Will Smith Responds to Fresh Prince's Janet Hubert Drama: She's 'Brilliant'

You’ll never guess which Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star dropped this little gem in a recent interview: “I think that both of the Aunt Vivs were really, really fantastic.”

OK, you probably guessed it was Will Smith. (Did the headline give it away? Was it the photo?)

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Either way, Smith’s comments came Monday during an interview with BBC Radio 1Xtra, when he was asked to reveal his Aunt Viv of choice — the original, Janet Hubert, who recently slammed his proposed Oscars boycott, or Daphne Maxwell Reid, who replaced her in Season 4.

“When you make a show, any time you make a change, it’s going to be excruciating and painful,” he added. “I think that Janet Hubert Whitten brought a really powerful dignity to the show. She’s brilliant … as an artist. She sings, she dances. She’s, like, a really powerful artist. So I loved what she brought to The Fresh Prince.”

Unlike his character on the ’90s sitcom, who never used his head in tough situations, Smith clearly took a diplomatic approach to his answer. But because we, the people, aren’t beholden to such standards, it’s time to weigh in:

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