Where is urkel from family matters

White is now 44, but was a veteran child actor at 12 when he originated Urkel on "Family Matters," which starred Reginald VelJohnson as Carl. Originally he was supposed to have been a one-time guest star, but he became so popular he not just broke out as a beloved character, but fairly took over the show. There were even Urkel-Os as a cereal brand and an Urkel doll. Steve Urkel and Urkel-Bot.

Entertainment in February. IE 11 is not supported. In a separate moment from the Uncensored interview, White recalled when he first portrayed Steve's cousin Myrtle Urkel and how Payton and VelJohnson "were very sensitive to putting Black men in dresses. Do you crumble? Do you wilt under pressure? Do you rise?

Do you surprise yourself? My default tends to be to take it up a notch. That evening I felt like a girl But I cried like a baby at the end of that take. I just broke. White remembered his father, Michael, stepping in after that moment to say, as White paraphrased, "He shouldn't have to carry the burden of some adults making a child feel bad for playing a girl just in fun.

He clarified that he doesn't have a problem now with his former cast members Payton and VelJohnson. And so were the New York Yankees. The Yankees were playing the Toronto Blue Jays and it was just, walking around with those guys as a collective, and then stick me in there, it was like nitroglycerin.

You can imagine the fun that we had. Meet us at that bar! They put your per diem in your check now, but back then your per diem was cash. Get us bottles! Whatever you want! And I saw that blinking light on my hotel phone and I just instinctively knew: Check that message. I had not slept, I was hungover, I was still a little drunk, I was everything.

But just the sheer pain of trying to keep my eyes open and say my lines, I remember it to this day. Physically I was just breaking down; I was lightheaded, I had to vomit a couple times; I was hung over and I needed to go to sleep. I was using every ounce of energy to keep it together, but when I was in my dressing room I was sweating and puking.

I had gastritis and literally vomited before they did the take.