Janet Hubert says she has 'a very good relationship' with Will Smith now

Janet Hubert — the OG Aunt Viv — and Will Smith mended their decades-long fractured relationship during HBO's "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion" last year.

According to Hubert, it wasn't all just for the cameras.

"We text each other back and forth all the time," the 65-year-old actress told People. "As a matter of fact, we have a very good relationship. I meant it with all my heart when I hugged him, because I saw that little boy, that little 21-year-old boy. Had we had an opportunity to talk back then, I think this would have never happened."

She added: "He was in a place, and I was in a place, we were both in a bad place. When you're both in a bad place and there's no communication, you have to talk. So it's been wonderful, it's been lovely to have him back in my sphere."

Hubert played Vivian Banks for the first three "Fresh Prince" seasons (1990-93) before Daphne Reid took over for the fourth, fifth and sixth seasons ('93-'96).

Watch clips from Hubert and Smith's reconciliation below.