Jaleel White Reveals The 1 Thing That 'Irked' Him About Steve Urkel

The "Family Matters" actor spoke to HuffPost about the upcoming memoir "Growing Up Urkel" and being a familiar face on the new game show "Flip Side."

Jaleel White, an actor known for his role as Steve Urkel on “Family Matters,” said most people couldn’t guess how he’d describe growing up playing an iconic TV character.

His “eclectic journey” to adulthood, as he called it, is at the core of his upcoming memoir, which arrives over 40 years since his beginnings in Hollywood.

White emphasized that he wants his new book — “Growing Up Urkel” — to both inspire and appeal to “thinkers.”

“Because the thing that’s always kind of irked me about Urkel is the idea that show and that character were somehow created with less thought,” White told HuffPost.

“When you’re making TV, it’s the greatest team effort in entertainment there is. There’s people that you won’t meet, participating in the imagery of your show, and I play my part in it. I’m the one that lives with the imagery. So I wanted to let people know how aware I was of certain moments.”