So this happened. Damon Wayans is part of the brotherly duo (including Keenan) known for creating and starring in the brilliant In Living Color comedy sketch show of 1990s fame. We may never have known Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, or Jennifer Lopez (fly girl!) without this show, which still carries a legacy. Since then the Wayans family have continued their success with a series of mostly not-too-funny parody movies. There’s a whole plethora of Wayans, but now Damon is drawing focus away from the family’s talents with some controversial remarks about Bill Cosby.
On Friday, Damon sat down with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and the hosts asked if he had any advice to offer Bill Cosby, which is dumbfounding. Do journalists routinely ask celebrities to offer advice for mass rapists? Bill Cosby has never had to answer to criminal charges, but I think NYMag’s epic, tell-all piece leaves little doubt in the public’s collective mind. Cosby’s M.O. is still to claim he had “consent“ after drugging women, and it was all a method of “seduction.“ Damon believes him:
On the rape allegations: “I just don’t believe it. I think it’s a money hustle. If I was him, I would divorce my wife, wink-wink, give her all my money, and then I would go do a deposition. I would light one of them three-hour cigars. I’d have some wine and maybe a Quaalude, and I would just go off, because I don’t believe that he was raping.”
Damon disses the victims: “Listen, how big is his penis [that] it gives you amnesia for 40 years? And some of them, really, is unrapeable.”
On Hannibal Buress: “I wonder how he feels, being the dude that destroyed Bill Cosby?”
Damon disses Buress’ Comedy Central show: “Why?, “It’s premature … I don’t feel it right now.”
[From The Breakfast Club on YouTube]
The part about Hannibal Burress is extremely disrespectful. Buress told a joke based on decades of Cosby rape rumors that were casually dismissed by the media. Buress already had the Comedy Central show lined up before he told this joke, which nearly cost him his career, so he’s not riding anyone’s coattails here.
Damon later tweeted that people were twisting his words:
Stop twisting my words. Watch the entire interview before u condemn me! http://t.co/yQqPMB23kL
— Damon Wayans (@DamonkWayans) September 6, 2015
Well … also in the interview, Damon said he hoped the victims do get justice. But how can he stand by those words when he also treated the subject as a joke? He also called some of the victims “unrapeable.” These statements are not excusable, and Damon should know better (especially considering that he has daughters) than to make such remarks.
Update: Sorry for the confusion about the photos!
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Can’t. Get. My chin. Off the floor.
Uuugh In that pic Even Cosby looks bewildered by his comments ????
(sarcasm )
Damon will be surprised if he ever finds out that even HE is not “unrapeable.”
Dear Joan: Brava! 👏👏👏
His words are despicable. Vilifying rape victims and defending a serial rapist? I typically think men like this have something to hide about their own past or present behavior.
Yes, and to call any woman “unrapeable” is to imply that being raped is a compliment reserved for beautiful women. What a jacka$$. But then, the Wayans brand of humor has always been offensive and puerile to me.
Agreed! It always makes me wonder if supporters of rapists and pedophiles have something to hide as well.
#boycottDamonWayans
I agree with everyone on this. Maybe it’s the Down Under Lost-In-Translation thing, but I’ve never found him funny, or even likeable. His reprehensible comments on this matter serve to cement my dislike of him.
I thought he meant unrapeable not because of looks but because he considers them “sluts” and “hos” (so they would agree to any sexual contacts with anyone) I think that’s even worse
Why people feel the urge to give their opinion on this matter is beyond me.
He wasn’t there, he wasn’t one of the victims, he wasn’t Cosby himself, He doesn’t know what happened apart from what he was told. He pretty much knows as much as we all do.
Anything to be relevant I guess.
+1 Lets all ignore this has-been, shall we?
Yes, ignore button on him
I know a girl , young lady back in the days of Real World, Cosby Show days, who Cosby called her house after seeing her photo , to discuss meeting her for participation in a charity tennis tournament, but her mom wouldn’t let her on the phone, she told the girl , his explanations about WHY he wanted her for the tournament sounded like BULL and he seemed up to no good, disenguious and said My advice would be don’t call him back and don’t deal with this man. The girl didn’t return the call.
P.S. her mum also said Cosby was very rude on the phone when she kept inquiring why he wanted (her daughter ) for this!
That’s a great story about motherly intuition. Moms are the best <3
she saved her daughter the hell of being drugged and raped….Mom’s are the BEST!
Just so…much…ugh.
Like he said SO much ugly bull that it goes past an ignorant opinion on one issue and into a character problem.
Disgusting.
He’s the type of guy who thinks a woman “asks for it” and that husbands can’t rape their wives. Gross.
I loved him on ILC…never knew he was such a sh*tbag.
Oh Blane ….. no two snaps in a circle this time.
So effing disappointing to hear him talk like this. This is beyond trash talk. Calling a woman “unrapeable” is beyond insulting. What a jackass.
Sh*tbag indeed.
I feel like using the term unrapeable warrants bringing back the stocks again.
@ mimif how about pitchforks and torches? I feel I’d be good with a pitchfork…
Seriously. I’m glad he was already MIA since the 90’s because I wouldn’t want to even see that face during a commercial promo, that’s how disgusted I am.
Wow…a little wink wink huh? You know what Daman? Light one of those cigars, have some wine, take a Quualade and then crawl back under your rock. Wait until you evolve into something better than you were when you gave that interview.
