Tatyana Ali has revealed the reason her mom’s minivan was a fixture outside of Hollywood parties in the '90s.
On Wednesday, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actress reacted to an old photo which showed her attending the late Jonathan Brandis’ 18th birthday party at the Bar One Nightclub in West Hollywood in 1994, per Getty Images.
“Funny story lol, that’s my baby sister in the window of my mom’s minivan,” Ali recalled on her X account. “Only way I could go to my teen actor friends' club bday parties was if my mom drove me… and waited outside the whole time.”
She added, “No after-parties for me... she was parked out front, ready to take me HOME!”
In a recent interview with First for Women magazine, Ali also looked back on her upbringing and the support she received from her parents as a child actor.
“I am from New York and grew up in Long Island. I started acting when I was four years old and when I auditioned for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, it was from New York,” Ali recalled. “When I got that part, we all moved to California. It was a wild ride.”
She continued, “My parents are not stage parents or have a theatrical background, but they always believed in us and would constantly tell us to keep going. When I got those stage roles, my mom told me to be a sponge and just learn and that’s what I did in rehearsals. That period had such an impact on me, I am feeling it now as I talk to you."