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[post_page_title]Will Smith was deep in debt[/post_page_title]
In the beginning, Will Smith didn’t want to star in a TV show because he was afraid of selling out. But he was in a tough spot financially – he hadn’t paid about $2.8 million in taxes.

Will Smith was deep in debt

He needed a way to pay back his debt, so when he was approached by NBC about starring in The Fresh Prince, he really couldn’t say no. The IRS seized a bunch of Will’s things and quite a lot of his Fresh Prince salary, but he managed to pay it off.

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