http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6116357/The-Cosby-star-Geoffrey-Owens-spotted-working-cashier-Trader-Joes-New-Jersey.html

From learning lines to serving the long line! The Cosby Show star Geoffrey Owens is spotted working as a cashier at Trader Joe's in New Jersey
Geoffrey Owens, 57, played Elvin Tibideaux in the show between 1985 and 1992
A shopper spotted Owens behind a till at the store in Clifton, New Jersey
After The Cosby Show, Owens went on to appear in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and That's So Raven
Owens most recently starred in an episode of Lucifer in 2017

By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER

The actor who played Elvin in The Cosby Show is now working as a cashier at Trader Joe's, photos reveal.

A shopper spotted Geoffrey Owens, 57, behind a till at the store in Clifton, New Jersey, where staff earn around $11 an hour.

Wearing an ID badge bearing his name, the former star wore a Trader Joe's t-shirt with stain marks on the front as he weighed a bag of potatoes.

Karma Lawrence, 50, was grocery shopping with her wife, security manager Yanelle, 40, when she saw Owens at around 7.30pm on Saturday and snapped some photos.

The medical secretary, from Clifton, said: 'I was just in Trader Joe's and I said to my wife, I said, "Wait a minute, that's the guy from The Cosby Show."

'She looked at him and said, "It looks like him. He's a little heavier."

'I pulled up a site on the internet to look at a picture of him and said, "That is him."

'I have never seen him at Trader Joe's before. I was getting a bunch of groceries and he wasn't really looking at anybody, but he said, "Have a nice day."

Owens played Elvin Tibideaux, the husband of Sondra Huxtable, on the final five seasons of NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, between 1985 and 1992.

The show's main character, Cliff Huxtable, was played by disgraced actor Bill Cosby, who is a convicted sex offender after being accused of abuse by over 60 women.

Owens went on to appear in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and That's So Raven and most recently starred in an episode of Lucifer in 2017.

Lawrence added: '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.'

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was looking rough.

I even remember texting a friend about it almost immediately. It was winter time and his lips were extremely dry and chapped. As in, he had a gigantic flake of dead lip skin sort of flapping from his bottom lip. Plus his clothes looked really worn and dirty. Frankly, in the pictures I've seen wrt this thing now, he looks a ton better than he did when I saw him.

I know having acting as a passion can necessitate taking whatever honest employment you can get, so I feel his situation.

'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.'

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damn. such an invasion of privacy.
I hate people lol

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I thought this got attention as result of Fox News dedicating a segment on it recently, not because of black women.

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People need to leave that poor man alone.

I hate that his shirt is dirty in the photo.

As an aside, I almost didn't click on this post cuz I had no clue which Elvin the poster was referring to, and I've never heard of TJ's being referred to as the "Wilderness Store."

A slight edit might get more hits. I don't know, maybe "Black Women Tried to Shame Cosby Show Actor For Working at Trader Joe's?"

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>As an aside, I almost didn't click on this post cuz I had no
>clue which Elvin the poster was referring to, and I've never
>heard of TJ's being referred to as the "Wilderness Store."
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week.

We're actually late in discussing it.

I live halfway under a rock and I've been MIA on most social media platforms for the last couple of weeks.

My bad.

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He was on last year's Lucifer and he is about to be in Tyler Perry's new series on Oprah's OWN. He is just keeping from being bored in between gigs

and this is a way to stay “normal” vs living in Hollywood fantasyland

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Shrugs

im pretty sure these actors dont have healthcare either

id work at TJs for that alone if was an actor

That's good to know. I should have peeped his IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654369/

As the USA Today/Good Morning America coverage confirmed, it doesn't look like he's earning enough to pay the bills BUT he is getting a steady stream of occasional work.

This is a good read from USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/09/04/geoffrey-owens-cosby-show-trader-joes-job-good-morning-america/1188829002/

"Owens explained he decided to work at Trader Joe's, where he's been employed for about 15 months, after being unable to make ends meet.