People like this are the epitome of gross.
I’m here trying not to rage. The idea that some women are unrapeable?!! I don’t have words. Just flames. On the side of my face.
Damon Wayans is officially dead to me.
Today I Learned Homey D. Clown was based on Damon Wayans.
Frisbee, I’m completely rubbish with a pitchfork, but may I be a torch holder please? I’m highly accomplished at holding two of the larger variety.
“And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?”
*cries a little at the ugliness*
Yeah this is an…even Whoopi as ignorantly and offensive clueless as she was didn’t sound this disgusting. He actually said he’d take a Quualade and go to court and ‘just go off’.
Love that song but 2Pac had his own … let’s say issues with that.
I hope that Cosby listens because his arrogance would have him think he is immune. When in reality, if he’s no longer married to his wife, wouldn’t she be able to testify against him?
Jag, he doesn’t really need to spousal immunity. So far, it may only be possible for one of the women to press charges against him. Wayan thinks these women are lying and only after money. So if Cosby divorced his wife and gave her everything, Cosby would have no assets from which to pay a judgment obtained from a civil suit.
He always did come off as a arrogant jackass for years, so this is really nothing new.
Is it even necessary to hear the whole interview? “Unrapeable”?
NO. Just NO.
No its not necessary.
It hurts my soul to hear a man in this century say something so steeped in ignorance and misogyny. I didn’t think anyone his age could be so unaware of the causes of rape, so stupid and so cruel.
OMG. I did watch the whole thing just to see. It’s of course worse than what just reading the words in print. Damon and the male host are just laughing up a storm as Damon is spouting off this vile bullsh*t. And the female host is trying to get them back on track to talk about what he just said while trying to maintain some sort of professionalism. I would have loved it if she had just went off on them.
Ugh. This pos. You’re right Kitten.
“Unrapeable” is beyond ignorance. There’s a level of hate or disgust towards the victims in there.
+ a million.
I personally can’t imagine a context that makes it okay. And I’m not going to waste a second of my life listening to this fool to see the “whole story”.
I don’t even understand the “unrapeable” comment. What does that even mean? If he means that some women are deemed too unattractive to even rape, that just makes him look stupider than stupid. His mama should slap him silly.
LOL. Male solidarity at its worst.
I can only think that Damon Wayans Sr. here has engaged in sexual behavior that wouldn’t bear scrutiny either, to have this much sympathy for the perpetrator and so little for the victims.
Btw, please do use Sr. when writing about this. It shouldn’t reflect on his son who shares the name.
I agree. I too think that celebrities who support Cosby, Allen, Richardson or Polanski because they don’ t see that they have done something despicable, do it because they themselves have done, or are planning to do, something equally awful or worse.
I mean, I could understand someone who is not entirely sure about rape allegations (even though for these people is beyond absurd), but when they confess or there are so many people speaking… if you are fine with serial rapists and pedophiles you can’ t be that good of a person, no?
+1
Men are the worst. They will never ever understand rape.
Generalizing is also the worst. There are many men who have experienced and understand rape.
This/\
Women commit rape also. It’s not a gender thing. It’s a power thing.
People (both men and women) that speak out in defense of some who like Cosby practically admitted their crimes and claim the accusers are in it to money are morons or people who have not informed themselves of the facts.
“Women commit rape also. It’s not a gender thing. It’s a power thing.”
Oh please. It IS very much a gender thing. Look at the statistics and say that again…. Yes, men get raped too. But the numbers are miniscule compared to women. And even among men, the biggest amount of rape survivors consists of men raped by men.
It’s not just men. Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t understand what rape is either.
I feel like she doesn’t understand many many things…
I know several men who’d be outraged at the use of the word “unrapeable”. If all men you’ve known are like this douche I’m sincerely sorry for you and I’d recommend you moving out of that circle ASAP.
Men and boys can absolutely be raped and it does not matter who/what gender is doing the raping. In fact, becoming a mother is what turned me into a full blown feminist….and both my kids are boys. All feminism means is that I embrace equality, and embracing equality means that women can be predators and males can be raped, just as much as women deserve equal pay and rights.
This philistine attitude is exactly what women who are sexually abused are up against. And then ar*eholes like this wonder why they didn’t report it earlier – because of this g*dawful attitude that’s why. Why is it these moron’s can’t grasp the notion of informed consent? It’s really simple, if you are drunk, drugged, in fear, a child then you cannot give informed consent then it’s rape, No if’s no but’s, no excuse – just rape.
Didn’t catch this in time – damn tabbed browsing! – to not just agree, and say “yes, this exactly.”
But, still . . . yes, this exactly.
Yikes.
What was the reaction of the show’s hosts when he said this stuff?
Probably happiness that the show would get media attention. 105 has been a mixed bag – some DJs/hosts have denounced Cosby and others have supported him and his “legacy” throughout.
The female host,Angela Yee ,tried to correct him a few times but he would move on by making a joke.
