Jaleel White Explains Why He ‘Family Matters’ Reboot In New Memoir [Video]

Family Matters fans hoping for a reboot with Steve Urkel might want to forget about it. Jaleel White—who played the iconic character—recently shared why it would be impossible for him to “recreate” the magic that the ’90s sitcom had.

In a promotional video for his memoir Growing Up Urkel, the 47-year-old detailed why he turned down a Netflix reboot pitch back in 2013 or 2014, on the heels of Full House‘s reboot (Fuller House) having success.

“It didn’t make any sense to me,” he said, explaining that a Family Matters reboot modeled after Fuller House felt forced. “I didn’t feel that it was right for us to copy what Full House had done to fit inside someone’s business model to capture the magic that made our show make sense.”

For White, he …