Looks like Bill Cosby has taken his “Dr. Huxtable” character with him to prison as the disgraced comedian is reportedly diagnosing “patients” while behind bars.
A source told Radar Online that while the convicted sex offender serves time for sexual assault, Cosby has assumed his role as Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable from “The Cosby Show” and has been giving medical advice to his fellow inmates. The source says the 81-year-old,
“believes he learned a lot about how to cure people and speak to patients after playing Dr. Huxtable for nearly eight years on ‘The Cosby Show,’” the source said. “He is accepting appointments from inmates to help diagnose anything from a cold to obesity. If he thinks they’re incurable, he refers them to the infirmary with a ‘preliminary diagnosis,’” the source admits.
“He told us that he wore a bedsheet like an ‘apron’ to get into character,” the source told the news outlet. “He said his medical skills are ‘a tad rusty’ since he played Dr. Huxtable, but he’s still ‘hip’ to the ‘role.’”
Cosby’s publicist, Andrew Wyatt, also admitted to Radar Online that Cosby has taken on a leadership role at the prison and
“has regular and in-depth discussions about getting better nutrition for the residents…getting them on natural supplements because residents and officers have major health problems.”
Cosby has been open about his criticism of the medical staff at the Pennsylvania prison calling them “overeducated, unintelligent children with a clipboard.” One inmate told a relative that
“he was told to follow along with whatever Cosby says — play along. He’s old, so the prison staff just want no problems. He hopes to get a job in the infirmary, this way they keep him in there.”
The disgraced comedian reportedly is allowed to play doctor while he serves out his 10 years. Something we don’t often hear other inmates are allowed to do.
“The prison does not intend on moving him, so we just play along to make him feel better!” a source reportedly told the outlet.
Press play below for more on this story.
