Cosby was kind to him when he was Urkel, White writes in his new book.
It didn’t go over well.
He told Cosby, “Mr. C. I got the message.
Jaleel White writes in his new book about his encounters with Bill Cosby.Jon Kopaloff/Getty; Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty
You don’t have to curse….”
“Oh, so now you telling me how to talk?
You think you’re able to tell me what to say?”
Cosby said, according to the book.
“I told you we’re not interested.”
White attempted to regroup.
“I’m going to be honest with you, son,” Cosby told him.
“I don’t even really know what you do.
What is it that you do?”
“That’s the last time I ever spoke to him,” White wrote.
White was not involved.
In the years since, Cosby faced allegations of sexual misconduct from dozens of women, which he denied.
He wasconvicted of sexual assaultin 2018, but he wasreleased in 2021on a technicality.
EW has reached out to Cosby’s spokesman for comment.
Growing Up Urkelis available in bookstores now.