Angela is always fighting a lone battle on that show when it comes to misogyny, homophobia and transphobia. Isn’t Charlamagne the most transparent bigot on the planet?(he is the host who says that Hannibal should be held responsible for Cosbys death if the stress of the scandal kills him!) His job on that show is to be the exact opposite of a kiss ass and to confront guests in the least polite fashion possible. Well, he didn’t kiss up to Chris Rock (and Chris decimated him) or any of the other sensible mega stars who have been on, so why is he kissing up to this washed up piece of crap? Even without the rape quotes I am embarrassed for Charlamagne, he clearly hero worships an untalented washed up loser who clearly also harbours rapist tendencies. Although it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Charlamagne himself has pulled a Cosby on some women. Never tuning in again.
He called Angela Yee a b*** when she interjected: “B****, how many times did it happen? Just listen to what they’re saying.”
And the victims, too: “I believe he was in relationships with all of them and then he’s like, ‘You know what? [Cosby is] 78. It don’t work like that no more. I can’t get it up for any of y’all. Bye, b****,’ and then they’re like, ‘Oh, really? Rape!’”
Which doesn’t even remotely make sense (to begin with because Cosby’s spree goes back decades), but sigh… As the AV Club wrote, this is “the entertainment industry-wide Rorschach test that’s arisen from the rape allegations against Bill Cosby”. Wayans Sr. failed it spectacularly.
Jezebel had a good write-up of this, too.
The first host advice to him was that he should just die, which he’s been saying for awhile now.
I think it was an obnoxious question in the first place, and the more I think about it, the more I wonder if it wasn’t set up to get this opinion out there. Why should this man have any advice for Cosby except that he is also black and a comedian? What do those two things have to do with rape?
This just underscorces yet again the continuing trauma that sexual assault victims often endure in the course of pursuing justice.
great minds think alike…
This all over! To even admit to yourself and others what happened can be more traumatic. And then your friends, family, community could lash out against you. Only because they don’t want to believe it. Not because they think you’re making it up. It means their community and world and personal safety aren’t as secure as they believed. And that’s scary.
And just as expected people are accusing the accusers of false statements and money grabs. Because there’s so much evidence to support that with no one going for his wallet. Or even legally able to.
I can’t with this. It’s rage inducing. SMH
@FLORC Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
So here goes:
I kept my abuse locked inside for nearly ten years. I was a battered child (my “mother”) and easy prey for the cousin who molested and then raped me (ages eight through ten).
I didn’t say anything, to anyone, until my husband. We started dating when I was eighteen and he was my second “boyfriend.” Nothing ever went further than kissing with the first, although he was a sweetheart and exactly what I needed, as I was still repressing all of the memories of my abuse and couldn’t quite understand my aversion to physical intimacy. So I ignored it. Talked vaguely about it to my psychiatrist, who lingered breifly on it but eventually moved on as major family drama distracted us from the topic. I really liked my then-boyfriend, but the idea of anything sexual didn’t even enter my mind, which should have tipped me off, really.
It wasn’t until my now-husband and I had been dating a few months before I started questioning my thought processes. I was so very attracted to him. He’s gorgeous, my guy – tall, strong, rugged, yet beautiful with cheekbones for days. Thinking about being with him intimately excited, yet scared me – and not just normal first time jitters, I knew that much. So I finally let myself think about why. I always remembered small things, but I blocked so much out to protect myself that I only knew I didn’t want to see or be around the cousin in question at all.
He molested me for nearly two years, until he finally moved away. That I always acknowledged. His family lived with us for a time, until his mother got her own apartment just down the sidewalk from us. The family grouped all us kids together for their own benefit, so I was often alone with my abuser so that my parents could smoke pot in peace.
Then the aunt and cousins moved. I was free, at least from him. Until my parents needed a babysitter and my usual one was unavailable as my mother wanted to set my grandmother up with my father’s co-worker and it was his party they were going to. So off to the aunt’s I was shipped. Unfortunately, the cousin was there along with his younger brother. The two older sisters were not and had they been there I don’t believe what happened would have.
He came out of his room in the middle of the night, climbed on top of me on the couch, and raped me. I tried to say no, but he overpowered me physically and mentally by reminding me of all the things he used to control me emotionally when he lived with/near me. I remember staring at the ceiling, counting the revolutions of the ceiling fan, wishing it would be over. The pain was distant in the moment, as I can only describe my state of mind as detached – perhaps in shock, really. When it finally was he got up, went back to his room, and then acted like nothing happened the next morning at breakfast time. I was ten.
It took time, hard work with my doctor, lots of support from my endlessly supportive future husband who even went to therapy sessions with me because he wanted to learn how best to help me navigate the minefield I was working my way through. A good portion of my family was not supportive, either through denial or not wanting to deal with it even though they believed me because it was “in the past” and “it’s not bothering anything now, so let’s just move on.”
I’m twenty-eight now, married, a mother, and a woman with what I feel is a very healthy sex drive. I do not feel shame for being sexual, as I did in the beginning. I feel exceedingly lucky to have had the support I did, not just with my husband but with my Mom (my grandmother – thank you adult adoption), my brother, aunt and uncle, many family friends who are more family than most of the “real” family, and some of the best friends a person could have. My psychiatrist was invaluable and I still see him to this day. I am not defined by the abuse I suffered, but I have built on it, so to speak. I counsel others on an emergency basis for a local mental health non-profit organization, have participated in Take Back the Night events, and often attend (and sometimes lead) support group meetings for others dealing with sexual abuse and/or incest.
