Trainwreckdirector Judd Apatowvisited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday night to do something he hadnt done in roughly 23 years: Perform stand-up. For the first time since he was 24, Apatow went onstage to dofour minutes ofcomedy, and while a portion of his routine was dedicated to the home life that inspired This Is 40, he also used his stand-up return to eviscerate Bill Cosby.
Bill Cosby is still out on the road. Isnt that weird? Hes, like, doing stand-up. What do you think his act is like, Apatow asked before launching into his astonishing Cosby impression. Have you ever been in trouble with the wife? You ever get in the doghouse with the wife because of something that you did? Like the other day, there was something about me in the paper and I didnt want my wife to read the paper, so I got up at 5 in the morning and snuck out to the driveway to get the paper. And I hid the paper. And the next day I got up and I hid the paper. And the next day, I forgot to get the paper!
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Its not just Apatows ability to mimic Cosbys voice thats impressive; the Knocked Up director, like any student of comedy, is well-versed in Cosbys unique standup phrasing and pacing, making Apatows routine even more impressive. And my wife, she said to me, What is this in the paper about the raping and the drugging and the women? And I said, Do you like your life? Do you like the house? The jet? Then have a cappuccino and shut the floyk up, Apatow said in concluding his impersonation of the vehemently anti-cursingCosby.
In Apatows Rolling Stone interview, he discussed why he has so actively targeted Cosby on social media. The Cosby thing I took seriously because I know one of the victims, who is not going to come forward, Apatow said. I had a personal connection to it, where somebody that I care about said thats exactly how it went down. Obviously you have to make sure things are true. Everything everyone says isnt true. But if you dont believe women or take their accusations very, very seriously, women will not speak up. And if women dont speak up more women will be raped. So its really all about preventing other people from getting hurt, because Cosbys on tour.
I dont know if its that we just dont want to believe terrible things happen, especially when people we love are accused like, How can my favorite person in the world do it? Its much easier not to believe the accuser. With Cosby, for a while people were thinking, Theyre all gold diggers,' Apatow added. And at some point, enough women came forward that the world knows this happened and that he is clearly some sort of sociopath.