‘Family Matters’ mom: Jaleel ‘Urkel’ White tried to ‘physically fight me’

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Entertainment Tonight, claiming the former child star’s quick ascent into the spotlight affected his attitude on set. She said the altercation occurred during the season nine episode “Original Gangsta Dawg,” in which White, now 45, also portrayed Urkel’s gangster cousin, OGD.“[There was a scene where] I said we can’t do that, standards and practices will not let that pass, it’s not gonna happen,” Payton said. “He wanted to do it anyway … He was so mad, he started kicking and screaming and stuff.”That’s when the “Proud Family” star revealed she “she walked off” the set.

As she started to leave, she overheard White make a comment. She then asked costar Darius McCrary to clarify what White had stated.“He said something about, ‘She must want to melee.’ I said, ‘What’s a melee?’ He said, ‘a fight.’ I turned around — if he wanna fight, I would,” she added. “Darius grabbed me.

I was gonna whip his behind.”However, Payton explained she understood that White was “just a kid” at the time and doesn’t give him “all the credit” for his actions.Payton said, “I give some of those adults credit too.

Letting him run wild and do whatever he wanted to do, thinking he can say what he wants to say, you know, and hurt people’s feelings and all that.”White’s reps did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment about Payton’s accusations.The character of Steve Urkel started to on the show as a supporting role.