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“#Will Smith Gets Emotional Discussing Feud With Janet Hubert On A Special Red Table Talk
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\nThe healing continues for Will Smith<\/strong> following an emotional sit-down with his former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/em> co-star Janet Hubert<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As we reported, the pair of actors finally ended their decades-long feud during the epic reunion special, which aired earlier this week on HBO Max<\/strong>. And during the latest episode of Red Table Talk<\/em>, Will reflected on it all \u2014 and dove deeper into how the two ever got to such a contentious place.<\/p>\n

Related: Jeannie Mai Makes Surprise, Emotional Return To The Real<\/em> After Emergency Surgery\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The now 52-year-old Prince<\/em> sat down with psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula<\/strong>, who was also present during his meeting with Hubert. Before unpacking Will\u2019s pain, the two watched previously unaired footage from his conversation with Janet where she detailed the horrific treatment she received after leaving the show.<\/p>\n

With a mortgage, a new business, a new baby, and a husband who wasn\u2019t working at the time, Hubert was essentially backed into a corner and fighting for her life after being labeled \u201cdifficult\u201d within the industry by her former co-star. She explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack people beat my ass. They beat my son\u2019s ass. Somebody smashed a cookie in my son\u2019s face and said, \u2018Your mother is a bitch.\u2019 People send me hateful Instagrams, \u2018Aren\u2019t you dead yet?\u2019 \u2018I love Will, why don\u2019t you just die?\u2019 It was hard. I promised my dad I would clear my name because it\u2019s his name and my family said you\u2019ve ruined our name. But you\u2019re the big star, I\u2019m just a little Black bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

Hubert\u2019s words forced Will to examine his own behavior at the time, which he now attributes to being a 21-year-old navigating trouble at home and trying to do anything he could to find success:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father was violent in my house. So a part of the whole creation of Will Smith, the joking, fun, silly, was to make sure my father was entertained enough not to hurt my mother or anybody in the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was this desire for safety, and an ensuing desire for app<\/a>roval from women, that Smith said he then projected onto his TV family:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe little boy in me level, with Hubert, I needed Mommy to think I was great. And when I realized she didn\u2019t, my dragon woke up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He went on to say he felt \u201cthreatened\u201d by Janet at the time because he, too, was suffering financially with $3 million in back tax debt and the Fresh Prince<\/em> was essentially everything he had. Still, the star openly regrets how he handled himself:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not arrogant enough to think my actions and behavior were perfect. My actions and behavior were flawed and hurtful. Probably there\u2019s nobody on Earth who\u2019d say I hurt them that bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Good thing Will has been learning through relationships with Jada & Willow the value of protecting women and not attacking them:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not who I want to be and it\u2019s not how I want to make people feel\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What a powerful and thought-provoking conversation we can all learn something from.<\/p>\n

WATCH more from the pair\u2019s conversation in full (below):<\/p>\n