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Home • Celebrity

Has Will Smith Become Uncle Phil? No, But It Kind Of Looks Like It

Are our eyes deceiving us?!
Has Will Smith Become Uncle Phil? No, But It Kind Of Looks Like It
Will Smith/Reddit/MidasGloves
By Sydney Scott · Updated October 26, 2020
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Will Smith recently fulfilled a long-time dream when he took a trip to Victoria Falls for a little bungee jumping.

Fortunately, unlike Hillary Banks’ late beau Trevor Collins-Newsworthy, things went smoothly. Smith had the time of his life, all smiles and adrenaline. 

However, fans did notice that there was one Fresh Prince of Bel-Air cast member Smith seemed to share an uncanny resemblance with as he dangled above the Zambezi River, Uncle Phil.

Reddit user MidasGloves made the hilarious realization, sharing a photo of the actor beaming into the camera. 

Are our eyes playing tricks on us? Uncle Phil? 

Of course, everyone had jokes, with one commentor writing, “You either die as a fresh prince or you live long enough to become Uncle Phil” and another, “Now this is a story all about how, my face looks fat from upside down, I like to take a minute just sit right there, I look like Uncle Phill when I fly through the air.”

If there’s ever a reboot of the Fresh Prince, we know who we want cast as everyone’s favorite uncle.

TOPICS:  Will Smith