Fresh Prince’s ‘Aunt Viv’ on Jada Pinkett Smiths Oscars boycott: Get over yourself

It seems Will Smith's former TV aunt is not too happy with the actor's wife and her recent decision to boycott the Oscars, claiming the award show and nominations lack diversity.

In a Facebook video post on Martin Luther King Day, Janet Hubert, who co-starred with Will Smith as the original Aunt Vivian on the hit 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," blasted the power couple - specifically Will's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

"First of all, miss thing, does your man not have a moth of his own with which to speak," the Montclair actress asked in a video rant to the Smiths. "There's a lot of (expletive) 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 hungry, people are starving, people are trying to pay bills, and you're talking about some ... actors and Oscars. It just ain't that deep."

The actress goes on to criticize the couple for asking other actors and "blacktresses" to jeopardize their careers and boycott the same industry that helped them rise to fame.

"I find it ironic that somebody who has made their living...and made millions and millions of dollars from the very people who 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, OK, and it's very suspect to me," Hubert said.

Hubert also pointed to an incident more than 25 years ago when the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" was doing well and members of the cast went to Will Smith and asked if they could join together to approach the network for raises, but he refused.

"Do you remember that? Your response to me was 'My deal is my deal and y'alls deal is y'alls deal.' Well, karma must be a bitch because here you are...here you are you've had a few flops," said Hubert, who played Aunt Vivian on the show from 1990-1993, when she was reportedly fired for violating her contract by becoming pregnant.

Animosity between Will Smith and Hubert has existed for years. When she left "Fresh Prince" in 1993, she told Jet magazine she believed Smith was responsible for her release from the sitcom.

In her Facebook rant, Hubert goes on to say that maybe he didn't deserve an Oscar nomination or the Golden Globe nomination he received.

"Just because the world don't go the way you want it to go doesn't mean that you can go out and then you start asking people to stand up and sing 'We Shall Overcome' for you. You ain't Barack and Michelle Obama and y'all need to get over yourselves. You are a part of Hollywood. You are a part of the system that is unfair to other actors."

The New Jersey actress said her rant isn't "about being bitter. It's about being right."

Toniann Antonelli is the digital managing editor for news at NJ 101.5. Reach her at toniann.antonelli@townsquaremedia.com, or on Twitter @ToniRadio1015.