>>> MANY AMERICANS ARE FOND OF ACTOR GEOFFREY OWENS FOR HIS
ICONIC ROLE AS A DOCTOR WHO
MARRIED INTO THE COSBY FAMILY.
HE GOT UNWANTED ATTENTION FROM A
PHOTO CIRCUIT OF HIM WORKING AT
TRADER JOE’S.
TRADER JOE’S. HE WAS SPOTTED BAGGING
GROCERIES, WHICH WAS BLASTED AS
CLASSIST JOB SHAMING.
OWENS IS ON "THE BEAT" TONIGHT
TO TALK ABOUT THIS FAKE
CONTROVERSY AND WHAT IT SAYS
ABOUT CLASS MANY AMERICA.
HE’S BEEN ON MANY SHOWS SINCE
COSBY DAYS INCLUDING CBS’S
"ELEMENTARY."
"ELEMENTARY." >> YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT THE
DAMAGES NOT BEING TANGIBLE.
THE RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO HAS
COST MY CLIENTS A VIRTUAL KING’S
RANSOM.
RANSOM. >> THE ARTICLES ABOUT OWENS
QUICKLY BACKFIRED, TERRY CREWS
AND TYLER PERRY PRAISING HIM AND
NOTING MOST ACTORS WORK SIDE
JOBS.
JOBS. CALLING OWENS HILARIOUS -- ABOUT
THE DIGNITY OF WORK.
>> THANKS FOR COMING ON "THE
BEAT."
BEAT." >> YOU’RE WELCOME.
>> WAS FOX
SINCE HIS COSBY DAYS INCLUDING
RECENTLY, CBS’S ELEMENTARY.
>> YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT THE
DAMAGES NOT BEING TANGIBLE.
>> ARTICLES ABOUT OWENS QUICKLY
BACKFIRED.
BACKFIRED. MOST ACTORS WORK SIDE JOBS.
ABOUT THE DIGNITY OF WORK.
>> THANKS FOR COMING ON THE
BEAT.
BEAT. >> YOU’RE WELCOME.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I’M GREAT.
>> WAS FOX NEWS JOB SHAMING YOU?
>> I GUESS SO.
IT IS JUST AN ATTEMPT TO, YOU
KNOW, MAKE SOMEONE FEEL SMALL
ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO
MAKE A LIVING.
TO GETTING THIS ONSLAUGHT OF
ATTENTION AND GETTING A LOT OF
PEOPLE DEFENDING YOU AND
DEFENDING WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK?
>> THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A WEEK.
SURREAL IS THE WORD THAT BEST
DESCRIBES IT.
DESCRIBES IT. RELATIVE AN NONE
RELATIVE AN NONE NICHE -- WITH
THE
THE THE PICTURES AND THE DEMEANING
WORDS.
WORDS. WHICH MADE ME FEEL HUMILIATED.
FORTUNATELY ONLY LASTED AN HOUR
OR TWO.
OR TWO. WE STARTED READING THE POSTS AND
REACTIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SOMETHING AWFUL BECAME SOMETHING
WONDERFUL.
WONDERFUL. >> I WANT TO READ FROM SOME OF
THE REPORTING.
THE REPORTING. SHE SAID SHE CAN’T SLEEP, SHE
FEELS SHE IS UNINTENTIONALLY
HURT SOMEONE.
HURT SOMEONE. SHE SAID I WOULD TELL HIM I WAS
EXTREMELY APOLOGETIC OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> I WOULD LIKE HER TO KNOW THAT
I HAD NO ILLFEELING TOWARD HER.
I WOULD TELL HER THAT I FORGIVE
HER.
HER. >> I WANT TO PUT UP ON THE
SCREEN HERE, SOMETHING THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE.
HE HAS SAID HE PREFERS HIRING
BILLIONAIRES TO ANYONE ELSE AND
HE PREFERS IVY EELLEAGUE ALUMS.
TAKE A LISTEN TO HIM EXPLAINING
THAT CHOICE.
THAT CHOICE. >> SO SOMEBODY SAID WHY DID YOU
APPOINT A RICH PERSON TO BE IN
CHARGE OF THE ECONOMY.
I SAID THAT IS THE KIND OF
THINKING WE WANT.
REALLY, THEY ARE REPRESENTING
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. I LOVE ALL PEOPLE, RICH OR POOR,
IN THOSE POSITIONS I JUST DON’T
WANT A POOR PERSON.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> I DON’T WANT TO GET INTO
POLITICS TOO MUCH.
BUT THIS IS THE MAN WHO SAID HE
PREFERRED HIS WAR HEROES WHO
WEREN’T CAUGHT.
WEREN’T CAUGHT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> THAT IS THE KIND OF JUDGMENT
WE ARE DEALING.
ANYBODY WHO CAN SAY THAT FOR
INSTANCE, ABOUT SENATOR McCAIN,
I DON’T RESPECT HIS OPINION
ABOUT THESE MATTERS EITHER IS
WHAT I AM SAYING.
>> WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE --
GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. >> I AM TAKING IN YOUR QUESTION.
>> YOU’RE SO EXPRESSIVE.
HAVE YOU EVER DONE DRAMATIC
WORK?
WORK? >> I DON’T USUALLY PAUSE, BUT
YOU WENT --
>> YEAH, MAN, I SHOULD GO INTO
ACTING.
ACTING. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL THE INTERNET
HAS PUT YOU ON BLAST WRONGLY AND
ALLOWED A SPACE FOR POSITIVITY
AS WELL.
AS WELL. >> WHAT I THINK IS GOOD ABOUT
THIS IS THERE IS NEW SENSITIVITY
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK.
WE ARE RETHINKING, REVAULTINGEVA
WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK.
AND CERTAIN JOBS ARE BETTER THAN
OTHERS OR SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.
.
. WHEN I WORKED AT TRADER JOE’S I
HAD A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF
SATISFACTION OF PEACE.
>> YOU KNOW THE EXPRESSION
SOMETHING COULDN’T HAPPEN TO A
NICER GUY.
NICER GUY. IT COULDN’T HAPPEN TO A MORE