Camille Cosby, wife of Bill Cosby, has suggested that the #MeToo movement is rooted in racism, adding that her husband’s accusers need to “clean up their acts”.
After saying she was “very, very pleased” with the decision, Cosby added: “The #MeToo movement and movements like them have intentional ignorance pertaining to the history of particular white women – not all white women – but particular white women, who have from the very beginning, pertaining to the enslavement of African people, accused black males of sexual assault without any proof whatsoever, no proof, anywhere on the face of the Earth.”
After presenter Linsey Davis reminded Cosby that a number of her husband’s accusers were black women, Cosby replied: “Yeah, just joining the group, but I cannot go into that because there are legal ramifications.”
Cosby provided the rare interview to ABC News after it was confirmed that her husband’s 2018 conviction for sexual assault was to be reviewed by an appeals court.