What are your thoughts on Bill Cosby?

It makes me sad. I got to bring him in backstage when he was here, and they told him that I was his backstage security, and he got a laugh and asked me if I had ever beaten anyone up before. I didn't feel any negative vibes from him. But I do believe the women who are coming forward- especially since they don't have anything to get from it.

Snob!



Amelia Bloomer, M.Ed.

My first thoughts were: Is he dying? A sick publicity stunt for something.

It just seems so strange that it is coming out after all of these years, but I guess I haven't paid much attention to anything about him.

My only thought is that he needs to start talking. The accuser list is piling up, and previously made deals between him and networks are coming to a halt, and yet he is silent.

What other plausible reasons would there be for  (who can be pretty much summed up as a male stranger) to invite a girl back to a room with a bed in it? If you want to get to know someone you do so in different venue.  Does it mean that legally a woman is at fault? No, but it does mean she lacks in the common sense department as far as I am concerned. You might be right morally, legally etc to accept an invite to the bedroom of a man you really don't know but if you end up assaulted all that rightness goes out the window because the damage is done (not that she's at fault but that her life is ruined). We live in a world where predators exist and we need to be on our guards. Even though our children are not "at fault" should a crime occur against them we teach them about strangers, how to act if they are approached etc. We teach them to be on guard. I don't know why it's such a terrible thing to be on guard as women.

I believe it has something to do with this:

(sorry, I have trouble linking with my iPad)   Cosby has been dissed for years, primarily for being out of touch with prevailing black American culture, but little was ever said outside of certain circles about the sexual assaults. His disparaging attitude towards contemporary black youth culture was a slap in the face for many young African-Americans, but Cosby was seen by them as an increasingly curmudgeonly old man, not as a sexual criminal. But rising young African-American comedian Hannibal Buress was among those who wasn't buying the lovable old grump routine. He has been calling Cosby a rapist for years during his stand-up. It wasn't until someone videotaped that routine and popped it up on YouTube that the accusation went viral.

as of today, 12 named accusers and 9 anonymous ones. plus a guy from nbc now says he paid women off and covered stuff up for cosby. holy hell, this isnt going to be pretty.

I think he's a narcissitic pile of crap!

Just when did he have time to work?

My thoughts are that I'm sad, I loved Bill Cosby.  I find it very hard to believe with the evidence mounting that he is innocent of these charges.

I'm sad that this is so common in our world, that so many beloved celebrities turn out to be horrible people behind closed doors.  What a miss-use of trust and celebrity, and a sad statement on society in which we glorify celebrities to the point where they no longer care to distinguish between right and wrong.  Oh, I know there are a lot of creeps in this world, famous and not famous, but I think inflated celebrity egos + money is a dangerous thing. 

You totally took my comment the wrong way.  I was curious as to what sparked it now as opposed to a few years ago when he was sued.  

This is how I feel. I grew up listening to his comedy records, watched Fat Albert, The Cosby Show and all of his movies/specials. As everyone else has pretty much said, I think that there is too much out there to NOT believe the accusations, but it still saddens me. I won't say I looked up to him, but I feel so disillusioned. Just really sad all the way around. Sigh. 

No worries....Funny how all his co-stars are pretty quiet.

It has just been reported that Bill Cosby resigned from the Temple University Board of Trustees. 

Most likely forced out.