Phylicia Rashad Defends Bill Cosby From His Accusers

Phylicia Rashad is holding it down for her TV husband.

Clair Huxtable defended Bill Cosby and cast shade on his many, many accusers in an interview with Bustle.

“I don't know why anybody would feel that way,” Rashad said, when asked about people who would no longer watch the Cosby Show because of Bill's convicted sex crimes. “I just don’t accept what somebody says because they say it, and they say it in a loud voice. The internet has given a lot of anonymous people a very loud voice. And this, too, has happened before.”

"Zora Neale Hurston died a pauper,” Rashad continued. “And do you know why?

 Hurston, a celebrated Black author in the first half of the 20th century, had been accused by her neighbor of having sexual relations with a ten-year-old boy.  Although the case was ultimately dismissed, it got picked up in the press and that ruined her career.

"You should go back and look at some charges that were brought up against her that didn’t make any sense. And look at what happened when the judge had thrown out the case, but it had gone through [Black magazines], through this step and the other, and her books were taken off the shelf."

Do you think Rashad really thinks Cosby got set up, or is she just worried about those sitcom residuals?