Casting Replacements That Took a Serious Toll on These Actors’ Careers

The Aunt Viv of Bel-Air Show

“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. She has basically gone from a quarter of a million dollars a year to nothing,” Smith said.

“She’s mad now but she’s been mad all along," he continued. "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.”

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