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Jaleel White Talks Falling Out With Will Smith and What He Wants Him to Know


Jaleel White spoke with Us Weekly about mentioning his falling out with Will Smith in his memoir ‘Growing Up Urkel’

During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly about his memoir, Growing Up Urkel, which was released on Tuesday, November 19, White, 47, shared what he hoped Smith, 56, took away from the passages about their bond and subsequent falling out. I could see it coming in NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam and would think, ‘This dude’s freaking energy is huge in the room.’ And you wouldn’t necessarily get credit for that when you’re a kid.” And Will was becoming such a big star, so fast, that I didn’t have the nerve to call his phone myself months later and ask, ‘Hey, man, why’d you fire your head of TV?

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