It Was 'Very Difficult' for This Co-Star to Work With Will Smith Because "I Lost Everything."
'I Lost Everything': This Co-Star Said Will Smith Made Things 'Very Difficult'Seasons 3 and 4 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air were marked by a major shift.
First played by Janet Hubert, the role of Aunt Viv was later taken over by Daphne Maxwell Reid, who portrayed the character to its conclusion.
Following a nearly two-decade hiatus, Smith and Hubert will finally sit down and talk things out during HBO Max's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion special in November 2020.
Hubert has long claimed that Smith was narcissistic and self-centered, and he wanted her to leave the show because of it.
Smith, her co-star, was the source of the problem, she explained. To paraphrase what she said further
Smith asserted that Hubert harboured resentment toward him due to Smith's youth and success.
