Janet Hubert Lands Recurring Role Alongside Comedians Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish
Former “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Janet Hubert has joined the cast of TBS’ comedy series ‘The Last O.G.’ starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. Hubert will play the role of Miss May Miller, one of Tray Barker’s mother’s “oldest and dearest friends” Tray Baker played by Tracy Morgan according to Deadline. Morgan’s character is a ex-convict who, after spending 15 years in prison, is surprised to come home and find how much things have changed in Brooklyn, New York.
This is Hubert’s first recurring role since her exit from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. During last year’s “Fresh Prince” reunion, which celebrated 30 years since the show debuted, Will Smith played the main character on the series invited Hubert on to the show to talk. On the reunion Hubert explained that she walked away from the role after her contract showed that her salary would be cut and that her role would have fewer scenes. The rumor at the time was Hubert was unprofessional on the set but she told Smith in the one-on-one conversation, “And I wasn’t unprofessional on the set. I just stopped talking to everybody because I didn’t know who to trust because I had been banished. And they said it was you who banished me. Because you were Will.”
Smith says that at the time he was immature and that he saw everything as a “threat.” However, Hubert shared that this not only affected her role on the show, but it affected her entire career. “Words can kill. I lost everything. Reputation. Everything. And I understand you were able to move forward, but you know those words, calling a Black woman difficult in Hollywood, is the kiss of death. And it’s hard enough being a dark-skinned Black woman in this business.”
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