Why Phylicia Rashad's defense of Bill Cosby is so infuriating

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Commentary: With one ill-advised tweet, Cosby's longtime TV wife proved she's no Clair Huxtable — and made a disconcerting statement about the limits of MeToo

A timeline of our coverage of the allegations against the star, from their resurfacing in late 2014 to the overturning of his conviction on Wednesday.

It remains to be seen whether the controversy will blow over as readily as Cosby departed from a Pennsylvania prison Wednesday afternoon in a white sedan. If Howard University and the two current TV series on which she has recurring roles — NBC’s popular family dramaand OWN’s coming-of-age series “David Makes Man” — decide to say “Bye, Phylicia,” few will be surprised.

We all know in theory that actors aren’t the characters they play, but to children of the ‘80s, RashadClair Huxtable, the firm but loving wife and mother as well as the no-nonsense lawyer who never lost an argument at home. As played with regal charm by Rashad, Clair was both the ultimate sitcom mom and a trailblazing example of a woman who balanced work and family life while bucking traditional gender roles.

Comedian Bill Cosby, center, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, right, approach members of the media gathered outside Cosby’s home in Elkins Park, Pa., on Wednesday after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sex assault conviction.Rashad’s body of work extends well beyond “The Cosby Show” or “Cosby,” the CBS sitcom that tried, with mixed results, to reclaim the magic of the Rashad-Cosby pairing.

 

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LeonardPittsJr1 She’s deleted it. But the damage was done. It just goes to show how easy it is for family and friends of people who do monstrous things to refuse to believe them. Think of the poor little kids whose moms or dads dismiss their abuse stories as lies

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