VIDEO: Phylicia Rashad Says She Was Misquoted in Recent Remarks on Bill Cosby

By: Jan. 08, 2015
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As BWW reportedy yesterday, Phylicia Rashad finally broke her silence on the sexual abuse allegations against her COSBY SHOW co-star Bill Cosby in an interview with Showbiz 411. (read the article here) Rashad, who portrayed Cosby's fictional wife Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC comedy, stood up for her co-star, advising him to "forget these women."

Following the publication of the interview, Rashad's comments, in particular her use of the words "forget these women," hit a nerve with those who interpreted the remarks as being uncaring and dismissive of the women in question.

On Wednesday, Rashad appeared on ABC News and claimed that she was misquoted by Showbiz 411. Regarding her comment to "forget these women" comment, Rashad said, "That was a misquote. That is not what I said. What I said is this was not about the women. It's about something else. It's about the obliteration of legacy." She continued, "I am a woman. I would never say such a thing."

As for the accusations against Cosby, Rashad told ABC News that "I can't even speak to those things, and don't want to." Watch the interview in full below.

Tony winner Phylicia Rashad's Broadway credits include August Osage County, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Cymbeline, (Lincoln Center Theatre), August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean (Tony nomination), A Raisin in the Sun (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Into the Woods, Dreamgirls, The Wiz. Off-Broadway credits include The Story, Helen, Everybody's Ruby, Blue, Bernarda Alba. Regional theater: Every Tongue Confess, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Medea. Films: Good Deeds. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Frankie and Alice, Just Wright, Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Loving Jezebel, The Visit.

Films for TV includes Steel Magnolias, A Raisin In The Sun(NAACP Image Award, Emmy and SAG nominations) The Old Settler, Free of Eden. TV credits include The Cosby Show, Cosby. BFA degree from the College of Fine Arts at Howard University.



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