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'Cosby Show' actor Geoffrey Owens says he quit N.J. Trader Joe's after 'devastating' job-shaming
NJ.com Advanced Media ^ | September 4, 2018

Posted on 09/04/2018 10:08:54 AM PDT by SMGFan

The former "Cosby Show" actor job-shamed by some media outlets over the weekend with photos showing him working at a Trader Joe's in New Jersey to make ends meet, said Tuesday he was so upset that he quit his job. Geoffrey Owens

"I was really devastated," Geoffrey Owens, who lives in Montclair, said during an interview on Good Morning America.

But Owens said the outpouring of support he received on social media from the entertainment industry and beyond helped him through it.

"The period of devastation was so short because so shortly after that, the responses my wife and I started to read - literally all over the world ... fortunately, the shame part didn't last very long." "It hurt, but then, it's amazing," he said.

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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bigglassofreality; cosbyshow; geoffreyowens; montclair; newjersey; traderjoe
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To: Skywise
Double tap

Yep, now it makes sense, replace honest work with paid leftist activism (Tyler Perry) and redistribution (Go Fund Me).

41 posted on 09/04/2018 10:55:29 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: SMGFan

Thanks to Trump, he actually got a real job!


42 posted on 09/04/2018 10:56:01 AM PDT by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: SMGFan

Had some disease
Parnets stole all his money
Couldn't get roles
Had to become mall security guard, but famous
"Come on, do it just once..!" 20x daily
Finally punches nasty teaser, fired
Falls down, bleeding, some say new wife never called 911, wanted him dead

43 posted on 09/04/2018 10:56:38 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Phillyred

Spot on!


44 posted on 09/04/2018 10:58:43 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Ticonderoga34

I agree. You know, maybe it hurt for a bit, but who cares? Make ends meet hoss! Keep working if you really need it!


45 posted on 09/04/2018 10:59:49 AM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: SMGFan

He’s ashamed about working a respectable job and earning a living? This guy has a screw loose - appearing on the Cosby Show 40 years ago doesn’t make an honest living now something to regret.


46 posted on 09/04/2018 11:02:58 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SMGFan
Related image
Elvin - Geoffrey Owens - Cosby Show.

I don't remember him.

Image result for pictures of Geoffrey Owens from the Cosby Show

Can't even imagine someone recognizing him to be honest. Perhaps he's behind the shaming campaign?

47 posted on 09/04/2018 11:05:01 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: SMGFan

Throughout this entire “Geoffrey Owens @ Trader Joes’” incident, I heard only a small number of people actually ‘shaming’ him for working there. I heard a lot of ‘I’m surprised he has to do this kind of work’, but very few real put-downs. I saw no one call him a failure. Most had just forgotten about him.

Still, if he was already insecure about holding a cashier job in the first place, he most likely did not want any more attention for that reason. It may work out for the best, as Tyler Perry seems to be offering him a chance to audition.
I was glad to see so many different people giving him support and encouragement.


48 posted on 09/04/2018 11:05:26 AM PDT by lee martell (AT)
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To: SMGFan

Freepers: Reading Comprehension!

He was SHAMED by social media and media outlets for doing what we would consider the right thing to do!

Lay off the guy.


49 posted on 09/04/2018 11:13:29 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: Skywise

Disagree. They weren’t helping him. They were mocking him.


50 posted on 09/04/2018 11:16:39 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

I suspect if he was on any other show other than The Cosby Show, they wouldn’t have cared.

But indirectly they want to tie this guy to Cosby.


51 posted on 09/04/2018 11:17:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Robert DeLong

So let me get this straight... you think he contacted Fox and said, “hey, can you write an article about me since i’m only a cashier now so hopefully it will get me a better job?” And they said yes?

Wow Columbo, I think you cracked the case.


52 posted on 09/04/2018 11:21:31 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: All

Welcome to 2018: Making fun of someone who works for a living ....


53 posted on 09/04/2018 11:22:41 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Geez, you’re another genius.

He’s minding his own business, and some low-life reporter proclaims “hey, this guy (Geoffrey) was once a big tv star, and now he’s bagging groceries!!”. And GEOFFREY is the one with a screw loose?


54 posted on 09/04/2018 11:23:47 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: SMGFan

If this is how and what REALLY happened, it is a shame. There is dignity in work. I applaud the guy for doing a job.


55 posted on 09/04/2018 11:25:06 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SMGFan

My father always taught me that anybody who earns an honest living is worthy of my respect.


56 posted on 09/04/2018 11:26:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: bigdaddy45
this guy (Geoffrey) was once a big tv star, and now he’s bagging groceries!!”.

Kurt Warner was bagging groceries. Then he won a Super Bowl.

Better things are in the future.


57 posted on 09/04/2018 11:27:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SMGFan

OMG, when TJ’s opens a store, they have 10x the number of applicants for the number of jobs. Great employer, great benefits.


58 posted on 09/04/2018 11:29:48 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: SMGFan

he is ashamed that he was working at trader Joe’s. My dad taught me that work is never shameful. is he better then those he worked beside.... the shame he has I indicative of some one who looks down on those around them for doing real work .


59 posted on 09/04/2018 11:33:42 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: SMGFan

I only saw one or two episodes of “The Cosby Show”, but he HAS to be a better actor than the guy who played Theo. He and Demond Wilson were two of the worst actors I had ever seen in a major role. Worst for child actor is between “Richie” on Dick Van Dyke, and the two youngest kids in “The Partridge Family” (with two different kids playing the drummer, and nobody noticing the changeover).


60 posted on 09/04/2018 11:41:49 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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