Lately, a clip from a 2003 interview that includes Hollywood legend Jenifer Lewis resurfaced together with her spilling some tea a couple of candid second between her and Will Smith.
The footage was from her section on “The Sharon Osbourne Present,” which Osbourne hosted from 2003 to 2004.
Within the video, the 2 ladies are getting comfy whereas Lewis recounts standout moments in her illustrious profession. The one story that left viewers and viewers members on the sting of their seats was when she described how she warned Smith, the actor who as soon as performed her nephew on tv, that she was out of his league.
Lewis started the “true story” by warning Osbourne that she might must “bleep” her in some unspecified time in the future.
“So we’re doing Contemporary Prince, and I’m carrying a negligee, and I’m having a battle with my husband on the present,” stated Lewis. She performed the position of Will’s outspoken and easy Aunt Helen.
The St. Louis native recalled that her “attractive” however a lot youthful co-star, Smith, had loads of groupies backstage — however as soon as he noticed her in a revealing costume, his consideration was all on her. “So he says, ‘Hey, you look kinda good in that, mama,’ and I say, ‘Hey, come shut, child,’” Lewis continued.
She then claimed the “Males In Black” star leaned in, and that’s when she gave him a impolite awakening.
“I stated, ‘You see them little ladies down there. You go play with them, as a result of I’ll do you.’”
She reenacted Smith’s shocked response earlier than insinuating that the phrase she used to warn the actor was barely extra vulgar than “do.”
She laughed with Osbourne, saying, “I believed I’d scare him a bit bit, simply to run him off.”
Lewis continued to reward Smith for his attractiveness earlier than asking, “What are you going to do with him?”
To this, Osbourne shortly replied, “Kiss him,” sending Lewis right into a frenzy of laughter. The humorous clip has gained some traction on social media, with followers loving Lewis’ mixture of wit and knowledge.
“Yeah, Will a greater man than me ’trigger me & Ms. Lewis would’ve been “doing it,” stated one viewer on the YouTube wanting the interview shared by @5StepsLittleBro.
One other viewer added, “She stated you higher go discover one thing protected to do.”
This fan claimed he wouldn’t have been as robust as Smith. “I’d have FOLDED instantly,” they stated.
A number of feedback identified how they “beloved” the now-68-year-old Lewis’ unapologetic character and have all the time had a “crush” on the actress.
“She is without doubt one of the most stunning black ladies the Lord has blessed us with,” stated one fan with the final word crush.
The feedback on the @StellarBedtimeStories Instagram account had been a bit extra insistent that Smith ought to have continued his pursuits.
“He might need been higher off being finished by her,” stated one follower.
“He would by no means have been in entanglements,” stated one particular person, opening the wound left by R&B singer August Alsina’s 2020 single, “Entanglement,” the place he admitted to having an affair with Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith.
This particular person acknowledged that the cougar energy is actual. “Miss Lewis would gave turned Will younger ahhhh out!!! Okay!!!!!”
And this particular person replied, “Jen would have broke willard in half.”
Often known as the “Mom of Black Hollywood,” Lewis has been and nonetheless is revered for taking part in robust matriarchal roles that replicate her character.
Together with Aunt Helen, she gained rave evaluations for taking part in Tina Turner’s mother within the 1993 movie “What’s Love Bought to Do with It?”
She has had an almost 25-year profession taking part in the mom, auntie, or grandmother to stars equivalent to Smith, Tupac Shakur, Whitney Houston, and most not too long ago, Anthony Anderson’s mom on ABC’s “black-ish.”
