‘I Made a Horrible Error’: Will Smith’s Shocking Confession About Janet Hubert Shakes Up ‘Fresh Prince’ Legacy Following Their Explosive 27-Year Feud

Will Smith, 56, shared his thoughts yet again about his past animosity with former “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” co-star Janet Hubert, 68. In a new episode of Vice’s “Black Comedy in America” series, Smith reflected on his decades-long feud with the original actress who played Vivian Banks on the 1990s-era sitcom. “I made a horrible error and misjudged her value, power, and beauty in the show,” Smith said, per People. “I horribly underestimated what she was for me at that point in my life.” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” castmates Janet Hubert and Will Smith feuded for nearly three decades before reconciling in 2020. (Photos: Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival; Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Smith starred as a fictionalized version of himself on “Fresh Prince” for all six seasons of the NBC program. Hubert played the Banks family matriarch for only three seasons from 1990 to 1993, before Daphne Maxwell Reid took on the role of Aunt Viv in season 4 when Hubert left the show in a contract dispute. That unexpected replacement shocked television viewers and blew wide open a rift between Smith and Hubert, one that saw Hubert launch an unsuccessful lawsuit against Smith and NBC in...