*Garcelle Beauvais recently reflected on her brief romance with Will Smith back in the 90s and why they ultimately called it quits.
“I was an ingenue [and] he was single and a TV star so we went out a couple of times — it wasn’t a long-lasting relationship,” Beauvais said on the Las Culturistas podcast about her history with Smith.
Smith and “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star met on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” set after his divorce from Sheree Zampino, with whom Will shares a son, Trey Smith.
“I remember one day calling him and he was in the car. And his son, with Sheree, [they] were in the back,” Beauvais said. “So you know, he picked up on the car or Bluetooth or whatever it was back in the day, or speakerphone — whatever it was — and he said, ‘Hey how are you doing?’ And I said, ‘I’m great.’”
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“And I heard this little voice in the background go, ‘Is that Miss Jada?’ And that’s when I was like okay — I’m not the only one. Exit stage left,” Beauvais shared with a laugh, adding, “If a kid knows somebody then that person’s a little bit more important, right?!”
And the rest is history… as Will would go on to marry Jada and together they have two adult children, Willow and Jaden.
Meanwhile, Zampino, a longtime friend of Beauvais, is joining RHOBH as a friend of the cast for the upcoming season.
“It was great, and it’s so funny because she [Zampino] comes in [and] she goes ‘Did you call me for backup?’” Beauvais said on the podcast.
“It’s been great… It’s just nice to not be the only one in the room,” she noted about no longer being the only Black woman on the cast. “It’s nice to have someone that I know who has my back.”
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