My Mom called me a survivor and it made me uncomfortable for a while, as I did not feel like one. Yet. Now I know that I am. I am a survivor. I embrace it now. My past did not break me. My cousin and mother did not break me, although they tried their hardest. I am here and I am whole.
I wish with all of my heart that Bill Cosby’s victims have found/will find a place of peace within themselves to deal with what was done to them. Support is invaluable, I know that firsthand, but true healing can only come from within oneself.
I also wish with all of my heart that Bill Cosby is meted out of the punishment he deserves. Sadly, I think he will not, just as my abuser was not. He said/she said defenses are so very prevalent in our society, as Damon Wayans and several commenters here have just proven again that it makes it nearly impossible for women to be take seriously. DNA seems to be the only way to prove anything and even then defense attorneys will sometimes do unspeakable things to try and blacken the reputations of the victim in order to get their clients off. (I watched this when the cousin got caught a few years ago for attacking another woman. He, thankfully, went to jail for that one.)
Society has a long way to go, but those of you here make me feel better with every supportive comment for common sense and decency. Thank you for that.
(ETA: Stepping off of my soap box now. Sorry for all of that. Just carry on and ignore my word vomit. I’m pregnant and emotional. I apologize for all of this. I just couldn’t seem to make the words stop – and I took a bunch out! So sorry, again.)
@Byland — I admire you so, so much — many, many blessings on you and your wonderful husband, and your little bundle of joy. #Allthehugs
Thank you so very much, pabena. I just read FLORC’s comment about how hard it is for women to admit to their assaults and it sparked something in me. I share on a regular basis while volunteering, but not usually the whole story at once, you know? Hormones, I guess.
And, yes, my husband is wonderful and I don’t feel like I am the slightly bit biased when I say that. It’s just fact. Also, thank you for the good wishes about my pregnancy. Our oldest (4) wants a sister to help combat her younger brother (2) who himself is entirely unsure about the whole thing. They are even more confused about the whole twins matter. We kind of are, too. It’s a good thing we wanted a big family. 😉
That is a dreadful experience to have lived through and I am astounded at your strength and courage to emerge from it – complete. Those responsible for your misery never were or ever will be complete evolved human beings – you have won at life in a way they can never dream of – your kids are lucky to have a Mum like you.
Oh, wow, frisbee. Thank you. I don’t even really know what to say except that.
My deepest wish is that my children always know that they are loved, that they always feel home is a safe place, and that they always know we will be there for them. It’s mine and my husband’s top priority in life.
Thanks so much, again. My crazy pregnant lady emotions are exceedingly grateful for your kind words.
byland, I’m reading this with tears in my eyes. I’m so sorry for what happened to you, but I am also extremely happy you found someone you could trust and confide in, with whom you could share a life full of love and start a family. I wish you and your loved-ones all the best! My most sincere congratulations on what you have achieved – you are super strong.
I’m woman i don’t believe Mr Cosby raped that many woman . Women have fallen in lust with designer lifestyle makeup shoes clothes and bags. Sadly they’ll do anything to achieve their materalistic dream even accusing good men of rape for money ¥¥££€€€$$$$€€€£££. Sigh
*sarcasm* or you have got to be trolling/ a member of Cosby’s legal team/a member of Cosby’s PR team (cross out as applicable) …
Sigh indeed.
Glad you used as many currency symbols as you could find on your keyboard.
‘Good’ as defined by you is a man who hasn’t raped you himself, unless you’re there to watch however you don’t care what ‘good’ men do in their houses when the doors close. Simple minds.
I could almost say that I hope it happens to you so you could understand better, but I’m not quite that cruel. I loathe everything about you, however, and every word you said.
Hblah is not necessarily a woman. I’ve seen such “I’m a woman, but…” posts in forums before, often in a clearly male writing style (men and women typically write in different styles). Not enough here to be sure, but people do lie about themselves frequently on the net. It’s in the same category as “I’m not a fan, but…” from people who are obviously fans or hirelings.
@jwoolman, yeah my first response was that it was a male writer, there are a couple who escape onto here occasionally to troll.
Thank you both. Male or female, just a despicable excuse for a human being.
I also had/have doubts as to the commenter’s sex (went back and forth on the use of the world “fellow” in my comment below), but I choose to give the benefit of a doubt. Women can be a$$holes too.
(See, hblah? Other people can used dollar signs for effect, as well.)
No hblah….in fact many of the women Cosby attacked were already successful and wealthy in their own right and didn’t need some disgusting pervert to drug them and rape them so that they could get a new handbag. Yours is one of the most disheartening and ugly comments I’ve ever seen on this topic, if not the worst, so please refrain from making any more and just go away.
And this underscores it again.
I hope you never find yourself the victim of rape and have to suffer through the indignity of the necessary physical exam followed by police statements, endless waiting for breaks in the case, and once the perpetrator is found – should you be exceedingly lucky – the wonderful digging through of your past by a defense attorney who will bring up every blind date you’ve ever been on and every school dance you attended.
Save some room for compassion for your fellow womankind, hmm?
I think sometimes people want to remember Cosby for who we thought he was and not who we found out he is.
No one is unrapeable. To. Me, that’s like saying you can force the women into sex but its ok because they’ve slept around. So they’re not ” pure” in his eyes. That line of thinking is disgusting and such an ambiguous standard, how many lovers does it take to make you unrapeable? Two, five, twelve, oh, I guess its whatever the man thinks. And most of the time, its guys who have slept around who think this way.
