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Comedian/Actor Eddie Griffin says the recent Bill Cosby allegations are part of a bigger conspiracy in the U.S. to destroy successful black people. He brings up Michael Jackson's child molestation accusations, Kobe Bryant's rape allegations, and reports of Michael Jordon's excessive gambling.

(For the record, no I don't agree with anything that Eddie Griffin is saying. But this story is being reported by large outlets like NBC/MSNBC so I figured it was worth discussing.)

Comedian Eddie Griffin lashed out at accusers of Bill Cosby and suggested there was a conspiracy in the U.S. to topple African-American cultural icons in a video interview published Wednesday on the hip-hop tabloid website VladTV.

When asked about the slew of women who have alleged sexual misconduct, including drugging and assault, at the hands of the now 78-year-old comedian, Griffin said, “There is a systematic effort to destroy every black male entertainer’s image. They want us all to have an asterisk by our name.” He went on to reference the 2003 rape allegations against Kobe Bryant, child molestation accusations against the late pop star Michael Jackson and reports of excessive gambling regarding retired NBA star Michael Jordan as examples.

“Nobody leaves this business clean,” he added.

“Did he rape these b**ches?” Griffin asks rhetorically in his VladTV interview. “Why would you go to the room of a known married man?”

“First off you have to remember this was in the ’70s. I’m old enough to remember the ’70s. The ’70s is a different time,” said Griffin, who claimed that Quaaludes were frequently used to help people “level out” after cocaine use.

“[Cosby] has single-handedly sent a bunch of brothers and sisters to college. Even if he didn’t pay for it himself, he gave them the idea that it was possible,” said Griffin who called the embattled comedian a “class act.” “And then some p***y is supposed to tear that down.”

Source: MSNBC, VIBE

 

[harSon]

didn't take a systematic effort to destroy eddie's career

 

[Transistor]

No, it's a systematic effort to destroy rapists. Plain and simple

 

[Davilmar]

No, it's a systematic effort to destroy rapists. Plain and simple

And we are done.

 

[CrocMother]

This doesn't make sense as Cosby's career is long over.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Bill Cosby made a systematic effort to destroy himself by committing 50+ rapes

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Sounds like Undercover Brother's been spending too much time with Conspiracy Brother.

 

[Broken Joystick]

“Did he rape these b**ches?” Griffin asks rhetorically in his VladTV interview. “Why would you go to the room of a known married man?”

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Really? Is he going to put gambling up there with rape? Come on, bro.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Fuck. And our 40 year plan to destroy Bill Cosby was nearly complete. :/

 

[-griffy-]

Eddie Griffin complains of systemic problems faced by famous black men while in the same breath furthering systemic issues against women by victim blaming women who have suffered sexual abuse.

 

[AtomskEater]

“Did he rape these b**ches?” Griffin asks rhetorically in his VladTV interview. “Why would you go to the room of a known married man?”

Oh my fucking goooooooooood just shut up douche.

Eddie Griffin complains of systemic problems faced by famous black men while in the same breath furthering systemic issues against women by victim blaming women who have suffered sexual abuse.

Yes, thank you. This is what I felt in my soul and was completely unable to put into words.

 

[Dennis]

This doesn't make sense as Cosby's career is long over.

Yeah, if there was a conspiracy it is about 20 years too late.

Anyway, this guy is gross.

 

[Ivan 3414]

Sounds like Undercover Brother's been spending too much time with Conspiracy Brother.

Actually fitting considering who plays Conspiracy Brother

 

[Afrocious]

I fucking hate shit like this. Bill Cosby isn't worth the defense or the time or day to even consider he's being destroyed because of his success. We (as in black people) can do better than him. And it outright disgusts me to see black men rail on the women who gave testimonies by calling them whores and such.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

“Did he rape these b**ches?” Griffin asks rhetorically in his VladTV interview. “Why would you go to the room of a known married man?”

Griffin compared the plethora of women who have come forward recently alleging misconduct decades prior to someone who reports a robbery 30 years after the fact and pointed out that film director Roman Polanski, who was convicted on unlawful sex with a minor and fled to Europe in the late ’70s to avoid U.S. jail time, is still working.

“[Cosby] has single-handedly sent a bunch of brothers and sisters to college. Even if he didn’t pay for it himself, he gave them the idea that it was possible,” said Griffin who called the embattled comedian a “class act.” “And then some p***y is supposed to tear that down.”

Holy fucking shit, this guy...

 

[Melkezadek]

I fucking hate seeing people try to defend this man with talk of conspiracies.

He's a rapist.

I fucking hate shit like this. Bill Cosby isn't worth the defense or the time or day to even consider he's being destroyed because of his success. We (as in black people) can do better than him. And it outright disgusts me to see black men rail on the women who gave testimonies by calling them whores and such.

Said it better than me.

 

[Markitron]

I used to like Eddie Griffin (mostly because of the World Series of Dice sketch). I then made the mistake of watching one of his stand-ups on Netflix, he is a horrible human being.

This doesn't surprise me one bit.

 

[harSon]

70's were a different time bruhs

We can't let pussy tear down what Cosby has built bruhs

What about Roman tho bruhs

What about that robbery three decades ago bruhs

Get the fuck out of here Eddie Griffen

 

[Ingueferroque]

Bitches? Really?

