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Many Bill Cosby fans were shocked when the legendary comedian was accused of sexually assaulting numerous women. But maybe we shouldn’t have been so surprised. After all, Cosby, who was recently found guilty of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, has a history of bizarre and downright creepy behavior. Here are 10 times that Bill Cosby was a total creep: 1. His advice to
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It seems Hulu is showing up late to the Bill Cosby party as the streaming service is reportedly finally dropping The Cosby Show from its roster, and joining the ranks of every other network that already stopped airing reruns of the 80’s family sitcom. As of Nov. 7, Cosby’s eponymous show will no longer air on Hulu after the network opted out of renewing its licensing deal with the series producer, The
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When even the star of Fat Albert is calling his integrity into question, things might really be over for Bill Cosby, career-wise. During a stand-up show at the University of Pittsburgh on Monday, Kenan Thompson, who played the titular character in the film adaptation of Cosby’s classic cartoon series, called Cosby a “monster” and spoke at length about the comedian’s numerous rape allegations, according to an account from one of
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Why does it sometimes seem like almost no one is safe from the claws of the Cosb-er these days? In a new interview with Esquire, cover girl Chelsea Handler (buck-naked, alongside cover boy Nick Offerman, in the mag’s “Women and Men” issue) shared a particularly creepy experience from her past in which she almost became another notch on Bill Cosby’s alleged victim belt. “Not poor guy!” Chelsea rebuked the writer,
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In an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s show Wednesday night, Hannibal Buress intimated that he had received a number of death threats from anonymous sources, after he bravely joked about Bill Cosby’s many rape allegations late last year. Buress undeniably received a score of positive attention, too, for calling into question Cosby’s continued popularity in the face of such damning evidence of abusive, predatory conduct. But Cosby has no shortage of
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Chatting one-on-one with Jen Kirkman is a little bit like breaking into the Museum of Natural History after hours. It’s an act that manages to be both nerdy and rebellious, where one could simply wander unsupervised through the halls, soaking up every ounce of information while giggling openly over the placard that says “homo erectus.” That’s because Kirkman – author, podcaster, and most importantly, comedian – seems to always be
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A day after Bill Cosby lectured a reporter about how black media should cover the mounting sexual assault allegations levied against him with a “neutral mind” the veteran comedian’s wife of 50 years, Camille, released a statement blaming the media for not “vetting” her husband’s accusers carefully enough. Though Camille never comes out and flatly denies her husband’s alleged crimes, she does explain that the media has portrayed a “different
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Though Bill Cosby has been told not to talk to the press about the staggering number of sexual assault allegations against him, the veteran comedian had no problem being manipulative to a New York Post reporter. Reached at his home by Stacy Brown, Cosby, whom Brown described as “upbeat” offered the following: “Let me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism
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Never afraid to push boundaries or address the most divisive issues of our time, South Park’s season finale on Wednesday, titled “The Washington Redskins Go F*ck Yourself Holiday Special,” will feature Bill Cosby, wine in hand, sitting next to Taylor Swift. The wine, of course, is crucial seeing as that is allegedly one of the main vessels through which Cosby administered roofies to the women he allegedly sexually assaulted throughout
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When Bill Cosby asked an Associated Press reporter to “scuttle” his non-answer about the sexual assault allegations levied against him, he may have been engaging in a common practice for him. In a 2013 interview on the DomNnate radio show in Lynchburg, VA, Cosby says the word “shit” when discussing the Trayvon Martin shooting. While the hosts of the show, Domenick Nati and Nate Foutz assure Cosby the word would
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Bill Cosby, who is now facing a total of 21 sexual abuse allegations (by our count), opened a show in the Bahamas last night – a fundraiser for a women’s organization – by fake crying into his hands and exclaiming, “Parents are coming and taking their children home, saying to me ‘’’Bill Cosby you are an evil man.’” The performance, which reportedly continued for 90 minutes without further reference to
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Bill Cosby is seen and heard calmly demanding that an Associated Press reporter not broadcast a portion of an interview wherein the comedian refuses to comment about the multiple sexual assault allegations against him. The Nov. 6 interview was pegged to Cosby’s recent contribution of African Art to a museum in Washington D.C. But toward the end of the interview, the Associated Press reporter asks about the recent re-surfacing of
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Former supermodel Janice Dickinson has accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her in 1982. Dickinson, talking to Entertainment Tonight, explained that she was on a modeling shoot in Bali, Indonesia when Cosby gave her call from Lake Tahoe, where he was performing stand-up comedy. Cosby told Dickinson he wanted to discuss her career in acting as well as a possible singing career. Dickinson agreed to meet him in Lake Tahoe.
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Another Bill Cosby rape accuser has come forward over the weekend. This time, journalist Joan Tarshis published an essay on the Hollywood Elsewhere website, wherein she claims Cosby raped her twice about 45 years ago. Cosby and Tarshis had struck up a friendship of sorts; the comedian would routinely invite Tarshis to hang out at his room on the lot where he was filming The Bill Cosby Show. Tarshis claims
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Because of a viral video in which Hannibal Buress calls Bill Cosby a rapist during a show in Philadelphia, the story of the iconic comedian’s 13 alleged sexual assaults on women has taken new life. Barbara Bowman, one of the 13 women, especially, has been vocal as of late, granting an incredibly in-depth interview with The Daily Mail and more recently penning an op-ed for the Washington Post, in which
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