'Fresh Prince' Star Janet Hubert Slams Jada Pinkett Smith for Boycotting Oscars

Janet Hubert didn't hold back speaking out against Jada Pinkett Smith boycotting the Academy Awards this year.

Hubert -- who played Aunt Vivian on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air -- posted a video response to Will Smith's wife, who announced that she will not be attending the Oscars due to the lack of diversity among the nominees. "First of all, Miss Thing, does your man not have a mouth of his own with which to speak?" Hubert declared. "The second thing, girlfriend, there's a lot of sh** going on in the world that you all don't seem to recognize. People are dying. Our boys are being shot left and right. People are starving. People are trying to pay bills. And you're talking about some motherf**king actors and Oscars. It just ain't that deep."

Hubert also did not agree with Jada asking other people in Hollywood to boycott the awards show. "And here's the other thing, for you to ask other actors, and other black actresses and actors, too, to jeopardize their career and their standing in a town that you know damn well you don't do that," she said. "And here's the other thing -- they don't care. They don't care! And I find it ironic that somebody who has made their living, and made millions and millions of dollars from the very people you're talking about boycotting just because you didn't get a nomination, just because you didn't win. That is not the way life works, baby."

She added, "It's very suspect to me."

On Fresh Prince, Hubert played Aunt Viv from 1990 to 1993 before she was replaced by Daphne Maxwell-Reid. During her rant against Jada's Oscars boycott, the actress called out her former on-screen nephew -- whose work in Concussion was snubbed by the Academy -- for not helping her and her co-stars negotiate raises while she was on the show. "Karma's a b**ch," Hubert exclaimed. "You ain't Barack and Michelle Obama, and y'all need to get over yourselves."

ET caught up with several stars at the Critics' Choice Awards to get their take on the boycott. "I don't know if avoiding it altogether is going to help, but I just think we have to continue to move forward," Niecy Nash explained. "We have this awareness and this spotlight -- we've got to look at other work. There's other work out there that I think was missed. We've just got to do better."

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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Janet Hubert Slams Jada Pinkett-Smith for Calling an Oscars Boycott

 

Whoa. Grab some tea, because Aunt Viv is serving some serious shade tonight.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Janet Hubert just came out swingin' at former co-star Will Smith and his ladylove Jada Pinkett-Smith, who recently released a video voicing her desire to boycott the Oscars for the lack of diversity in their nominees.

Hubert released a 4-minute video on YouTube calling Jada out, and goodness, the sass cannot be denied.

"First of all, Miss Thing," she began (oh yeah, we're not kidding), "does your man not have a mouth of his own with which to speak?" OH SNAP.

She continued, "The second thing, girlfriend, there's a lot of s--t going on in the world that you all don't seem to recognize. People are dying. Our boys are being shot left and right. People are starving. People are trying to pay bills. And you're talking about some [expletive] actors and Oscars. It just ain't that deep."

Hubert went on to say, "And here's the other thing, for you to ask other actors, and other black actresses and actors, too, to jeopardize their career and their standing in a town that you know damn well you don't do that. And here's the other thing—they don't care. They don't care! And I find it ironic that somebody who has made their living, made their living and made millions and millions of dollars from the very people you're talking about boycotting just because you didn't get a nomination, just because you didn't win."

There is obvious bad blood between the former sitcom star and Will Smith (cue the awkward Aunt Viv switcheroo that we were supposed to just let go unnoticed), and she made sure to comment on that, too.
"Well karma must be a bitch, cause now here you are. Here you are, you've had a few flops and you know there are those out there who really deserved a nod," she said.

"At the Oscars...people of color are always welcomed to give out awards...even entertain," Jada wrote on Twitter. "But we are rarely recognized for our artistic accomplishments. Should people of color refrain from participating all together? People can only treat us in the way in which we allow. With much respect in the midst of deep disappointment."

The lack of diversity in this year's Oscar nominations was noticed from the get-go, and instantly resurfaced the popular hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. With the controversy (clearly) on everyone's minds and the topic of numerous conversations, Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs released the following statement tonight:

"I'd like to acknowledge the wonderful work of this year's nominees," she said. "While we celebrate their extraordinary achievements, I am both heartbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion. This is a difficult but important conversation, and it's time for big changes.

"The Academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership. In the coming days and weeks we will conduct a review of our membership recruitment in order to bring about much-needed diversity in our 2016 class and beyond," Boone Isaacs said in what amounted to a rare and unusual move on the part of the Academy.

"As many of you know," she continued, "we have implemented changes to diversify our membership in the last four years. But the change is not coming as fast as we would like. We need to do more, and better and more quickly."

"This isn't unprecedented for the Academy," Isaacs added. "In the ‘60s and ‘70s, it was about recruiting younger members to stay vital and relevant. In 2016, the mandate is inclusion in all of its facets: gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. We recognize the very real concerns of our community, and I so appreciate all of you who have reached out to me in our effort to move forward together."

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Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Are Arguing About Their Future

Uh-oh, it sounds like there is trouble in paradise for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, just six weeks after they welcomed their second child, Saint, together.

We’re seriously hoping that this is nothing more than a rumour…

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According to new reports, our fave couple have been arguing over their future, with Kanye apparently keen to extend their family and have a third baby, but Kim putting her foot down.

Especially because Kim has suffered with medical problems throughout both pregnancies and doesn’t think that she’ll be able to carry a third baby.

A source explained: “Kanye thinks she shouldn’t be making any permanent decision about future babies right now because she’s so depressed about her body.

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“But Kim is sticking to her position that this was her last pregnancy.”

It is thought that doctors told Kim that she would struggle to get pregnant again after she gave birth to Saint, with the 35-year-old star suffering from placenta accrete during both pregnancy, which occurs when blood vessels become too deeply attached to the uterine wall.

Doctors apparently said that if Kim fell pregnant again then she’d be putting herself and the unborn baby at risk, and although Kim has considered surrogacy Kanye is said to be less keen on the idea.

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The insider added to RadarOnline: “He wants to continue growing the family and he’s ‘creeped out’ by the idea of surrogacy. But he has no choice because Kim’s already looking into getting her tubes tied or an IUD put in.”

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