show.
So to make a long story short, Will Smith got Janet fired and ended her acting career as well. This was a Hollywood secret that was forgotten but few knew.
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