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TIL that while dating Jonathan Brandis in the 1990s, Tatyana Ali (Ashley Banks from Fresh Prince of Bel Air) was approached by a black man who said, “I want you to know, I watch your show all the time. But now that I see you letting this white man date you, I will never watch your show again.”

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