Actually he is saying they are unrapeable based on the premise that many of them are elderly or not attractive to Damon.He obviously believes rape is about sex and not power and control.Also this idiot believes some of the women waited 40years to tell their story because they forgot or didn’t know Cosby violated them.I have no doubt Cosby raped these women and many more.Yet I know many people do not believe the women or most of them because most people have not read their accounts of what happened.DAmon had to be told many of them women told their stories decades ago but weren’t believed or were told by agents ,relatives,etc to keep quiet.
Lastly Damon is an idiot but I bet if a national poll was done and people were if you believe Cosby raped most of the women,most people would say no.
Personally I have had fights with people I know who believe he only raped a few.My response is if he raped one ,HE IS A RAPIST.
It’s frustrating.
Yes, it’s a fact that elderly women can and do get raped. And by elderly, I actually mean really, really old. They aren’t in a high risk group, but if you are a woman you are at risk of rape until the day you die.
Also, most of those women wouldn’t qualify for “elderly.” I would call them “middle-aged” or “older” or something like that. I don’t think you are elderly until maybe 70? At the earliest. Although, maybe that’s just because I know a lot of vital older people.
And it’s ridiculous anyway as most of them were young when it happened.
Wayans suggests Cosby give a three hour deposition with a cigar, wine and quaaludes = birds of a feather…
I’m going to need someone to go full Homie the Clown and slap some sense into Damon’s head. Was he pretending to be Oswald Bates when he said this nonsense? Because that is the only way to explain this bs he just spewed. Then he has the nerve to act like he was misquoted, like dude, you were recorded saying those things you can’t backtrack now. Disgusting.
Note to Demon Wayans: Yer mother!
“Yer mother.” Right on and funny.
I get that he was trying to make a joke out of something horrible. He pushed his comedy to its limit and the reason why you can tell it’s a joke, is because it’s so outrageous and such a sick, twisted thing to think or say. I give comedians a lot of latitude because often their job is to shock, and offend, and expose, and push the boundaries of what can be expressed, rather than repressing thoughts that some people might already harbor. Putting that thought out there sheds light on the idea that there are those who think this way. And it’s important to understand and acknowledge that. I’d much rather someone state this and then people discuss it than have a whole bunch of people behind closed doors thinking this way and acting out or getting pats on the back in their fraternities for this mentality. As we keep saying on these boards, comedy is all about context. Comedians are our last bastion of free speech and we are censoring them left and right (no more Seinfelds or Chris Rocks) into silence.
Bring on the pitchforks….
Except rape isn’t fucking funny. And people who haven’t been raped will never understand that. It’s not about your comedy. It’s about someone’s entire wellbeing being stolen from them, but oh, haha. I guess I’m being “too PC” or “too sensitive.”
Oh please. I am so sick and tired of this nonsense where the most inflammatory, disgusting and hurtful things can be said and we’re supposed to be okay with it because it will cause us to discuss and understand it better. Bullshit! Something as horrific as rape doesn’t need to be part of a comedy routine in any way shape or form. It is an act of violence perpetrated on those of every age ranging from babies to senior citizens. His outrageous term of someone being “unrapeable” is absolutely abhorrent. So is a 90 year old woman “rapable”? Or a 6 month old baby? Society needs to stop making comments like this something we should sit around chit chatting about as we sip a glass of wine. The pretentiousness of that idea is astounding. No, call it out for what it is. Stupid, ignorant, hurtful and disgusting. It’s not funny, it’s not to be used as a gateway to discussion. What is there to discuss that is so f***ing hard to understand? Someone attacking and forcing another human into a sex act is just pure evil. Nothing to dissect, or discuss. If that makes me part of the “pitchfork” crowd, so f***ing be it.
Actually, there are plenty of funny rape jokes. Those are the ones where the joke is on the rapist, or on society’s attitudes about rape. It takes a skilled comedian to tell rape jokes, or jokes about any really serious topic. You have to be smart and thoughtful. Wayans obviously isn’t either of these things.
Wayans’ jokes are just not funny. He may think he is doing comedy, but it’s so bad that it’s hard to classify it as comedy. He gets a failing grade.
Sign me up for a pitchfork with you two. I’m not ashamed. I’m not the one who should be. Also, I don’t think he’s joking. I think he knew by the end of the interview there would be backlash and that’s why he threw in that “I hope the get justice” comment. But, no. He really thinks this way, that much is clear through his tone and word choices.
It’s always possible that a comedian is trying to make a joke that bombed. But I would wonder about that interpretation here because of the history and response of the male host and the way the female host was treated. She was there and didn’t seem to be sensing anything “bad joke” about it. Has she said anything in public about her take on the situation? Has Wayans said anything? Is he still allowed in the house by his wife and daughters?!?
Well then he should have joked about how nasty Bill Cosby is. See: Hannibal Buress. See that lame “I enjoy pudding/pudding my dick where it don’t belong” meme. The fact is that he’s chosen a side, and making jokes doesn’t cover up that he is in favor of a rapist. Because both sides have “edgy” jokes.
These statements kinda make you want to take a look at how Wayan’s been “seducing” women himself al these years, non?
I thought the same thing.
