In Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, the 'We Need to Talk About Cosby' creator offers his take on the proposed tour: 'I don't know a lot of 85-year-old comedians on tour, especially with his history.'
Sundance kicked off its fest with a mountain-chic opening night fundraiser whose slate of honorees includedThe comic and filmmaker, who picked up the nonfiction Vanguard Award presented by Acura at the IMDbPro-presented event, offered his take on the news that disgraced comedian“It’s clear to me that there are people around Bill Cosby
who feel the need to keep his name in the press. He’s 85 years old. I don’t know a lot of 85-year-old comedians on tour, especially with his history. I know that my name is forever going to be tied to Bill Cosby because of this project, and I’m proud of the work put into it and I stand by it, but I won’t be buying tickets if he goes on tour.”
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