Family Matters Star Jaleel White Says He Was Not Welcomed By Cast
Jaleel White is saying that the
Uncensored about his part in the wildly popular sitcom. People might not remember, but the show actually existed before Urkel ever appeared.
Family Matters ran for about 11 episodes before their dorky neighbor became a fixture of the series. Well, the other cast members had no way of knowing that Urkelmania would sweep the United States. In fact, when most people think about the show now, White’s character is consistently at the top of the list. He became a pop-cultural mainstay and spawned merchandise. It’s all wild to think about in retrospect and the Urkel actor talks about that in more in the interview that appears on TVOne tomorrow. Check out what he had to say down below:
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Family Matters star got candid about the classic sitcom and not feeling âwelcomedâ at first.
For millions of fans, Jaleel White and Steve Urkel feel like one and the same. Despite being centered around a Black family, it was Steve Urkel who made the series a pop culture phenomenon. But everyone wasnât on board for Urkel s guest appearance, according to the actor, who recently said I was not welcomed to the cast at all. They know what it was. In an interview for
Uncensored, White also revealed about his first appearance on the TGIF classic:
I didnât think anything of it being casting on
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Jaleel White was introduced to the world in the 90’s on the classic sitcom
Family Matters. On an upcoming episode of TV One’s Uncensored, he talks about one particular episode that broke him. It was when they introduced Myrtle May Urkel-a female character portrayed by Jaleel. Reginald Vel Johnson and Jo Marie Payton who played Carl and Harriette, let it be known to Jaleel they were against him portraying the character saying he was
not doing our race a service. It got so bad that on the day of filming Jaleel’s father was on set. Jaleel said after they filmed the episode he broke down afterwards. He recalled his father saying,