Bill Cosby On Ferguson Riots: âAnything To Get The News Media Off My Assâ
Comedian Bill Cosby has been the butt of many jokes and the talk of the media lately, as allegations of rape and sexual assault have sprung up from several women, including formerÂ modelÂ Janice Dickinson and Law & Order: SVUÂ actressÂ Michel Hurd.Despite these horrendous stories overtaking his entire life and ruining a career most people assumed ended in 1992,Â Cosby has been relatively quiet about the allegations, only speaking once to deny any wrong-doing, and otherwise deflecting comments to his lawyers and agents.CosbyÂ had a new, planned series put on indefinite hiatus by NBC, a Netflix stand-up special cancelled, and even TV Land stopped showing old episodes of The Cosby Show -Â because obviously you arenât allowed to be entertainedÂ by himÂ anymore now that you know heâs an (alleged) rapist.Because heâs prominent and black, Cosby was asked this morning about the horrors of the Ferguson, Missouri riots that are happening in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting verdict.âWhatever keeps the news media off my ass is fine by me,â said Cosby. âMy ass is old and tired, and doesnât need this kind of abuse. Them Ferguson folks can loot, pillage, plunder, riot, murder â whatever they gotta do to make themselves happy. The longer it goes, the less people will be thinking about me. Instead of a 12-hour exposÃ©Â on whether or not I raped a bunch of women, CNN can do one onÂ race relations in Missouri. Now please â just let me enjoy my pudding pops in peace.âIf youâre feeling a bout of extreme pity or you haveÂ an unbreakable nostalgic urge for sweaters, you can catch Cosby on his national stand-up tour happening now through May, 2015.