Comments on: Former mom on Fresh Prince claims Will Smith sabotaged her career

By: !)))x(((!

!)))x(((! — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:02:18 +0000

I agree that will probably was arrogant and cocky and YOUNG!! c-mon really who wouldn’t be with that much stardom at such an age?? Its hard to take in humbly when soooo many people adore your work and your YOUNG. anyways i think this is really old and bitter, like cmon really? now u wanna talk about someone u haven’t worked with in yrs ruining your career? annnnnnnd when ur watching a interview of a celebrity ummmmm i dont know ,expect them to talk about their life being perfect for their image duh…though it would be nice to hear a celbrity talk like a normal person (it happens sumtimes now and then) but sumtimes celebrities are expected to act a certain way wheter it be very energetic like jim carey or serious like an oscar nominated actor. so maybe under the lights they fall into there role to be “this person” in public and i love how people talk about actors like they know them too, that must suck for actors if they are called a jerk by the press so the people read it (and sumtimes true or not) we dont know them, we are fed info and we can believe it or not.

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: Beth Smith

Beth Smith — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:04:12 +0000

I don’t mind watching Will in a movie now and then but if he’s does an interview I change the channel, he annoys me more than Tom Cruise!! He’s perfect, his wife is perfect, his kids are perfect, even is dogs are perfect. Oh and their sex life is perfect too. I would rather watch someone who is humble and waits to be complimented by the interviewer not brag himself up the whole interview.

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: Reina

Reina — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:34:52 +0000

Wait a minute; so you’re telling me that an actor (who is female) playing the non-title character of a (prime-time, top 20) television show that is targeted towards minorities (with an all minority cast) got into a dispute with Hollywood is unusual?!

Let alone how shocking it is that suing the number one network in television (at the time) and (true or not) having the reputation of a diva on-set makes you difficult to employ?!

Man, what world is it that we’re living in these days?!

(Personally, I loved the over-dramatic Vivian, the second one was boring and terrible, but meh. I don’t see a story here, what happened can’t be blamed on any one person, and likely she’s just another person ‘victimized’ by the Hollywood machine.)

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: Nonny

Nonny — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:08:11 +0000

Wait…Will Smith was in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire? AND he was the star? I thought Alfonso Ribeiro was. All that show was known for was the Carlton dance. Why else would you watch the show. (shakes head) I misunderstood so much in the 80’s. First the shows on Nickelodeon weren’t first time airs they were repeats of old 50’s shows…now this…next y’all’er gonna tell me that they’re making a remake of 90210. God I love Luke Perry…

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: ebonygoddess

ebonygoddess — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:04:31 +0000

She doesn’t think that suing NBC had/has anything to do with her not being successful? They were the number one network at the time and the whole thing was quite public. I can’t imagine that suing did her career any favors.

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: BOGART4017

BOGART4017 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:45:42 +0000

This story is almost as old as the show. I’ve heard and read it a dozen times before. Unless she has something new to add i’ll pass on the book.

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: manda

manda — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:36:59 +0000

It’s easier to blame everyone else than to look inside and see if you might have had anything to do with your situation.

Maybe Will didn’t like her, but if you read those links that Mairead posted, she sounds like she was crazy high-maintenance. Bitter too, but I find it hard to believe that the crap she was spewing in those interviews was simply a result of being spurned…if I had to place a bet, I’d say she was probably talking crap like that prior to her exit from the show.

In any job, if you are high maintenance and difficult, people will not want you around. I find it easier to believe that the producers got tired of crap from a minor character than it is to believe that a teenage Will Smith was “out to get her”.

And “out to get her” is different than being in a position to decide who he liked to work with and who he didn’t like to work with. Maybe WS had something to say about it and maybe the execs were inclined to listen…if that happened, I don’t think that’s so terrible. If I was in the same position I might do my part to persuade the powers that be to see things my way too.

Bottom line is that there is no freaking way I believe that Will Smith is the one who permanently damaged her career. Outspoken or not and with cause or without, she made some pretty harsh accusations about the show and studio. And just like in real life, when you leave a job, you don’t get to curse out your boss and then expect him/her to give you a glowing recommendation.

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: dubdub2000

dubdub2000 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:01 +0000

Will Smith has openly said over and over again that when he first got famous during the Fresh Prince he totally lost it and became the biggest prick on the block, threw ALL his money away, got into serious trouble with the IRS and was basically a 2 bit punk (which also resulted in the end of his first marriage) It’s only after all this came crashing down on him and he met his 2nd wife Jada Pinket that he took a step back and decided that he needed to grow up and drastically change his attitude if he wanted to have a long successful career and life generally. Thats when he turned into mr nice guy. Now I cant remember who mentored him but if you look around for articles or interviews of him about this transition I remember he saif he worked with or met some older actors and producers who were legends who basically shook him up and told him to get his act together.

All of this to say that what she says is probably true and that he probably wouldnt deny it but since then the guy has made amends and has helped various people and has reinvented himself. Though his brand of niceness and happiness to me isnt in the Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard league but more in the Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman league: way too manic (his over the top laugh is scary, seriously) and over the top and creepy.

Anyways….

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:47:28 +0000

Apres Ski, where are you pulling these “facts” from? Hmm?

BK? Please.

Report this comment as spam or abuse

By: XxX

XxX — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:16:57 +0000

Bigtime Sour grapes. I cant remember one episode that she was memorable in. Also, sounds like she is a drama queen herself and if she cant get her husband to get a job, fire some nannys and housekeepers and put him to work. Then you would have been able to afford to take the gig part time and maybe still have had a career — for a little while anyway.

Report this comment as spam or abuse