The series, which ran for six seasons (1990-96) on NBC, made stars of Ribeiro and his co–star Will Smith. While he has no ill feelings towards the show, he would just prefer to leave it be. “I would love it if the world would just let it go,” he said. “It's wonderful that `everyone loves what we did 25 years ago, but I believe in [the present] and the future. People who live in the past, you are not moving forward.
“We have a saying that if you're standing still you are getting passed,” he added. “So I don't tend to look back and see what's happening behind me. I continue to move forward and try to create new and better.”
According to Ribeiro doing any type of reboot without the late James Avery, who played the Honorable Phillip Banks and passed away in December of 2013, would be impossible. “I think if we tried to do a Fresh Prince reunion or reboot or whatever version everybody wants to call it, that we would ruin it,” he said. “We don't have James Avery; he's gone, so there's no reason to do it.
“I don't say anything about the shows that do it; if that's what y'all think you need to do go ahead and do it,” he continued. “I don't think Fresh Prince needs to be redone. Its history; that glimpse you saw of Carlton tonight might be the last time you get a look at him.”