“Note to self- keep drink covered if ever in the same room with Damon Wayans”
The reason a lot of women will not come forward when they are raped is because of people Like Damon who will never give them the benefit of the doubt. Considering 20-30-40 years ago no one would believe them, especially accusing someone as powerful as BC. When he used the word unrapeable I was shocked. There was a story in the news recently about a young man about 18 yo who was arrested for rapeing a woman in her seventies. I guess in DW world this woman is unrapeable. Why would a 18 yo find a 70 year old woman attractive in order to be raped. Rape is a crime of taking Away power and control away from someone. I will never support Any project this man is a part of.
Agree with everything you said.
Plus everything.
Yeah, Damon, you were funny back in the day for about five minutes. Seeya.
how ignorant and hateful.
I’m thick-headed this morning– what does that wink wink even mean? The rest? Deplorable.
I took it to mean ‘divorce’ his wife ie protect his money by her getting at least half and keeping it safe from any lawsuits. But the divorce would be only for that and in name only therfore the ‘wink wink’.
Exactly. But what Dumbon doesn’t seem to understand is many of us think Camille is 100% complicit and we would sue the sh!t out of her, too.
I hope his “unrapeable” comment turns into “unemployable” for him (altho he’s pretty much an un-funny has-been)
He’s disgusting. How strong is the rape culture in Hollywood that a man can confess to drugging and sleeping with women in court and the women are the ones that still are considered guilty of something or in need of proving they were raped? As many women came forward the assumption is they must be lying and not this man is A SERIAL RAPIST!!! I get that it’s devastating for anyone who grew up as a fan of Cosby and some people look for a way to stay in denial, but at this point there is no doubt. He needs to STFU.
Fabulous!! My morning poo is here right on time. This a$$hole! Wow.’Unrapeable”? He is disgusting. Even Goldberg has left that building. I’m rageous. (obviously making up new words I’m so mad. It’s a combo of rage and nauseous,)
‘Rageous’ needs it’s own Wikipedia entry I think.
Rageous. Perfect word for how I feel.
He only says what many people think of the victim and it is nothing, that he should be proud of. I thought Bill Cosby is finished, but when I hear Mr Wayans statement, I say, Mr. Cosby is going to make a comeback.
Mr.Cosby will most certainly NOT be making a comeback.
I only say two words: Roman Polanski
I’m of the generation from just after The Cosby Show (even typing the name makes me feel a bit sick, I just found), so all I really have ever had is Jello pudding commericals and pop culture references to know Bill Cosby (ugh) by and let me just say that I will gather my fellow not-quite-as-young-as-we-used-to-be-but-still-young-enough’s and stage a revolt should he try. We have no allegiances to the man and no amount of past co-stars in ugly sweaters on Community will sway us. You’re welcome to stand in front of him for cannon fodder, though. You and your buddy Damon.
ETA: Polanski was before the internet age. Before social media. And he had public sympathy still somewhat in the bank because of what happened to Sharon Tate and their unborn child. But it has not been forgotton by all. This is coming from someone whose favorite mood-lifting movie used to be Animal House, but has not watched it since John Landis signed that ridiculous support letter. I have never seen The Pianist despite rave reviews of a trusted friend, nor a single Ewan McGreggor film – whom I used to adore – since he worked with him.
People have long memories, but no memory is longer than the internet’s. Cosby’s deposition is out there for all of time now.
In conclusion, I say two words, as well (and then invite you to ask him how he’s doing at the box office these days): Woody Allen.
But, people are still falling all over themselves to work with Woody Allen and his films still win Oscars. Judd Apatow has built himself a sweet little second career in which he basks in the glow of Hannibal Buress’ comment while still praising ‘his hero’ to the skies. There’s always some dead-eyed Starlet Muse of the Week acting as Allen’s sycophantic hype man and people listen because that Muse position is one of the most coveted in Hollywood.
People are still falling all over themselves to work with Roman Polanski, his films still win Oscars. Plus, yup, the petition–people who were born in the ’80s have signed it. Evidently, not being allowed to board a plane being the only long-term consequence of what he did is still a huge indignity.
The three of those psychos are roughly the same age and all have been around since loooooong before the age of social media. It’s too soon to tell with Cosby, though I don’t see him making it through this, but the other two haven’t even been slightly hurt professionally because people’s memories aren’t long if they’re invested in exonerating the guilty. See: Sheen, Charlie.
No, I get what you’re saying and I mostly agree with you. Emma Stone disapointed me greatly when she hooked up professionally with Allen. I skip shows at the Carlye (when I visit NYC) I would really like to see because he plays there reguarly. Michelle Williams, whom I adore(d), did a special perfume commericial with Natalie Portman that was directed by Polanski. I couldn’t understand how a woman with a young daughter could be anywhere near the man, let alone work with him.
I know not all 20-somethings will stand in the before mentioned army. By not everyone outside my age group will protect Cosby, as the comment setion here proves. I was just trying to make a point, although it was admitedly not entirely fleshed out. I’m certainly not ageist. Everyone who wants can join. As was mentioned above in another comment, there are pitchforks. Also snacks. I’m pregnant so snacks are always around, it’s pretty much a guarantee. I’ll share, I promise. And I don’t bite, despite what my husband may say. Much, at least.
And, yeah, “boo hoo, he couldn’t pick up his oscar in person” has always pissed me off.
