A friend last night was telling me a story about a girl he knows who was friends with Cosby's daughter at college. Cosby came on to her very forcefully, but she managed to push him off. Afterwards Cosby told his daughter to stay away from the girl because she was a "bad influence."
In recent days, there’s been an interview with Culp’s long-time publicist who offered another glimpse of “Cos’s” real personna.
According to the publicist, when Cosby was hired for “I Spy,” the producers (and NBC) were prepared to give him lower billing. Culp insisted that Cosby be listed as the series co-star, a move that raised his salary by thousands of dollars every week. At the time, a black actor had never been co-star on a network series, and there was reluctance to extend that status to Cosby, who was a red-hot stand-up comic, but had virtually no acting experience. So, Robert Culp went out on a limb for his co-star.
In 2010, when Robert Culp died, Cosby initially refused to attend his memorial service. When he finally agreed to show up, he made it clear that he would not speak at the service.
What gratitude.