Janis Ian Bill Cosby, Vocalist Janis Ian has added her voice to the numerous who are taking a stand in opposition to Bill Cosby since various rape claims have emerged as an enemy of the comedic symbol.
In a Facebook post this week, Ian shared her own anecdote around an individual involvement with Cosby.
"I have an individual stake," she composed, connecting to the late New York magazine main story in which 35 Cosby informers told their stories. "No, I was not sexually irritated by Bill Cosby. We met on the grounds that he was interested about me."
She composed that her story started when her hit "Society's Child" overwhelmed the diagrams when she was just 16 years of age. She then showed up on theatrical presentation "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." After months of being out and about and the contention encompassing "Society's Child," Ian said she was depleted at the show's taping.
"I expected to rest. So I nodded off in my chaperone's lap. She was earth protective, I was frightened. It regarded rest," she composed.
Not long after the taping, Ian was educated that she had been debased from showing up on TV.
"A while later, my chief called me into her office," she related. "'What happened at the Smothers Brothers show?!' I had no clue what she was discussing, and said as much. 'All things considered, nobody else on TV is willing to have you on.'"
As indicated by Ian, her administrator clarified that it was Cosby who started the battle against her.
"Cosby, seeing me snoozing in the chaperone's lap, had made it his business to "caution" different demonstrates that I wasn't 'suitable family diversion,' was likely a lesbian, and shouldn't be on TV," Ian went on.
She later said thanks to Johnny Carson and his show maker for disregarding Cosby's allegations. She additionally expressed her assessment of the various claims against Cosby and her contemplations on his wife, Camille.
"Yet, what an odd thing, that a dark man who laid down with so a lot of white ladies decided to detract my conceivable lesbianism from our one meeting, instead of the message I attempted to get crosswise over with 'Society's Child." She closed, "How despicable. How really, genuinely unfortunate."
In a Facebook post this week, Ian shared her own anecdote around an individual involvement with Cosby.
"I have an individual stake," she composed, connecting to the late New York magazine main story in which 35 Cosby informers told their stories. "No, I was not sexually irritated by Bill Cosby. We met on the grounds that he was interested about me."
She composed that her story started when her hit "Society's Child" overwhelmed the diagrams when she was just 16 years of age. She then showed up on theatrical presentation "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." After months of being out and about and the contention encompassing "Society's Child," Ian said she was depleted at the show's taping.
"I expected to rest. So I nodded off in my chaperone's lap. She was earth protective, I was frightened. It regarded rest," she composed.
Not long after the taping, Ian was educated that she had been debased from showing up on TV.
"A while later, my chief called me into her office," she related. "'What happened at the Smothers Brothers show?!' I had no clue what she was discussing, and said as much. 'All things considered, nobody else on TV is willing to have you on.'"
As indicated by Ian, her administrator clarified that it was Cosby who started the battle against her.
"Cosby, seeing me snoozing in the chaperone's lap, had made it his business to "caution" different demonstrates that I wasn't 'suitable family diversion,' was likely a lesbian, and shouldn't be on TV," Ian went on.
She later said thanks to Johnny Carson and his show maker for disregarding Cosby's allegations. She additionally expressed her assessment of the various claims against Cosby and her contemplations on his wife, Camille.
"Yet, what an odd thing, that a dark man who laid down with so a lot of white ladies decided to detract my conceivable lesbianism from our one meeting, instead of the message I attempted to get crosswise over with 'Society's Child." She closed, "How despicable. How really, genuinely unfortunate."
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