Phylicia Rashad Faces Backlash After Celebrating Bill Cosby’s Prison Release

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00:00Former Cosby's show star Felicia Rashad faces backlash after celebrating Bill

00:08Cosby's release from prison. Hey guys it's Ali for Hollywood Life with your

00:14Hollywood Roundup starting with the aftermath of the Bill Cosby release from

00:18prison. Yesterday Bill's 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned by a

00:23Pennsylvania High Court. Three years ago the actor was found guilty of three

00:28counts of aggravated indecent assault after drugging and sexually assaulting

00:33Canadian basketball player and massage therapist Andrea Constand in 2004. The

00:39decision was overturned after the court discovered an agreement with a previous

00:43prosecutor that should have prevented Cosby from being charged over the

00:48assault. He was sentenced to three to ten years at the time. His release from prison

00:53was a shock to the internet but an even bigger shock was certain celebrities

00:58response. Felicia Rashad who played Bill's wife on The Cosby Show from 1984 to

01:041992 posted a message of her support for her former co-star after his release from

01:08prison. The actress wrote finally a terrible wrong is being righted. A

01:13miscarriage of justice is corrected. She also included a professional headshot of

01:18the Emmy award-winning actor. The Cosby Show star received a ton of backlash from

01:22fans and a few other people in the industry after the tweet went out. Fellow

01:27actress Janet Hubert, who we all know as the original Aunt Vivian Banks on The

01:32Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, shared a couple of words for Felicia. The actress tweeted,

01:37Felicia, what are you thinking? I don't know you but to say this was terribly wrong.

01:43Everyone knew what he was doing back then. How could you not? Get your umbrella,

01:48sister. Here comes the shit shower. I am outraged that he has been released. Yes,

01:53he is an old ass guilty man. Howard University recently hired Felicia to serve

01:58as the Dean of Howard's College of Fine Arts and they released a statement on her

02:03comments as well. The university said that they stand with survivors of sexual

02:07assault but they are also standing by Felicia Rashad. In a lengthy statement, the

02:12university noted that the personal positions of university leadership do not

02:18reflect Howard University's policies. Felicia Rashad later added another tweet

02:23where she said, I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward. My post

02:28was in no way intended to be insensitive to their truth. Personally, I know from

02:33friends and family that such abuse has lifelong residual effects. My heartfelt wish

02:38is for healing. Notably, Felicia has defended her former co-star Bill Cosby in past

02:43interviews. During a January 2015 interview with Nightline, she told the host she never

02:49saw anything inappropriate during their eight years working together. How do you guys feel

02:54about this? Let us know in the comment section. But alright, hit that sub like and bell button.

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