I wasn’t accusing you of anything, so I’m not happy that I came across as if I was–whoops on me. There is also the unavoidable race component and who has *value* as victims. It’s impossible not to think of notorious ephebophile R. Kelly’s looooooooong list of crimes against young black girls which have warranted a forgotten article and a lot of ridicule/scorn for the victims. Those children don’t get a thread of the sympathy (blinkered though it is) that these grown women get, they won’t either. I think the whole damaging, ‘white women need to be protected from black men who rape them because they’re brutes who could never be satisfied with *ugly*, mannish, unfeminine black women’ trope is what’s getting the hackles of people like Wayans up, but he’s made a fool of himself by going way too far trying to defend the ‘good name’ of black men who get caught in the crosshairs of that stereotype. The thing is, he’s not recognising that Cosby did it, cliched, or not. Kelly perseveres, even with videotaped evidence of his crimes because his victims don’t have the social value that Cosby’s do, even if it took this long. Of course I believe them, that’s not in question, it’s just shitty that dated physical proof of the sexual abuse of black girls holds less weight than 45-year-old recollections from more *sympathetic* victims. That’s the other side of the story to me, the part about victims who don’t get the, ‘at least things are changing, slowly, let’s hear and honour their stories, finally’ P.S.
Just for the sake of fairness (perhaps unfairly so?), we may be misreading Mark’s initial comment, I think. He DOES say, “and it is nothing, that he should be proud of.” I think it might — MIGHT — be a not-very-clearly worded way of pointing out that Damon is unfortunately saying what many people still think, and that THEREFORE Cosby might be able to make a comeback, the way Woody Allen has (although did Woody ever really fall to the extreme that Cosby has? I don’t know, I’ve never followed him). If so, then Mark is just a cynic commenting on the way powerful men often manage to thrive in spite of justice. If not, then Mark can take several flying leaps and spend the next few lifetimes working at a shelter for battered women. As should the Asshole Currently Under Discussion, for that matter.
“Some of them is unrapeable?” Oh. Dear. Lord.
My thoughts exactly. Aside from that being an incredibly ignorant, callous, heartless and ridiculous statement, who the hell speaks like that? Is this some new term being used?
I’m in a rage. I hate him beyond words. Hope he suffers and his family suffers (brothers and such…not his daughters obvs, bc who knows what has happened to them with THAT kind of “Dad” “protecting” them when they were young, maybe they were “unrapable” too? What makes a girl rapable???) Asshat. Hope he dies a miserable death, and soon. The next minute won’t be soon enough. I hope the media pushes down on him HARD!!!!! Boycott the Wayans “We like Rape” Brothers projects. I hope he and his family feel the consequences of those statements for a long long long time. I feel violent.
Why would we boycott the Wayans family based on what Damon says? Would you boycott Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez based on some dumbness comment made by Charlie Sheen?
Because they Wayans brothers have a very very long history of collaborating on projects together, including with Damon. They have built a family empire and a brand by writing, directing, producing, and performing together and making money off those projects. If Emilio Estevez was that stupid to align and partner up with Charlie Sheen in the same prolific ways the Wayans brother are known for, you bet your boots I’d boycott him too.
J.F.C. I get that people still think this way, which is awful, but it seems leagues worse that anyone still TALKS this way.
Let’s prioritize this crap:
1. The ONLY way D Wayans can get a mention is by saying that women are unrapeable. Maybe it’s time to stop saying stupid crap and just accept your sad slide into nothingness and irrelevancy, Damon.
2. By saying women are unrapeable, he’s saying they are too unattractive to rape. So, he thinks rape is about finding someone so attractive that a person is unable to not have sex with them. He actually thinks that rape is about sex and sexual attraction – when EVERY expert knows that rape is about violence and power. Jesus Christ, Damon.
3. He’s making the number one mistake that men make: he’s supporting WHAT B Cosby is, not WHO B Cosby is. As a black comedian, D Wayans is saying to himself, I’ve got to support Cosby, he was a pioneer, he opened up the world of comedy for me and my brother. He’s forgetting that B Cosby – allegedly – sexually assaulted women – a lot of women. So he thinks he’s doing this: I’m a black, male comedian defending a black, male comedian. When in actuality he’s doing this: I’m defending a rapist. Double Jesus Christ, Damon.
4. This mother trucker just ruined In Living Color re-runs for me – forever. And for that alone, he needs to be punished.
Perfectly stated. Me, I had trouble forming coherent thoughts I’m so sickened and enraged by what he said.
I looked up “unrapeable” in the dictionary, it doesn’t exist. So Mr Wayans, you can sit down now.
This!!!^^^^
Sounds like someone is going with the “bad press is better than no press ” theory.
Whatever dude. Say hello to the 90’s for me.
I have belieived that Cosby is a rapist since the nineties…..but I do believe that women who went to his hotel room to drink or take a qualude are very naive….he does have some very innocent victims but I don’t think people like Janice Dickenson, who seems like a bit of a hustler represent them well…
Have any of the stories indicate any of the women took quaaludes knowingly? Having a drink is just being sociable, not an invitation for sex. Especially in that era- everybody was offered a drink in social and business discussions. Take a look at Bewitched reruns – a very G-rated, family friendly show from that era. People who visit hardly get their coats off before an alcoholic drink is shoved in their hands. That was a true reflection of ordinary life. TV shows stopped doing that eventually, at least the family-friendly ones. But it was like smoking, most of the characters did it in the 1950s and 1960s at least. Now it’s rare on TV.
