EXCLUSIVE
Bill Cosby‘s Father’s Day tweet left most thinking it was a PR stunt from his team, but we’ve learned it came from the Cos himself … who spoke it into existence from behind bars.
Cosby’s rep, Andrew Wyatt, tells TMZ … Bill called from prison Sunday night, wanting to get a Father’s Day message out to the public from his official social media accounts. Wyatt says Bill dictated through the phone exactly what he wished to say.
Wyatt says Bill does this often — he’s on with his team via phone calls or face-to-face about 3 to 4 times a month.
This time, Cosby’s message — which was published to both Twitter and Instagram — read, “Hey, Hey, Hey…It’s America’s Dad…I know it’s late, but to all the Dads… It’s an honor to be called a Father, so let’s make today a renewed oath to fulfilling our purpose — strengthening our families and communities.”
An old video of Cosby during a CBS Black History Month special was attached to the posts. In the clip, he discusses how mass incarceration has affected black men and broken up tons of families in the process. He says, “America invented the cruelest slavery in the history of the world because it broke up black families. After slavery was over, America kept breaking up the black man’s family and that’s some awful history to teach.”
As you might imagine, Coby’s posts caught some backlash. Apparently, people don’t wanna hear from a convicted predator — that kinda seems to be the consensus all around. Remember, he was found guilty in 2018 of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand.
What also pissed people off was Cosby playing up his old unofficial title as America’s TV dad, but Wyatt tells us everyone’s got it twisted … ’cause BC was just going off of what he’s hearing from the yard. Wyatt says Cosby has relayed that lots of other inmates refer to him as “their dad” and that he was simply running with that for the tweet/IG.
Wyatt also says he just doesn’t understand the criticism over Cosby’s words — as his message was nothing but positive for the holiday. Uhhh, we can take guess. Just sayin’ …