Despite dozens of allegations of sexual misconduct and convictions against him, 85-year-old Bill Cosby intends to get back on stage in 2023. An announcement that caused a boomerang effect on social networks, returning to the full face of the fallen comedian.
In an interview Wednesday at the microphone of Scott Spears on the airwaves of WGH Talk, the actor let his desire to return to the stage hover.
“When I get out of all this, I will feel able to perform and be the Bill Cosby that my audience knows,” he said during the interview, referring to the legal and media storm that has been taking place since 2004, when many women have spoken out against the television star, now persona non grata.
“I respect people like you, Cosby told Spears, and others who had a clear perspective on what happened to me. »
Bill Cosby’s representative, Andrew Wyatt, confirmed to Variety and ET that the comedian is “planning to go on tour in the spring or summer.”
Echoing this statement, a wave of disapproval ensued on Twitter.
“Bill Cosby is going on tour. […] Donald Trump is running for president again. […] Tell me again that the cancel culture [culture de l’annulation] went too far? “, writes a user.
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Bill Cosby is going on tour. Louis CK and Chris D’Elia are already on tour. Trevor Bauer is back in MLB. Donald Trump is running for President again. Matt Gaetz retained his seat. Brett Kavanaugh is a Supreme Court Justice.
Tell me again how cancel culture has gone too far?— Rachael Millanta (@rachaelmillanta) December 28, 2022
“They were showing us Bill Cosby being dragged to court like Weinstein and now the madman is going on tour? “, is indignant another Internet user.
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They were showing Bill Cosby shuffling into court like Weinstein and now fool’s gonna go on tour?
The fuck? pic.twitter.com/99xj21jhC3— Jocelyn stands with ???????? (@jossytweets) December 28, 2022
Jokes also burst out on the platform, several mocking the comedian’s return.
Charge history
New sexual assault charges were brought against Mr Cosby earlier this month by five women under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. Among the complainants, two former actress colleagues had worked with him on the set of the Cosby show.
Two of the five women reported being drugged and then raped by Cosby, while the other three claim he performed inappropriate acts on them without their consent. Facts that Bill Cosby denied through his representatives.
Earlier this year, Cosby was also required in a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles to pay US$500,000 to a woman he allegedly assaulted when she was 16 years old, in 1975.
In 2018, Bill Cosby became the first celebrity convicted of sexual assault after the advent of the movement #MeToo (#MoiAussi) for drugging and assaulting Andrea Constand, a college athletic administrator and former basketball player.
After three years in prison, Mr. Cosby was released last year after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction for a procedural violation.