But it almost didn't go that way.Jaleel White writes in his new book, Growing Up Urkel, that he was pitched a reboot around the time that Fuller House, Girl Meets World, and other sequels to Family Matters-era shows were popping up.

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Jaleel White experienced some growing pains while starring as Steve Urkel on Family Matters. In his new memoir Growing Up Urkel, White remembered network execs requesting that he change up his trademark attire,

Jaleel White is getting candid about his days on Family Matters. In his upcoming memoir Growing Up Urkel, the now 47-year-old actor, who was a teen when he rose to fame on the beloved sitcom playing Winslow family neighbor Steve Urkel, opens up about his experience growing up in front of the camera.

Jaleel White shared how 'Family Matters' producers asked him to wear looser jeans to obscure his "bulge" in later seasons.

Jaleel White exclusively told Us Weekly which 'Family Matters' costars he reached out to about his 'Growing Up Urkel' memoir — biggest revelations

Don't hold your breath for Jaleel White to bring Steve Urkel back as the actor revealed why he turned down a reboot of the '90s sitcom.

Nearly 30 years after Family Matters came to an end, Jaleel White revealed he was told to wear loose jeans to hide Steve Urkel’s “bulge.” In his new memoir Growing Up Urkel, White opens up about his time as the TGIF fan-favorite Steve Urkel,

White starred on the show as Steve Urkel from 1989 to 1998, and was around 22 years old when the hit series ended.

"It's getting a bit uncomfortable watching him in tight jeans. There's a, uh...bulge," execs allegedly told him.