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Former Fresh Prince of Bel Air star Janet Hubert, aka Aunt Viv, has penned a tell-all memoir that lashes out at Will Smith for sabotaging her and other actors who worked on the hit comedy.

The 53-year-old actress was fired from the show in 1993 and replaced by actress Daphne Maxwell Reid. Her book “Perfection Is Not A Sitcom Mom” will be released in early 2010.

Here are some explosive excerpts from the book via BVBuzz:

On Will Smith sabotaging his co-stars: “Smith had people around him who made sure no one outshone him. I was happy to see Don Cheadle become the quality actor that he is, and often wondered how he made it past one episode, as Hilary’s boyfriend, being such a fierce actor. No one could be on The Tonight Show, that first season, except Will. And I mean no one.”

On a guest star being too impressive an an early rehearsal: “I recall the lovely and incredibly talented Countess Vaughn coming to guest star. Oh my God! The day of table read, she was pee-in-your-pants funny. The writers were howling, we were howling, so I knew she was history – banished into the cornfield. Many years later, after she had her own show, I had to tell her when she asked me why. ‘Miss Janet why did I get cut from the episode,’ she asked? Simply, my darling, you were too good.”

For more on Janet and her book, visit JanetHubert.com.

That's 1 way to guarantee to sell plenty of books. Slam the 3rd highest paid actor in Hollywood.

I remember her talking about Will getting her fired back when it happened.

I hated this show beyond words.

weused2luvhim said:

and this is the only reason why the book would sale, i never even knew her name and doubt that i'll retain it. And yeah, so what, Will was young and ambitious. the road to fame is always paved with broken hearts, like it or not.

weused2luvhim said:

It´s funny, even though I like Will Smith, I still don´t really regard him as a "proper" actor because I grew up listening to his rap albums and will always remember him as that guy from "Fresh Prince and Dj Jazzy Jeff", with Girls Ain´t Nothing But Trouble and Jeff´s "transformer scratch".

Sure, he is an actor and had a solo rap career under his real name but somehow he´s still that guy from way back in the days for me. I still have his old cassettes from 1986.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

I can't believe how incredibly popular it is with the early 20's crowd these days.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

I hated this show even when it was cancelled back in '96.

Oh well I loved the show and it made me laugh, although I didn't like it when they replaced Janet Hubert, over here I really didn't know as to why she was replaced.

NMuzakNSoul said:

She had a kid at the time and other problems.....

what ever, she's been bitching about him for years since she left the show

WHY is she doing this shit so many years later? It just seems so sad at this point I never understood her firing either, I liked her so much better than Daphne Reed. But who fucking cares @ this point??

CalhounSq said:

She hasn't been doing much since The Fresh Prince, so I'm thinking money.

NastradumasKid said:

Gotta sell that book.

eVeRsOlEsA said:

I know. She should move on!! Gee wiz.

dreamfactory313 said:

It's like holding a grudge for years all because your friend took your candy and you didn't get to eat any.

NMuzakNSoul said:

She was the only true Aunt Viv. I stopped watching it after her.

BTW, she still looks great if that's a recent pic. But, ummm, nobody cares about this shit.
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NastradumasKid said:

Well YEA, I know the basic reason I just think it's sad to have to reach so far back for relevance Will's been huge for years, she could have done this then & still made $ yet been a little closer to the time of the show. It would seem a bit less sad then, but here she is in 2009, ugh... it's just sad, she must be desperate...

PaisleyPark5083 said:

I hate the annoying Will Smith beyond words.

yo i <3 the o.g. aunt viv! how could u not! and i love this show since i was a little kid!





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Christopher said:

She was bad ass in that dance episode and so pretty in pink too.

uPtoWnNY said:

He is such a douchebag

And I swear his wife comes across as abused

ThirdandFinal said:

I can't both of them or even his kids (except the oldest one Trey).

Christopher said:

since we sharing favorite clips, here's one of mine

In less than one page, this "tell-all book" thread has become a tribute thread.

Really. It's been 16 years. Get over it, Vivian

Look up BITTER in the dictionary and this is what you'll see:





Smooches;)

SCNDLS said:

I LOVE :39-41!! Hilarious! She was definitely bad ass!


Smooches;)

Seriously, she needs to move on. Her removal from the show may not have been done in the best way or under the best terms but what's the point of bringing it up again? If this is the 'explosive excerpt' then I doubt she has a bestseller on her hands. And what's up with the title? Perfection is Not A Sitcom Mom? Awkward. She's not exactly the person I think of when I think of great sitcom moms.

JackieBlue said:

She brought a lot of strength and grace to her role on the show. Is apparently a Julliard-trained actress.

Last fall, she did an interview with Essence magazine where she admitted to have written a book (that was then titled "Murder of a Sitcom Mom") but said that she wouldn't be publishing it because she had found healing over the firing and all that followed it.

Almost sounds like something happened between October and whenever she decided to publish.