{"id":2240367,"date":"2026-11-06T00:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:05:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-11-06T00:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:05:51","slug":"colman-domingo-reveals-he-will-smith-went-to-high-school-together-he-was-the-cool-kid-i-was-the-nerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2240367","title":{"rendered":"Colman Domingo Reveals He & Will Smith Went to High School Together: \u2018He Was the Cool Kid & I Was the Nerd\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tColman Domingo and The Fresh Prince go way back. Sort of.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actor recently dropped by Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco\u2018s Friends Keep Secrets<\/em> YouTube show, and while he and Dicky bonded over being from the Philadelphia area, Domingo revealed that he and Will Smith went to high school together.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI went to high school with Will,\u201d he said after referencing The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/em>\u2018s theme song. \u201cHe was in the class before me, we had gym class and science class together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tHowever, they weren\u2019t really that close back in those days as Smith was beginning his rap career as one-half of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. \u201cWe were never friends,\u201d Domingo continued. \u201cHe was the cool kid and I was like \u2018The Nerd.\u2019 I was trying not to get beat up the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe added that the future multi-platinum rapper and Oscar winner \u201creally was the most popular kid in high school.\u201c<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe was a local rapper and he and Jazzy Jeff, they would do shows at The Wynne Ballroom, and all the cool kids went. I didn\u2019t go because I wasn\u2019t a cool kid. I heard about it, but I was too busy doing schoolwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe weird thing, though, is the two actors haven\u2019t run into each other in Hollywood yet. The last time they saw each other was when Colman waited on him at a restaurant back home after Smith had become a huge star. \u201cThe last interaction I had with him, I was working at El Torito restaurant in Philadelphia as a waiter,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThis is after he became very successful, moved to L.A., came back, and he had a big table with a bunch of friends and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDomingo said as he was taking the table\u2019s order, Will eventually recognized him and the two \u201chugged and that was it.\u201c<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe weirdest thing is throughout our careers now, I\u2019ve never run into him. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll see each other at some point. And there\u2019ll be warmth and a shared history from Philadelphia,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou can watch the full episode below.<\/p>\n

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