One of the women did report that she did go to his hotel room with the intentions of sleeping with him. He still drugged her in the hotel room and she woke up naked with him long gone. Well guess what? THAT IS STILL RAPE! That she was planning on sleeping with him doesn’t mean he can drug her against her will (which is super dangerous by the way! She could of died! Especially since he didn’t stick around to ensure she woke up okay) and then use her while she is unconscious and cannot express consent for different sexual acts. So even if a victim wasn’t “innocent” as you say, that is IRRELEVANT. It is still wrong, it is still rape!
I had been on the fence about Wayans the past few years after his crummy movies… Thanks for making me pick a side, you misogynistic douche!
I generally dislike social media /internet outrage. I think much of it is manufactured, driven by groups eith an agenda and supported by those jumping on a bandwagon. Nevertheless, in this instance it’s genuinely depressing that so few are commenting. No trend on twitter, few headlines.
Instead, the lame argument is being made that because he’s a hasbeen celebrity he should be ignored and his comments swept under the carpet.
Shameful.
Was he high or something????
Wow. Just wow.
Let’s hope a Cosby never walks into the life of his wife,daughter or any other woman he cares deeply about.
“Unrapeable” sounds like a word, which sound like a statement from a rapist on trail.
UNRAPEABLE? UNRAPEABLE? Please tell me that in the year 2015, that a grown ass man would use this term!! Does this moron know that tiny babies have suffered rape, children have suffered rape, old woman have been raped….and yes, you idiot, MEN have suffered rape…I don’t think he would have made a comment like this, if some man had just drugged and sodomised him! I don’t think he would find that “funny” at all!!!
Just in case anyone thinks it is an exaggeration to say that babies have been raped, I was on a Grand Jury that heard the case of a man who raped his girlfriend’s 16 month old. That little girl had to have a hysterectomy. The doctor cried during his testimony. So yes, rape can happen at any age to any one. And Damon revealed too much about himself in this interview. He is an a$$hole and I will add him to my list of actors whose work I will never support in any fashion.
Wayans is ignoring the fact that Cosby testified under oath that he did in fact drug women. He’s also ignoring that there is no money in it for these women. No one is making money, here. Money is to keep people quiet. They aren’t keeping quiet. He has a belief system in place that women are money hustlers and he only values the ones he finds sexually desirable. He seems to me to be a man who had beautiful women come on to him, and it was only because he was (emphasis on WAS) famous and popular. He’s unfortunate looking, but money and fame are aphrodisiacs. So he is probably bitter that women whom he believed were attracted to him were only attracted to what he could do for them and buy for them. People of all genders are assholes, Damon! It doesn’t mean Cosby’s not a rapist.
Speechless……….wtf? I loved him on In Living Color, too.
What a complete idiot he is. I just have no words…..
If this colon receptacle was trying to be funny then he is an utter failure! There is absolutely nothing funny in this. If he was serious then I weep for his daughters and granddaughters.
please… just don´t put Bill Crosby images anymore.!
I feel so sorry for his daughters…I hope this man gets verbally assaulted when he shows his face in public. Dude is so ignorant.
What an ignorant black racist. He’s for Cosby even if Cosby raped his own child. Disgusting.
Both He and Cosby re despicable but pray tell what does this have to do with being a a ” black racist ?”
Are the people who support Woody Allen and his inappropriate relationship with Soon Yi ” white racist ‘?
Like WTF
rapists are much more than bullies because the victim is scarred inside for life.
not once has Cosby or his wife spoken about how despicable rape is.
and now Wayans’ remark makes light of rape.
Illiterate talentless moron.
Damon also kept calling the victims “bitches”. Don’t twist his words??!! Nice try Damon. My first thought as well was about his daughters. Really despicable.
Did Bill Cosby criticized rappers for their language and unsing words like “bitches”?
Despicable.
Not excusing Wayans, but the family was raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses and they have some really whack ideas about rape. The Williams sisters were also raised as JWs and Serena said some crazy things about the rape victim in Stevensville.
I can remember sitting in meetings, aghast at the stuff that was said about victims. If women didn’t scream loudly enough, or fight to the death during rape–they could be disfellowshipped for fornication. Also, if a rape victim is bringing an accusation of rape or molestation against another member of the congregation, she needs to have two witnesses to the attack.
What an utter, snivelling piece of shit.
I feel so truly sad for his daughters.
I can’t get past “unrapeable”. I used to like him, wow. Disgusting. Perhaps he’s a drug inducing rapist as well as I’m sure they stick together, much like the pedophilic priests. Uggghh…..
“Unrapeable.”
Wow. Just wow. What an arsehole. What makes this worse for me, infinitely worse, is that there are plenty of people who think the same thing. He’s by no means the exception. He’s just the one without a filter. And a talk show. God, I hate people.
You idiot. They didn’t get amnesia for 40 years. They never said anything as young women because he was a powerful man in Hollywood. They came forward years later because so many others did and found the courage to go public and back them up. Could there be a few jumping on the bandwagon for other reasons? Sure. But the majority come across very truthful.
And unrapeable? There are no words.
My opinion of Damon, who I was a fan of, went down so low with these remarks. Scum.