‘Dancing with the Stars’ co-hosts Tyra Banks, Alfonso Ribeiro rekindling old flame that Will Smith put out

Earlier than they had been co-hosts, they had been on-screen love pursuits — that's till Will Smith slapped considered one of them out of the image.

The Put up sat down with “Dancing with the Stars” hosts Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro by way of Zoom on Friday previous to the present’s season premiere on Disney+ on Monday — and the pair reminisced about starring on “The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air” collectively again in 1993.

“We had been love pursuits for one act,” stated Banks, 48, of the sitcom, which was the California native’s first-ever appearing gig.

On the beloved ’90s sequence, Riverdale, Bronx native Ribeiro, 50, performed Will Smith’s character’s cousin, Carlton, and when Banks’ character, Jackie, debuted, “it was Jackie and Carlton and we had been so into one another,” she continued.

“After which she sees Will,” Ribeiro interrupted. “And the brief man will get dissed once more. And it broke my coronary heart a bit of bit.”

A picture of Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro.
Supermodel Tyra Banks and actor Alfonso Ribeiro will co-host the thirty first season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
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“It broke Alfonso’s coronary heart or Carlton’s coronary heart?” Banks requested.

“Each,” Ribeiro replied. “I wished the story to proceed. I wished to have a love curiosity on the present. I wished to be cool.”

Banks additionally revealed that the actor and “Dancing with the Stars” 2014 winner confirmed the supermodel some love off set.

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A promo picture of Will Smith, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Tyra Banks for “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”

Will Smith, Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro posing for a promo image for "The Contemporary Prince of Bel Air."
A picture of Will Smith, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Tyra Banks in an episode of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

Ribeiro, Banks, and Smith are photographed throughout an episode of "The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air."

“Is that why you took me to Marie Callender’s and bought me a pot pie?” she requested Ribeiro.

“Clearly my recreation was missing,” he answered. “It was a superb pot pie although,” Banks added.

When requested if Smith — who infamously slapped Chris Rock on the Academy Awards in March — would ever be a part of “Dancing With the Stars,” Ribeiro rapidly replied, “No. Hear, you'll be able to by no means say by no means, however I don’t see that ever occurring.”

“Will would do it for like a TikTok submit,” Banks added. “With a particular impact. It will be a enjoyable, funky TikTok particular impact bizarre factor that he would do.”

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A picture of Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro.

When requested if Will Smith would be a part of "Dancing With the Stars" Ribeiro stated "No. Hear, you'll be able to by no means say by no means, however I do not see that ever occurring."
A photo of Alfonso Ribeiro dancing with a pair on the show.

Alfonso Ribeiro on the dance ground with a pair from "Dancing With the Stars."
A photo of Tyra Banks.

"Dancing With the Stars" is about to premiere on Disney Plus on Sept. 19.

“Dancing with the Stars,” now in its thirty first season, is understood to have some celebrities marry their skilled dance companions, however for proper now, Ribeiro stated, “There’s a spark proper right here,” pointing to Banks.

“That’s the one spark there may be. The one spark that’s needed.”

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