A publicist for Bill Cosby has issued a response after Eddie Murphy made a joke about the convicted sex offender during his monologue on Saturday Night Live over the weekend.
“If you had told me 30 years ago that I would be this boring stay-at-home house dad and Bill Cosby would be in jail, even I would have took that bet,” Murphy said before slipping into his Cosby impression to ask “Who is America’s Dad now?” (Cosby famously criticized Murphy back in the ’80s for swearing in his standup routines.)
Andrew Wyatt, Cosby’s publicist, shared a statement responding to Murphy on Cosby’s Instagram, writing, “Mr. Cosby became the first Black to win an Emmy for his role in I Spy and Mr. Cosby broke color barriers in the Entertainment Industry, so that Blacks like Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappell, Kevin Hart and et al., could have an opportunity to showcase their talents for many generations to come. It is sad that Mr. Murphy would take this glorious moment of returning to SNL and make disparaging remarks against Mr. Cosby.”
“One would think that Mr. Murphy was given his freedom to leave the plantation, so that he could make his own decisions; but he decided to sell himself back to being a Hollywood Slave,” he continued. “Stepin Fetchit plus cooning equals the destruction of Black Men in Hollywood. Remember, Mr. Murphy, that Bill Cosby became legendary because he used comedy to humanize all races, religions and genders; but your attacking Mr. Cosby helps you embark on just becoming click bait. Hopefully, you will be amenable to having a meeting of the minds conversation, in order to discuss how we can use our collective platforms to enhance Black people rather than bringing all of us down together.”
Earlier this month, Cosby lost his appeal to have his sex crimes conviction overturned.
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