Long story short: former Cosby Show actor photographed working at Trader Joe’s, photos submitted to celebrity gossip sites in an attempt to ridicule actor; instead, criticism and the general rage of the internet get turned onto woman who took pictures
I really do enjoy stories like this one. It gives me hope for humanity that even the vast populous of the wasteland internet are operating with a general respect for those who work period, versus those who try to throw stones from afar.
I just love the thought that some nobody chick whom it says something about her that she was able to recognize Geoffrey Owens in the first place given the fact that his episodes of the Cosby Show were back in like 1992, thought she could get a little bit of internet cred by breaking photos of a television actor from the 90s working an ordinary job, but then it blows up in her face when the wrath of the internet simply asks, what’s wrong with a guy trying to earn an honest living?
The fact that there are people out there whose lives are basically dedicated to trying to find interesting content to try and break the internet with is sad enough, and feeds into the inherent need to be first that so many people fall prey to, and its stories like this that make me smugly satisfied from afar that people really should be a little more careful with the content they try to produce and think for two seconds of the potential outcomes of breaking it. I’m fairly certain this broad didn’t imagine the vast majority of the viewing world would turn heel on her beyond the worthless props and credit she was going to get for making this reveal.
This sad heifer assumed that people would pile on Elvin like she attempted to do, and instead people with brains all had the audacity to instead question her, why she was bothering to try and humiliate a guy who was working a real and honest job. And then the floodgates open, and the eventual sign of defeat of losers being forced to shut down their social media accounts happens, and all is right with the world then. Dumbass bitch gets what she deserved.
The irony of all this is that thanks to the uninvited exposure that Geoffrey Owens had been given, it just might be the thing that helps jumpstart his acting career again. Tyler Perry has reportedly offered him work, and regardless of what you or I might feel about Tyler Perry’s body of work, the undeniable truth is still however, that the guy makes money, period, full stop. And if a classy guy like Elvin can get a slice of this action all because someone thought they could make fun of him on the internet, then that’s truly a win that everyone can get behind.
It would be great though, if he took the Tyler Perry gig, but only on the condition that it didn’t interfere with his schedule at Trader Joe’s. Their house-brand Oreos are fucking legit among many of their other food wares and if I were Geoffrey Owens, I sure as shit wouldn’t want to lose my employee discount either.
