New York Times presses Phylicia Rashad on Bill Cosby
Phylicia Rashad is not here for your Bill Cosby questions. During an interview with The New York Times about her new play "Head of Passes," Rashad deflected questions about the controversy surrounding the once-beloved comedian...
Phylicia Rashad is not here for your Bill Cosby questions.
During an interview with The New York Times about her new play “Head of Passes,” Rashad deflected questions about the controversy surrounding the once-beloved comedian.
“Am I connected to a big story or am I connected to human beings? I’m not connected to the story at all. I’m connected to people,” she said.
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When she was again pressed to comment on specific allegations, Rashad replied, “This is in litigation now, right? Then I’m not commenting on anything. Let that play itself out.”
The deflection is par for the course for Rashad, who has said in the past that she felt many of the allegations against Cosby were part of an effort to erase his legacy.
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“My initial reaction to the allegations was, ‘Hmm someone has a vested interest in preventing Cosby’s return to network television,'” she said in an interview last January with ABC.
“I did talk to him towards the beginning of all of this and his comment was the internet has given some anonymous people a very loud voice,” she said.
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“It’s difficult for me to watch this legacy be erased, as if [it] never happened… I think in the hearts and minds of people he is still held in high regard.”