 

[The Beard]

This type of shit is sad. Yes Eddie, it's all just a big conspiracy. Michael Jackson was just a normal dude that liked having sleepovers with preteen boys. Someone hired 30+ women to say Cosby drugged and raped them because he almost made it through life without a blemish, and we just can't have that. All of Jordan's black friends that always talk about how crazy competitive he is and how much he loves to gamble is just an inside job to bring him down. smh fucking delusional.

 

[LionPride]

I'm really starting to believe that whole only one successful black comedian per decade thing where there is only one who actually is very successful and the other somewhat successful ones fall off and do crazy shit

 

[Order]

Sigh

Time to cross another one off the list

 

[Black Republican]

I fucking hate shit like this. Bill Cosby isn't worth the defense or the time or day to even consider he's being destroyed because of his success. We (as in black people) can do better than him. And it outright disgusts me to see black men rail on the women who gave testimonies by calling them whores and such.

yep, its a sad thing to see

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

“Did he rape these b**ches?” Griffin asks rhetorically in his VladTV interview. “Why would you go to the room of a known married man?”

Well it's obvious what Eddie Griffin thinks of women. Ask why the fuck a married man is inviting women to see him.

 

[Cranster]

Wasn't it a black comedian who called Bill Cosby out for raping women?

 

[MWS Natural]

Don't agree with him but definitely a difference in how Coby was treated vs other stars who have committed crimes against women and children in the past.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Does this mean vlad will stop bringing up his slim jesus interview every chance he gets?

 

[Froli]

This guy is a fucking idiot.

 

[Infinite]

This is sad at this point.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Chamillionaire's MJ story was a govt conspiracy! I tell you!

 

[tomtom94]

Wasn't it a black comedian who called Bill Cosby out for raping women?

well duh, the Illuminati need to make it look like an inside job

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

Sigh

Time to cross another one off the list

Yep.
Shameful.

 

[The Beard]

Don't agree with him but definitely a difference in how Coby was treated vs other stars who have committed crimes against women and children in the past.

Give me an example of another celebrity that raped over 30 women and got off easier than Cosby.

 

[harSon]

Don't agree with him but definitely a difference in how Coby was treated vs other stars who have committed crimes against women and children in the past.

That difference comes from the fact that he's about 30+ allegations deep, as well as the virtuous family man image he was trying to shove down people's throats.

 

[Sapiens]

Lol, he remembers being at most 12 in the 70s and taking 'ludes to chill his bitches out after they did coke together.

Comeon.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Wasn't it a black comedian who called Bill Cosby out for raping women?

Hannibal Buress. Guess he doesn't count for reasons.

Lol, he remembers being at most 12 in the 70s and taking 'ludes to chill his bitches out after they did coke together.

Comeon.

Yeah that was total bullshit, but even if he did remember, it wouldn't justify anything whatsoever.

Dude's a disgusting sociopath.

 

[Melkezadek]

Don't agree with him but definitely a difference in how Coby was treated vs other stars who have committed crimes against women and children in the past.

Probably because Cosby is known to be incredibly condescending and comes off as overly critical of certain demographics.

Makes him look like a hypocrite.

 

[digitaldevmike]

This is probably the biggest L he's taken since Redline (2007).

 

[Quixzlizx]

Didn't Cosby often have a "black people cause their own problems" attitude as he grew older? You'd think the racist conspiracy would want to prop him up as "one of the good ones," not tear him down.

 

[Markitron]

Hannibal Buress. Guess he doesn't count for reasons.

Why was it that a comedian got the ball rolling on this? I'm kinda curious as to how this took so long to become general public knowledge when apparently the info was out there.

 

[Calvero]

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Didn't Cosby often have a "black people cause their own problems" attitude as he grew older? You'd think the racist conspiracy would want to prop him up as "one of the good ones," not tear him down.

Exactly.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Why was it that a comedian got the ball rolling on this? I'm kinda curious as to how this took so long to become general public knowledge when apparently the info was out there.

People don't believe rape victims when they speak out, especially when it's against a popular celebrity.

Hannibal's video went viral and got people talking, and the pressure from the world talking about it got us here.

 

[Arkos]

Sounds like Undercover Brother's been spending too much time with Conspiracy Brother.

Hahaww. I love Undercover Brother y u do this Eddie

 

[Speevy]

Didn't Cosby often have a "black people cause their own problems" attitude as he grew older? You'd think the racist conspiracy would want to prop him up as "one of the good ones," not tear him down.

As I recall, Cosby thinks black people need to take responsibility for their own actions.

In his case, it's about damn time.

 

[dakun]

there is no doubt in my mind that people conspired to take down MJ. Mainly the parents of the two kids and the DA that was hunting MJ for 15 years.

Griffin is on a whole different level of conspiracy theorist though..

 

[Sandfox]

Cosby both helped out and paved the road for a lot of black people so I can see why Griffin would try to defend him, but I don't agree.

 

[Foffy]

To Griffin's credit, black people are treated so poorly in America that this can be genuinely argued as an example of systemic racism.

Too bad he's banking on a horse than even if that were true, Cosby did in fact do a lot of shady shit.

 

[Arnie7]

Sounds like a conspiracy plot from this film.