JoMarie Payton alleges Jaleel White once tried to fight her on set

[TMC]

https://www.etonline.com/family-matt...-set-exclusive

The actress who played Family Matters matriarch Harriette Winslow revealed the alleged incident while talking about Mother's Day with Entertainment Tonight. "There was one time he actually wanted to physically fight me," Payton said, recalling the Season 9 episode, "Original Gangsta Dawg," in which White also played Steve's "gangster" cousin, OGD. "(There was a scene where) I said we can't do that, standards and practices will not let that pass, it's not gonna happen. He wanted to do it anyway... He was so mad, he started kicking and screaming and stuff. He said something about, 'She must want to melee.' I said, 'What's a melee?' He said, 'a fight.' I turned around -- if he wanna fight, I would. Darius (McCrary) grabbed me. I was gonna whip his behind." Payton says she doesn't entirely blame White, calling the actor, who was 21 when the episode, aired "just a kid" at the time. She blamed the adults on the show for "letting him run wild and do whatever he wanted to do, thinking he can say what he wants to say, you know, and hurt people's feelings and all that."

[Furienna]

This is maybe just me wanting to not think ill of Jaleel.
But when I read stuff like this, I wonder if that is not some people still being jealous of his success at the time.

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by Furienna

This is maybe just me wanting to not think ill of Jaleel.
But when I read stuff like this, I wonder if that is not some people still being jealous of his success at the time.

Well I don’t know, Jaimee Foxworth alleged some bullying about him as well. Both kept quiet for many years. I’m not saying they are absolutely right but you gotta wonder if he was a little hot headed.

[Furienna]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Well I don’t know, Jaimee Foxworth alleged some bullying about him as well. Both kept quiet for many years. I’m not saying they are absolutely right but you gotta wonder if he was a little hot headed.

Yes, I know.
But I would say that they are the two cast members, who would be the most likely to resent his popularity.
And it makes me a bit sceptical...

[icecream]

Originally Posted by Furienna

Yes, I know.
But I would say that they are the two cast members, who would be the most likely to resent his popularity.
And it makes me a bit sceptical...

Jaleel White was publicly mocking how poor of an actress he thought Jaimee Foxworth was, that was in some thread here a few months ago. So his personal character is very lacking, you seem to think he is an angel who does no wrong. I believe the bullying claims on set as well.

[Lorimar Television]

Yeah the things he said and alleged Darius and him making fun of her behind her back were very mean spirited.

[Mr. Television]

He was a kid and he became a sensation overnight. Things like that can go to your head. It happened with Gary Coleman on Diff'rent Strokes.

[TMC]

Jaleel’s ‘Uncensored’ episode may have played a role in why JoMarie decided to speak out.





A while ago, Jaleel said they were against some of the characters and directions he was taking the show...the popular one was how they were against him playing Myrtle Urkel because there was a trend at the time of putting black men in dresses for white laughs...they didn't like it.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

Well I don’t know, Jaimee Foxworth alleged some bullying about him as well. Both kept quiet for many years. I’m not saying they are absolutely right but you gotta wonder if he was a little hot headed.

Well, for what it's worth, there were a while back, domestic violence allegations involving Jaleel and the mother of his child.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by icecream

Jaleel White was publicly mocking how poor of an actress he thought Jaimee Foxworth was, that was in some thread here a few months ago. So his personal character is very lacking, you seem to think he is an angel who does no wrong. I believe the bullying claims on set as well.

There's already online talk that alleges that Jaleel not only bullied Jaimee on set, he would lock her in a closet as well.

[Lorimar Television]

Originally Posted by TMC

There's already online talk that alleges that Jaleel not only bullied Jaimee on set, he would lock her in a closet as well.

He locked her in the dressing room before taping once according to her.

[MRPITT]

When he was on DWTS he had a tantrum because his partner said ouch when he stepped on her foot. They called him Jerkel.

[Furienna]

Originally Posted by icecream

Jaleel White was publicly mocking how poor of an actress he thought Jaimee Foxworth was, that was in some thread here a few months ago. So his personal character is very lacking, you seem to think he is an angel who does no wrong. I believe the bullying claims on set as well.

Okay, now I need a direct quote of what he said.
Because I must say that it sounds like that it could be taken out of context.

[Lorimar Television]

https://sports.yahoo.com/jaleel-whit...m1HUCdGXiI9UQL 3:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G00zFoxZ7xU 22:14

[Furienna]

Thank you Lorimar for giving me a link.
Okay, I believe that this is what you're thinking of:

JALEEL WHITE: You know, I'm always down for something like that. But Jamiee was just to me like this just sassy little girl who could never quite deliver a line, as sassy as she was off camera. When she would have a line of dialogue, you know, it's just like, "and she blows the layup." Because it was just like, no matter how you put the line in her mouth, she just couldn't, [SNAP] boom, deliver the joke. But off camera, off camera, hilarious.

But would I see that as Jaleel mocking Jaimee for being a bad actress?
Not really.
He was only giving some explanations for why the people in charge didn't give her much of a chance.