Cameras turned to audience members to capture the announcement that the alleged rapist would take the stage.
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Coming back from a commercial break, the announcer introduced Bill Cosby as the next presenter.
Of course, Cosby never showed up, and show host Jimmy Kimmel admitted he was just aiming to get a rise out of the crowd.
However, Tina, 46, was clearly not happy about the jibe. The announcement was met with muted applause and Tina Fey and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper in particular didn’t look to pleased about the prospect of Cosby making an appearance.
At the Golden Globes previous year Tina and Amy did not hold their punches when slamming Cosby during their hosting duties.
Fetch would happen before this Bill Cosby joke. “Cosby admitted to a reporter ‘I put the pills in the people!” Cosby has been lying low in the wake of numerous sexual assault allegations, including the drugging and sexual coercion of almost 50 women since 1965.
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Bill Cosby, 79, is charged with three counts of felony-aggravated indecent assault.
