Alfonso Ribeiro is pretty sure the rumors about a “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reboot are just that: Rumors. And even if there is any truth to them, he doesn’t want any part in the project.
“I’ve heard the rumors. It’s not exciting to me because I know it ain’t gonna happen,” Ribeiro said. “And if it happened, it wouldn’t be ‘Fresh Prince.’ It would be something that’s taking the story of the show and having all new people do something. To me, that’s not ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’ There’s one ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’ Is Will Smith starring in it? No. Then it ain’t no ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'”
Ribeiro also noted that it would not be the same to have a cast reunion without patriarch James Avery, who passed away in 2013.
“James Avery passed, and he was the backbone of that show,” Ribeiro said. “Without him, we have no show, and so I simply feel there’s no reason to do it.”
However, Ribeiro did dish on what he thinks Carlton is up to nowadays.
“He’s a lawyer. He went to Princeton, and he came back to Bel-Air and he’s living the life as a big-time lawyer following his dad’s footsteps in Bel-Air,” Ribeiro said. “That’s what I would say is happening with Carlton.”