“Did I do that?” Jaleel White is opening up about his time on “Family Matters” and what it was like growing up on the set.
The actor played Steve Urkel on the beloved sitcom from 1989 to 1998. In her upcoming memoir, “Growing Up Urkel,” White, now 47, claims that executives told her to wear baggy jeans to hide her “bulge” on the show. According to US Sun.
According to him, he asked her to drop Urkel’s signature tight suspenders and update his character’s costume to a more family-friendly outfit after Season 8 as he got older. White started the show when he was about 13 and finished when he was 22.
“Let’s get rid of the suspenders. Pull his pants down, too,” White alleged officers said. “Oh and… it’s a little uncomfortable seeing her in those tight jeans. There’s a, uh… bulge.”
He recalled Urkel’s comfortable jeans “peeling” like a banana.
The child star also claimed that ‘Family Matters’ producers pressured her to keep the sitcom going as long as possible According to the outlet, White revealed that as he grew up, Urkel’s higher-pitched voice It was ‘physically painful’ for him. In a man.
He also reportedly shared that he almost left the family show before its last season in 1998.
White’s geeky character was a blessing and a curse, as he revealed on “The Vial Files” that he was “never invited to any parties” despite meeting Sean “Diddy” Combs.
“I constantly say, ‘Rejection is God’s protection.’ I got left off the White party list; I never really went out of my way to invite myself to any of this stuff,” White said on the October 30 episode. Referring to Diddy’s annual party, he explained, Per Us Weekly.
The embattled rapper was arrested on September 16 on racketeering, sex trafficking and other charges. Diddy sits in a Brooklyn detention center awaiting trial on May 5.
White is married to Nicoletta Ruhl, whom he married in May 2024. He has a 15-year-old daughter named Samaya with his ex-wife Bridget Hardy.
“Growing Up Urkel” will be released on November 19 and White has expressed excitement about its release.
“I can’t tell you all how excited I am to share these stories from the 90s and early 2000s with you readers,” he wrote. via instagram in October
“The peaks and valleys of growing up playing that character were wild and I met everyone imaginable during the journey. You will be very surprised who I met and how. This is my story, thanks for listening to me.”
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