On Thursday, Marc Lamont Hill and former reality TV court Judge Joe Brown got into a heated discussion on Hill’s TV news show, “Black News Tonight,” about the disgraced comedian Bill Cosby’s recent release from prison.
Hill later tweeted that the conversation, which happened the day after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction, left him “disgusted.”
Hill, a professor at Cosby’s alma mater, Temple University, invited Brown to his show to debate the issue after the two fired off opposing tweets.
In a segment that lasted over 15 minutes, the two went back and forth about Cosby and his accusers.
“What about these women being accountable for their own behavior,” said Brown, who hosted the show, Judge Joe Brown. “They were groupies. Sex, drugs, rock and roll; sex, drugs, rap; sex, drugs, baseball; football; basketball; movies; television. See, it’s called being a groupie. We forgot what that term meant.”
Brown continued, “The bimbos come to the party. They hang out, they get drunk, they snort lines of blow, and they have a good time. They use the hall closets to give head, bathrooms to get down, and you go in to get your coat off of the bed, and they’re laying on top of it doing somebody. See, that’s what that’s about.”
When Hill said that what Cosby did was not consensual since he drugged the women, Brown responded, “He gave them pills. He didn’t force it down their throats. He didn’t take advantage of them.”
Following the broadcast, Hill tweeted on Friday a statement about his debate with Brown.
“Last night, I interviewed Judge Joe Brown. I was disappointed and disgusted by his misogyny and apologies for rape culture. I wish I’d ended the interview sooner,” Hill said.
Last night, I interviewed Judge Joe Brown. I was disappointed and disgusted by his misogyny and apologies for rape culture. I wish I’d ended the interview sooner. https://t.co/XwWgaSU31D
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) July 2, 2021
Brown then responded, saying Hill was “way out of [his] league,” exclaiming that “I controlled the narrative.”
“You advocate feminist emotionalism; ignorance of the Law & mob rule—the cause of so many Black Deaths,” he continued.
“MAN-UP & stop letting yourself be used by our enemies.”
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Cosby was released from prison on June 30 after being incarcerated for two years when he was convicted of drugging and molesting Temple University employee Andrea Constand.
