Woman Now Regrets Sharing Photo Of ‘Cosby Show’ Actor Geoffrey Owens Working At Trader Joe’s

A photograph of a former Cosby Show cast member working at a New Jersey Trader Joe’s—which was published in the Daily Mail and on FoxNews.com—sparked outrage from people who believed that the amateur photographer (and the media) was job-shaming the actor, Geoffrey Owens.

Shopper Karma Lawrence, who took the picture, told the Daily Mail at the time, “I used to watch The Cosby Show all the time; it was my favorite show. It was definitely him. I would have thought after The Cosby Show he would maybe be doing something different. It was a shock to see him working there and looking the way he did. It made me feel really bad. I was like, ‘Wow, all those years of doing the show and you ended up as a cashier.’ Other fans would be surprised for sure as well.”

Now, after many people shared their disgust that Owens was being judged negatively for having a job, Lawrence feels bad about her decision. In an interview with NJ.com, she explained, “I don’t know why I snuck a picture. I figured everybody does it. I don’t know what possessed me. I just did it. I didn’t even think about it. I just kind of did it on impulse and it was a bad impulse.”

Lawrence also insisted, “It wasn’t malicious. That’s on my kids, my grandkids, my parents. I’m not that type of a person. I’m not the monster they’re making me out to be,” and lamented the backlash she’s received: “So much hate. So much nastiness. Oh, it’s been terrible. They write Karma’s a b****. It’s bad.”

Owens, for his part, said he took the job at Trader Joe’s because his teaching and acting gigs just weren’t adding up to enough for himself and his family. And he wasn’t ashamed of working there. “There’s no job that’s better than another job,” Owens said on Good Morning America. “It might pay better, it might have better benefits, look better on a resume or on paper, but actually it’s not better. Every job is worthwhile and valuable.”

Lawrence, who says she thought that he was working at the grocery store because his Cosby Show residuals were cut in the wake of Bill Cosby’s predatory behavior being publicized, had this message for Owens, “I would tell him, ‘I am extremely, extremely apologetic about what has happened.’ And if I could take it back, I would.”

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