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Bill Cosby faced even more hecklers during his series of shows in Canada, this time choosing to deal with a disturbance during his final show a little differently than before. Instead of awkward jokes that might be taken the wrong way, Cosby decided to let the protestors have their say. From The Hollywood Reporter:
Cosby had been on stage for roughly five minutes when he praised protesters outside the Hamilton Place theater for braving frigid wintry conditions to “say what they believed in” over his mounting sexual assault allegations.
Then, just as Cosby launched into his comedy act, roughly 30 women rose from their seats, removed their coats to display white t-shirts emblazoned with the words “We Believe the Women” across the front and backs to launch their protest.
Some of the women blew whistles, while others shouted down Cosby by chanting “we believe the women, we believe the women.” As security waded into the audience to corral the protesters, Cosby was on his feet calling out, “Stop, stop, let them, let them, stop… let them have their say.”
Cosby echoed these sentiments when addressing his audience, getting a few supporters along the way (even if making this some sort of “us against them” issue seems pretty wrong).
The show attempted to get restarted after this large disturbance, but another heckler stood up to continue at the comedian:
Then, just as calm seemed to return to the theater, a male protester rose from his seat to yell out: “You’re a piece of sh*t. You rapist.” Cosby, who now had a grim smile on his face, said “stop, no, no, don’t do this,” as he looked on as the security finished corralling the hecklers.
Before this show, only one heckler had given Cosby trouble on stage during his trio of shows in Canada. One can only assume that this latest showing is only a taste of what the comedian could see during the rest of his tour dates through May.
(Via The Hollywood Reporter / Mashable)
