Kym Whitley Details Feud With Jackée Harry: ‘We Were Having Some Problems’

Kym Whitley has labored in Hollywood for the reason that 1990s, however she confronted a sequence of challenges on her highway to success.

The actress and comic was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and Khartoum, Sudan. After attending Fisk College, she determined to pursue a profession as a performer.

Early on, Whitley met Marla Gibbs whereas attending a taping of the sitcom 227. Gibbs observed she resembled fellow sequence star Jackée Harry and helped Whitley land a job as Harry’s stand-in or double. Though Whitley tells TV One’s autobiographical sequence Uncensored Harry was no fan of the hiring.

“Jackée didn’t prefer it, let’s simply go forward and be sincere,” Whitley recalled. “Jackée didn’t like me wanting like her.”

Whitley claims Harry made her life depressing. “We had been having some issues. Jackée’s sister was threatening me, saying she was going to kick my butt and all youngsters of stuff, and I used to be afraid,” she says.

Per Whitley, Marla Gibbs observed there was stress on set and provided her a little bit recommendation.

“Through the filming of the present, Marla Gibbs pulled me right into a closet on the set, and she or he stated, ‘You cease taking all this abuse and also you arise for your self!’” Whitley says.

Finally, Whitley determined to maintain quiet as a result of she was too afraid to make waves. But she says she stays pals with Gibbs to this present day. Whitley additionally discusses her relationship with Gerald Levert, getting fired by Arsenio Corridor, and an encounter with the FBI in her interview.

Kym Whitley’s episode of Uncensored was produced for TV One by Eric Tomosunas, Keith Neal, James Seppelfrick, Robert A. Boyd lll, Paul Corridor (Government Producers), Jay Allen (Co-Government Producer), Nikki Byles (Producer of Swirl Movies), Tony L. Strickland, Jawn Murray (Producers) and Kellon Akeem (Expertise Producer).