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Sometimes the Fresh Prince really hits home
Source: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Feb 24, 2018 1:53 AM
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Source: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
oddoregano
This scene helped me so fucking much as a kid. Still even as an adult, sometimes I resort back to that kid and feel the sadness.
Tando56
I don't normally say stuff about my dad. But my dad was an alcoholic mentally abusive man. And this scene broke me as a child.
grappadura
*its[...]its
nk1991
shakedownblues
MaDragon
Ouch ...some things resonate too loudly. Thanks for posting it - calling my kid & telling her I love her. Right now. Take that Mommy dearest
Ibelieveintacobell
I'm crying, you're not crying
PhunsukhWangdu
Huge rant about his dad..."how come he don't want me, man?"...always gets me.
KroggandMohawk
Akubarix
As someone who lived with only one parent who didn't abandon him, I can relate.
ADisturbedOne
I know how he feels, cuz I went through with my dad too, he never wanted my sister or I, so never make an effort for us.
RoBnSnatch
I always tear up through this scene and lose it at the end, no matter what. This episode always hit so close to home as a kid
Benegesseritwitch75
Deep down I keep waiting for my boy to explode like this over his dad, kills me. I do all I can to make it easy on his dad to see him but...
smellyshorts
I was hoping for a "you taught me how to love Uncle Phil", then that line and damn onions.
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trenchcoatedhunter
Lie. Don’t propagate this bullshit story and do some research.
Tafkam96
That's a lie. Will's father was always a big part of his life.
sleepmask
I can almost quote this scene verbatim and I still cry
EvilKam
The show had a lot of heart. Lots. It's what made it so great.
ImGoingToBeRelevant
I never called anyone dad. My father was a spurt spurt gotta get type of asshole. No love lost here. Meme almost hits home.
Carefuler
That's the "hook-up" culture we have now for you.
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DiceyBusiness
"He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy." - Uncle Phil, probably.
NotSoSureAboutThisYou
Wow...when sit coms get real.
dl2fp
Fuck! That’s for making me ugly cry by myself thinking about my own shitty childhood, if you need me I’ll be in the corner
englebertfistybuns
knocking off the hat cause it's in the way is definitely a genuine "you need this" hug gesture
whatalesyou1
At least we'll always have Uncle Phil! Crap...
hitlerzmistress
Between this, the cat hugging the phone after it's owner died and the man trying to do the bucket list for his wife,I'mcrying in the club rn
AstronautChicken
This is the THIRD fucking time imgur has made me cry today. I'm just trying to have a relaxing Saturday.
danishjuggler21
Cheer yourself up by looking at my “puppers” favorites folder
BarryInTheStreetsOliverInTheSheets
Is it healthy crying though?
ChaosUchiha
NorthernTart
"And, after all this time, I still LOVED you!" ....."whhhhaaaaaaaaaaa" I forgot about this
KingLost
I don't want my 13 year old to feel this way about me. His mother has made it hard for me to see him
Kehllisi
Every damn time this is reposted it hits us all in our daddy issues.
CatsandDnD
Yeah. Mine is a violent alcoholic.
MaDragon
Mommy issues too. P. I always wanted a real Mother even though I lived with somebody who called herself that.
BarryInTheStreetsOliverInTheSheets
I disowned mom and dad a few years ago. After a year-long battle with depression for related issues I'm doing good. Where does that put me?
tangybreath
Mommy and daddy issues
HoweJ
It does, and it says a lot when so many of us can relate to this in one form or another.
wallawizard
This shit hits me right in the feels
ISaidSarcastically
Why do my eyes feel funny
JudgeNotByTheColorOfOnesSkinButByTheContentsOfOnesDumps
That big huge hug. I could feel it from over here. My eyes are burning
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnm
Wow fuck I hard teared up to a fucking gif, thats a first.
FilipJonsson33
RichardFenn
Every, damn, time!
ActuallyAPirate
I wish this was on us Netflix
BrianThePinkShark
It is in the UK
MoonVillainAlpha
In the bloody UK?!
johnnyshitknucklez
As a man who grew up without a dad, I feel this so hard.
Illmatik451
I lost my dad when I was 10, my parents split up when I was 6. When I saw this episode for the first time, I was...(1/2)
Illmatik451
(2/4) so confused as to why this hit me like a ton of bricks. 16 years later, a recovering drug and alcohol user, i rewatched this episode..
Illmatik451
(3/4) and I balled my eyes out because I got it...I understood why 10 year old me was so impacted me.
