It is a very common phenomenon for Hollywood stars to cultivate friendships within their celebrity circle. After all, who can empathize with their predicaments than someone going through it themselves? Over the years, fans have seen numerous examples of camaraderie who supported and hyped up each other at every opportunity. Some of these friendship duos took the world by storm, including Leonardo DiCaprio-Tobey Maguire and Matt Damon-Ben Affleck. However, there are also many underrated friendship pairs that flew under the radar, including Will Smith and Mariah Carey’s bond.

The Fresh Prince and the Queen of Christmas are some of the most prominent figures from the 90s. Recently, a picture of the stars from 1988 started surfacing on X, formerly known as Twitter, bringing back the memories of their friendship. Both stars started off in the industry together at a time when they were still figuring out their niche. The picture is from the KIIS FM Endless Summer Jam of 1988, which took place in Los Angeles. 

While they were new to the industry, Carey and Smith stood by each other during the challenging times and became household names in the industry. The same picture that has become the talk of X gave rise to a lot of chatter on Reddit ten months back. Fans took to the social media platform to appreciate the comfort both the 90s a-listers shared. Some even gave a reference to Smith’s Oscar fiasco, saying, “Keep Mariah’s name out of your f*ckin’ mouth!”. 

While there were not many Oscar references this time, fans definitely took a few jabs at the 55-year-old actor’s current life partner.

Fans going gaga over Will Smith and Mariah Carey’s throwback picture

The throwback picture of Smith with Carey captioning instantly blew up the platform, where both the stars looked adorable in their pastel color ensembles. And fans just flooded the comments with admiration for the 90s superstars.

Fans flooded X expressing how good the couple would have looked if they would have ended up with each other. 

Some also took to the platform to share the chart-bursting hits the duo could have given if they were partners. Others joked about all the royalties Smith would have got due to Carey’s famous song, ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’

Indeed, fans were delighted to see this throwback. While they have all the right to be saddened about all the songs they could have worked on together, we never know if that might turn true in any way possible.

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