r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 10h ago

SOCIETY In 2018, a customer secretly photographed Geoffrey Owens best known for playing Elvin on the Cosby Show working at a Trader Joe's in Clifton, New Jersey, and the images were published online in an attempt to "job-shame" him. Instead, he was able to get more work as an actor because of it.

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He went on to explain that most actors and indeed most entertainers are gig workers. For every a-lister many other actors work gig to gig and having steady work and a steady income that pays well is really hard because the field is so unpredictable. And many actors including many well know actors and artists have to have a secondary source of regular income between gigs and for most working entertainers it means getting a regular job and taking whatever roles you can get.

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u/Ural-Guy 9h ago

Worse thing is, he's a hypocrite.

RIP Norm

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u/DamonLazer 8h ago

I think the worst part was the raping.

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u/life2eli 7h ago

Then you know drugging women, then actually getting the drugs, then way down here, the hypocrisy!!

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u/Phyraxus56 7h ago

You heard him

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u/bolanrox 8h ago

When he came out and said Paul Rubens did nothing wrong, he wasn't kidding on multiple levels.

He legitimately did nothing wrong, but compared to Bill, he was an absolute saint.

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u/clutchthepearls 9h ago

RIP?

I didn't even know he was sick!

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u/deprecateddeveloper 6h ago

But also, happy birthday Norm! Today is his bday.

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u/TeeEYEdoubleDUHer 5h ago

That's cool, I didn't know that. Also, happy cake day to you!

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u/deprecateddeveloper 5h ago

Haha thanks I had no clue.

Me pointing out Norm's bday just to have my own reddit bday pointed out to me haha. WHO'S NEXT?!

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u/wizard_of_awesome62 5h ago

Me?! Nope, damn.