“I got to a point where I’d been teaching, acting, directing for 30+ years, but it got to a point where it just didn’t add up enough and you gotta do what you got to do," he shared, adding the job offered "flexibility," so he could "try to stay in the business."

He still looks good and he's an attractive man. He's just little chubby.

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What's funny is when that happen on the show I was as mad at Sandra and Alvin was as the parents (when you think I should identify with the children).


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>What's funny is when that happen on the show I was as mad at
>Sandra and Alvin was as the parents (when you think I should
>identify with the children).

...look at the dumb stuff kids do (based off - when not taken outright - the bits from "himself")

point being - you were supposed to be on the "parent side" because the stuff the kids pulled was often so outlandish, and the perspective from which they told stories

think about how "awesome" it was to watch claire going off, when in reality it would have sucked to be on the backend of one of those rants in real life

They were ridiculous

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Obviously, they do all sorts of jobs, like working at Trader Joes but I've always wondered about the people whose work I admired.

Like, what is N'Bushe Wright doing right now? What is Dred Scott doing? His wife (or ex-wife) Adriana Evans?

I vaguely remember someone saying Andre Cymone was working at McDonald's many years ago. I think TMZ tried to shame Carl Payne for working at a car dealership a few years ago.

I know producer J Rawls worked as a tutor for Kumon or some such circa 2007, 2008. I remember YahZarah saying that she worked at Banana Republic many years ago. This was after singing for Erykah and after putting out her debut album Hear Me.

Some are able to stay in the industry but they have to take a back seat. Instead of being a solo star they end up singing background.

These kinds of challenges must be hard in the age of social media.

//end rambling.

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It was like making the band but real low budget.

Miguel auditioned and the people in the house shitted all over him.

Recently someone posted the episode on FB and folks tracked down the most vocal member at her current job and they were going in on her.

Internet is ruthless.

What’s crazy is even tho they knew he was the best one they were too threatened to let him join the group.

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did people think he'd be living easy off Royalties FOREVER?

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This ties into the idea I presented in lauryn hill thread that she is trapped because she is too famous to “work”

Maybe this will ease that burden on us all...

Geoffrey Owens is a working actor... he got credits THIS year.... how can you shame him for also holding down a flexible gig... thats mad wack

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thank you for that moment of

Bring in some extra bread during his down time at a job where he can chill and crack jokes all day.

so now he has another gig.

Elvin responded to all of this and said: “no one should feel like their job is more important than another job”

He’s right. I have when people ask what I do and when I tell them they always ask if I work for some prestigious ad agency.

At the end of the day most of us just want to get home to our families and enjoy life. Work ain’t nothing but a job.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Shaming him for not meeting their expectations, even though he's not obligated to them in any capacity.

It goes to show how that "You should be able to relate to THIS struggle, because you experienced something somewhat similar" argument doesn't hold much weight.

who was in office over 20yrs

so, estranged from parents, caught in the 'pride' of making your own way, or what? nothing special?

i gotta think if u were paul ryan or maxine waters' child, u went off to be an artist, and 20yrs later it kinda fell apart.... u wouldnt be bagging groceries somewhere.
none of my business but wonder if there is more to the story

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Dude is prolly doing what he loves and is willing to bag groceries in between his art.

In sure he could be some stiff in an office working for his dad’s friend pushing papers but fuck it... you only live once.

He said: My story will be forgotten in a few days but hopefully this shows that every job is important and your job doesn’t define who you are as a human being (paraphrasing)

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He was my congressman back then.

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I wouldn't be surprised to see an old actor haven't seen in a while working a job like that tho, might ask for an autograph but wouldn't shame them. Shit, if I saw a more famous actor of the time like Malcolm Jamal Warner or Kadeem Hardison working at a store or restaurant it wouldn't really surprise me.

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Well played.

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you just said he was so dope in OKS.

ThaTruth been on these boards for a long ass time and i always give him his props when he's being kind and caring (which is alot of the time) and imma get in that ass when he talks trash about Black women

we all grey.

there are moments when I ain't shit and thank goodness people let me know lol

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and yeah i wasn't implying both responses weren't appropriate i just happened to see them right after each other.

N/m.

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