Garcelle Beauvais On Leaving Bill Cosby’s House In The '80s Due To Her Instincts
Garcelle Beauvais has opened up about her experience of visiting comedian Bill Cosby's house in the 1980s, revealing how her instincts got her out of the house in New York.
"I felt like when I got to his brownstone that I wasn’t the only one there besides him," the 55-year-old actress recalled during the "Bevelations" show, Yahoo! Entertainment reported Thursday.
"There was something eerie about not knowing if there’s anybody else in the house and then having, you know, him asking me if I wanna drink and I wasn’t a drinker," she continued to explain why she felt uncomfortable before leaving the house. "So, it was all those things."
The "Coming to America" star further shared, "And then something told me, ‘Get out of there,' and that’s exactly what I did."
There have been several accusations of Cosby sexually assaulting women and drugging them. However, it was after comedian Hannibal Burress' joking about these allegations went viral in 2014 that Cosby began facing real heat for his behavior.
Cosby became the first celebrity to be convicted of sexual abuse since the #MeToo movement began. The movement helped to expose sexual misconduct among powerful men in Hollywood and beyond.
Cosby's wife, television producer Camille Cosby, claimed in 2020 that the #MeToo movement was racist after Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review the former's appeal regarding his 2018 conviction.
On the work front, Cosby was last seen in a movie, titled "The Rodfellows Movie," where he portrayed Albert's character. He was popularly known for the TV series, "The Cosby Show," which ran from 1984 to 1992.
Beauvais, on the other hand, appeared in "The Cosby Show" for one of the episodes, titled "An Early Spring," where she played a nurse's character. This episode was dropped in 1986.
She went on to work in various TV series and movies including "Manhunter," "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
Considering her recent work, she was featured in a movie "Caught in His Web," which was released on Feb. 19. She also appeared in the TV series, "The Price," which dropped last year.
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