Illmatik451
(4/4) This eps. was deep and spoke to a whole generation of fatherless children. Thanks FP for saying what a 10 year old couldn't understand
Ilikepinkfloyd
This just breaks me. *Insert virtual hug gif*
Illmatik451
Thanks friend :)
Toxix
Thanks for sharing
Illmatik451
Thanks for reading. :)
Dentfree
From what I hear, the hug at the end of scene wasn't scripted. Will's performance was so damn on point, I don't think any of this was
Seeker61
You can tell when the hat comes off. Doesn't hurt the scene, but it seemed like a surprise.
flamingflamingo
The hug was scripted. Accidentally bumping the hat was not.
faebala
Anytime there’s a really emotional scene, the Internet makes up a story that it wasn’t scripted.
GaneshaTheElephantGod
Because actors can't act man!
DinoHunter56
Not since the accident...
PonyPuncher
A lot of acting is unscripted.
JosteinCena
But that unscripted acting is then worked into the movie afterwards. Bladerunners "Tears in Rain" is a great example.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
RedBlueGreenRedBlueGreen
That scene from the The Office wasn't actually scripted, someone just made a point that Steve Carell really agreed with.
SJohnson23
That comment by RedBlueGreenRedBlueGreen wasn’t actually scripted either - he literally came up with it on the fly after seeing the gif.
SincerelyHated
BuiltLikeATruckCuddlyLikeATeddyBear
Everything Ewan McGregor is in is improvised. They just saw a beautiful man on the street and knew they had to put him on camera.
beerbellybandit
Like how could you NOT hug him after that?
IDidntWantTheBetaVersionHelp
It's just good acting. Settle down with the fake stories.
MeridaIsMySpiritAnimal
I remember someone saying last time this was posted that Will Smith's real father was a deadbeat who wasn't around & the performance was on
MeridaIsMySpiritAnimal
point because he was actually getting emotional & pissed off over his real dad not wanting him. The crying & hug were sincere & not acting
FluentPenguin
Someone always posts this, sometimes the whole scene wasn’t scripted, sometimes the ending wasn’t. Never with any source
barf1189
They weren't even on the sound stage. They were both projected holograms
FluentPenguin
If you look closely you can see it’s actually CGI
Vinsane
Wills dad told him he’d never be CGI so that’s why they did it.
SpaceCadetPhD
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.unilad.co.uk/tv/dispelling-the-myth-behind-the-fresh-prince-of-bel-airs-saddest-scene/amp/
ScreaminPanda99
That whole scene wasn't scripted. I remember reading somewhere that at some point while filming, Will starting talking about his own dad
loveplusultra
His dad was an active supporter of his, he was in the military and wasn't actually absent...
feelskindawierd
Now i’m crying because I’m thinking about the scene in MIB3 where he meets his dad in the past.
TheMexicanStaringFrog0fSouthernSriLanka
Me too
cardman
That's a lie someone on the internet made up.
arpitp
Would somebody really do that... Go on the internet and tell lies?!
WifiWarlock
No. I don't think so. They might damage the immutable credibility of the Internet.
Andalite
Yeah, that's actually a myth. His father was around and was very supportive
DarkwingDuc
Why are people still up-voting this? All the information in the world at our fingertips, and we still spread easily refutable lies.
ActuallyImSpartacus
Luckily, we never try to fool ourselves, only others. I’m fine by the way, not in any way depressed or sad or crying or lonely. I’m fine.
MrShoez
Yeah, the whole speech wasn't scripted
ghotinchips
They didn’t even script the show. They just followed people around with a camera. It was crazy!
FlatPlutoSociety
Will Smith didn't even know that The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air existed until he caught a rerun on TV Land three weeks ago.
capnoreo
Phil wasn't saying Will the character but as the person. The whole line was short but he went out of character
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SerMorgenstern
His dad was around.
Thanossaves
IronicContradiction
Did you know that wasn’t scripted? Malloy’s performance was just so good that Voldy had to hug him
pdiddy31415
Brilliant
Bootsy81
White people.
Bootsy81
(cool your jets imgur, I'm as white as they come)
LegendofTimmayy
I’m crying and now I’m laughing and it’s a really ugly cycle
HelaSisterOfThor
Can't ever make it thru this without crying. TV was great in this era.
corsettedconfectioner
Me either ... every single time it just kills me
Beardedagentman
Cause who doesn't need a good 6am cry. Damn
AtlasIndeed
right?
aphallatosis
I'm in public dammit. I love this scene but had to stop watching halfway through.
spisminekortbukser
I'm NOT crying.. You're crying..
sventacklebox
im sitting right about... yup 11:49pm and some mofo decides to cut onions... fml
shbaker927
Crying at work. Jokes on you, though, they can't tell because I'm always crying at work hahahahahaha help me
GawainDragonsong
There's too many feels on the front page today my heart can't take it.
lIFoxIl
What els is there to do at 6 in the morning
SexualPeanut
Take a shit?
Beardedagentman
And cry.
