There's a post on celebitchy blaming Will Smith for removing her from the show. Does anyone believe this?

I don't know...that was always the rumor.

But the show went downhill when the new Aunt Viv popped up. That's for true.

the second aunt viv sucked she had no personality....she was always getting mad and storming off

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She was a diva, wanted more cash, so the producers tried to cut a deal with her, she held out, she found out how expendable she was. Shes still bitter. Kinda the same deal with um, dude from good times james amos amos andy whatever his name is.

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According to an interview I saw years ago, she and Will could NOT get along. He fired her.

They( Will Smith and Janet Hubert Whitten) have discussed this before. I believe after years of denials,Will admitted basically being an young control freak asshole and Janet co-signed. She didn't kiss his ass like the others on the show so she had to gooooo!

She also mentioned contract disputes and other reasons but i always wanted to think it was Will's fault. I have a hate/love with him.

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She wanted more money they told her no and when she was about to agree to the terms of her contract they told her nah we good you have been replaced. I did not like the new auntie Viv at all.

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As Daphne Maxwell Reid was signed to replace Janet Hubert-Whitten in NBC's sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," the war of words between Ms. Hubert-Whitten and Will Smith, star of the series, has heated up.
Ms. Maxwell Reid co-starred with her husband Tim Reid on the acclaimed CBS series "Frank's Place" and made guest appearances on "WKRP In Cincinnati." On |Fresh Prince' she will be Smith's knowledgeable and sympathetic aunt Vivian Banks.
In one of the most highly-publicized departures in recent memory, Ms. Hubert-Whitten was fired from "Fresh Prince" following what she described as a feud with network officials. She had told Jet and other media outlets that her termination was some sort of vendetta against her and she did not know the origin of it.
Smith was quoted in the Atlanta Journal as saying that Ms. Hubert-Whitten brought a lot of her problems to work and that the problems lasted well beyond her pregnancy. The paper quoted him as telling a local radio station: "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. She's mad now but she's been mad all along. 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."
Initially, Ms. Hubert-Whitten was reluctant to get specific about the nature of her firing. Now, after reading about Smith's Atlanta interview, she has indicated that Smith played a role in her termination. She also said that many of the remarks he is quoted as having said are not true. "He probably is responsible for my firing. He has a lot of clout. It's-too bad that it's a Black-on-Black attack. I tried not to name names. I have more class than that. I wish Will would tell the truth. If you're going to talk, tell the truth. He has gotten me fired from the show and now he is trying to snatch my career away from me (with his recent comments). I have not slandered him in any way. Anyone who stands up to Mr. Smith on "Fresh Prince" is gone. I reprimanded him constantly for being rude to problem and locking himself up in his room....
She said she hopes Smith becomes "a stronger, Kinder Black man than he has demonstrated." Smith could not be reached for comment at Jet press time.

REALGOSSIP 101: 'WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...' THE 1st 'AUNT VIVIAN' FROM 'THE FRESH PRINCE...'? ACTRESS DISHES ON WILL SMITH, HER EXIT, HER REPLACEMENT & NEW VENTURES.

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If a quarter milli was all she was getting in 1993 then she WAS severely underpaid.

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I don't know but her body was sexy.

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I heard she got a contract with Diddy...and you know what happens to his artists.



J/k

I liked her though...FPoBA was never the same after she left.

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Here I am thinking this was about Vivica Fox.

If this is difficult to read (as it was for me), here's the link:

Smith, Whitten feud over her 'Fresh Prince' exit - 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' actors Janet Hubert-Whitten and Will Smith | Jet | Find Articles at BNET

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