Judd Apatow Takes Whoopi Goldberg to Task on Twitter for Supporting Bill Cosby
Judd Apatow has made no secret of his disgust for
Bill Cosby, and on Thursday to took to Twitter again to criticize
Whoopi Goldberg‘s support of the shamed comedian.
“I think is trying to be a loyal friend. It is sad that
Bill Cosby is so sick that he puts his friends in that position,” the director-producer tweeted.
“He
admitted to giving this [drug, Quaaludes] to women to get them to have
sex. So what are you defending?” Apatow went on to ask.
“The
40 Year-Old Virgin” and “Trainwreck” filmmaker was reacting to
Goldberg’s decision to stand by her old friend in the wake of mounting
accusations and a damning 2005 deposition released Monday in which Cosby
admitted to having acquired Quaaludes to give to young women he intended to have sex with.
On
Wednesday, “The View” host loudly voiced her outrage over what she
believes is the public assumption that Cosby is guilty of sexual
assaulting and raping nearly 40 women. “No one has convicted him, he has
not been arrested, and the bottom line is that’s the law — innocent
until proven guilty.”
She then went on to compare Cosby’s case to the boys of the Duke University lacrosse team, who were falsely accused of rape.
In
his heartfelt reaction, Apatow said: “It is sad that he betrayed his
community & it has soiled his achievements. But he did it. Not the
press. 7 prescriptions.”
But
the filmmaker reminded his 1.23 million Twitter followers, “it is wise
to be careful but at some point we need to support the survivors of his
violence.”
Earlier
this week, Apatow slammed Cosby via Twitter following the release of
court documents from a 2005 sexual assault lawsuit. He then gave a
statement to
Esquire calling
on Cosby’s wife, Camille Cosby, and his former co-star on “The Cosby
Show,” Phylicia Rashad, to publicly support the comedian’s accusers.
“I
don’t think there is anything new here,” Apatow told the magazine. “It
is only new to people who didn’t believe an enormous amount of women who
stated clearly that he drugged them. We shouldn’t need
Bill Cosby to admit it to believe forty people who were victimized by him.”