SexualPeanut
Nothing like a healthy 6am cry & shit to get the day rolling.
agumonkey
and a 7pm cry. need more uncle phil
dagg3r
Guess im giving my boy a hug before i go work
AsdfxKL
Gotta tell him u love him while u can
TinyBiscuits
If you watch the video you can actually hear all the other actors and actresses crying in the background. Such a powerful scene.
BattousaiJoe
Same, it's almost noon and fkn tears :(
ODSTsRule
I dont know why but i watched this scene four times already today and still cry every time
dagg3r
5am here
greghaki
I'm sitting on the toilet crying
agumonkey
want some tissue ?
TheAzureWrath
Same
thesmallesthobbitinthisvillage
Shit, that's the best place to cry. relieving yourself on both ends and enough towels to wipe the used areas.
TheDicksGuy
Yup. Post coffee shit n cry.
SonrisaFlores
Me too.
DireSnails
Me too.
GraphicsInterchangeFormat
Holy shit it was 6am when I read this
vaultdwellerhoarder
Need those tears to help wipe clean during the morning dump. IM NOT CRYING YOURE CRYING
JamieSmyth
This scene gets me every time
KawaiiPotatoGirl
Every. Single. Time.
0neSadCookie
Damn onions
Rutouloar
professionaldaydrinker
Grab a drink, it helps
acompletelyrandomperson
My kind of people.
blonx
But i had too many last night
professionaldaydrinker
Can't be hungover if you're still drunk t
MrBahamaMama
I like your style.
flashnbg
I like YOUR style
professionaldaydrinker
I'm sure it would like you too
RandomDime
Its past five. Good enough.
Alcoholistheanswer
I concur.
InsertCleverNerdyReferenceHere
If it's got orange juice it's basically breakfast
jaboiLD
Username checks out, great pro tip
Emrys12
Grab a help, it drinks
professionaldaydrinker
Help a drink, it grabs
DownvoteAllYouWantImstillRight
2cb also
VAham
MrRibeye
I think that having a poor or absent father is a much bigger problem than people realize.
prodmerc
Mine was gone when I was like 7. Showed up now and then, but I'll never know maybe a normal father would teach you something, I guess? 1/2
prodmerc
My mom was working so hard for us to have a normal life, I barely saw her. Maybe that's the root of alcoholism and other problems
prodmerc
I can't ever fully repay my mother though, I've realized just how much she has worked and sacrificed for her children.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Mine taught me how to be a shit person, so I learned that if I did the opposite of whatever he would do in the same situation. I was
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
probably doing it right.
SabatonXX
RIP Uncle Phil.
PeculiarBaguette
slacker92
RIP Shredder
NyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNya
he's dead??
Hiromagi
Since 2013
NyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNya
Oh shit.
plainoldfool
Uncle Shredder
dangerehren
First things first.
ErnestoJackson
You the only father that I ever knew.
iamthisguy247
I get my bitch pregnant I'm a be a better you.
AnokaJoe
Prophecies that I made back in the Ville, for real.
CasualMcFly
Listen even back when I was broke my team ill, Martin Luther king would have been on dreamville
Deathbysnusnuuu
Talk to a nigga One time for my LA sisters
Spfeel
For real, you the only real father that I ever knew
harman825
First things first
TastyBiscuits
For real
cobyjack
First things first
beggingyourmajestyspardon
Being in a hug like that must have been like going home
Gonz000
The fuck is with this Saturday morning, so many feel posts, I can't fucking handle it. This one finally broke me
dunkyclone
pterodactylptime
He died?! What the hell is happening to my childhood? It's slowly slipping away. Tough to deal with. Life is fragile and short. Ugghhnnn.
BrockFromPokemon
Forreal
Meddafizziks
You the only father that I ever knew
ThatMomentWhenImgurJokesAreOnlyFunnyToImgurians
I was looking for this thread lol
MisterValyrianStealYourGirl
J. Cole lyrics, ROOOOOOLL OUT!!!
Carbulo
https://youtu.be/TpSFfnjjep4?t=1m26s
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
RIP Will Smith.
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
....not now. I mean whenever he does die. RIP.
DontJewishYourOvenWasHotLikeMe
FIRST THING FIRST REST IN PEACE UNCLE PHIL
ezzmann
shit i was lookin 4 this
RandomInternetDude112121
No role models. J Cole
Wolfmanwolf
When did the actor die? Friend that’s too lazy to google wants to know.
Dukkha44
The 31st of December, 2013. He was 68, it was an unsuccessful open heart surgery.
Sasuuni
Why don't you tell your lazy friend the answer then.
Mooninites
Secondly, I love this fuckin show. Best thing Will Smith has done.
inthenameofthemoooon
For real
Costan7a
Only father that I ever knew
Cptelectricfeel
If i get my bitch pregnant ima be a better you!
Gogurtsarebetterwhenfrozen
Prophecies that I made way back in the 'Ville.
AnythingStupid
Fulfilled