The comedian and filmmaker discusses how his feelings about his subject changed over the course of making the Showtime series.
Cosby — along with Eddie Murphy and others; Bell describes his younger self as “a comedy nerd before that was a thing” — also helped influence his career path: “I felt the closest connection to him and Eddie Murphy. These are people who look like people I would know,” he said. “Eddie Murphy felt like he was the same age as me, even though he wasn’t. Bill Cosby felt like the kind of guy you wanted to grow up to be.
As he got into the comedy world, Bell heard stories about Cosby having extramarital affairs, but “we file all this under showbiz, fame, fortune and everything that goes with it.” As allegations of sexual assault against Cosby piled up — eventually 60 women came forward — Bell, like others, began to reckon with the scope and weight of the accusations.
“I don’t know when I believed, but somewhere between zero and 60 is when I was like, ‘This is real,'” Bell said. “Something is happening here. This is too many women with too many stories. And I also understood sort of implicitly, there is no reason to lie about this because there is no material gain, as much as we think this is all about money for some of these women.
Bell tackles his feelings about Cosby, as well as the comedian’s legacy in American culture and the question of separating an artist from their art, in, which premiered at Sundance and has its TV debut at 10 p.m. Sunday on Showtime.
You mention several times in the documentary how big a presence he was in your childhood. Did your parents have his comedy albums, or was it just you watchingI did not grow up listening to the classic Cosby albums. My first experience with him was as the host of. But I was definitely aware that he was approved by my parents, that watching Bill Cosby was not only an OK thing to do, it was a good thing to do.
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