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Reminds me of some of Cosby’s victims. Ppl were like, why did you go to his house/hotel, as if auditions aren’t held at hotels/houses ALL THE TIME. Also, a certain rapper said if he had a female rapper on his label he’d have to sleep w/ her. Ppl EXPECT abuse then victim blame.
Agents KNEW Cosby was a predator. His people would call agents looking for women. These women, trusting their agents went to these auditions on good faith and were abused. In Kelly’s situation, I’m a parent. I know how I feel about the protection of my own kids BUT..,
...there is NO WAY these parents could’ve know just how methodical, just how evil, just how much of a master manipulator this man was. These parents were just regular working parents. Although I DO NOT understand introducing your teen daughter to a man who was just on trial 4...
...child abuse/child rape, I understand parents wanting to help their creative children get into the biz. Boyz 2 Men were signed because they met Mike Bivens backstage. How many groups/singers/actors were signed/booked/cast with a story like that. These parents were not just...
...handing thrir daughters over. At least not the ones I saw in the doc. Hindsight is always 20/20. I have parents come up to me all the time asking how to get their kids in the biz. Kellz knew how ignorant these parents were & he used that. He’s a master manipulator. Ppl ask...
...how didn’t the parents know, I kept A LOT of shit from my momma at 15/16/17. You ever skipped school? Lied to your parents? Snuck out? Snuck somebody in? Hell, even being sexually active as a teen is something your parents prob didn’t WANT for you. That freedom u get as a...
...teen is tricky. Kellz knew. And a lot of these parents had no idea their daughters were even talking to Kellz like Dominique’s mom. She just thought her daughter was hanging out with friends...like we all did. Kellz had her daughter for 9yrs I think. It’s HIM. HE did this.
And as we saw with Sparkle, her seeing Andrea knocking on the door asking to come eat wasn’t enough for her to stay away. Not blaming Sparkle, I’m saying...that “Couldn’t be me” is dangerous. It wasn’t her, but it was her niece. It’s gonna be SOMEONE becuz he’s a violent predator
People want to blame the victims when it is the predators and the people who enable them who are at fault. Agencies are filled with young folks from all over the world looking to “make it”. They offered these people up to Cosby & other men like him knowing their clients might...
...be assaulted. But people EXPECT young starlets to be abused and it’s sick. It’s misogyny and that’s what keeps so many survivors silent. You blame them and then ex. “Why were you there, he ain’t do it, but if he did, what’d you expect?” It’s sick.
I always used to wish that parents wouldn’t give up their day jobs if their kids wanted to be in the biz. My story is complicated and I never thought it was healthy to put your everything into your child’s career. It puts awful pressure on the kid who might only want to act...
...sing/dance right now. They might not want to do it 6months from now & should always have that option to leave. Families fall apart all the time behind this. But now, having children of my own, who else would I want with my kid on set all day? At the studio at night? It’s tough
Hollywood is Hollywood but predators are everywhere. Sandusky targeted young boys who’s parents were looking for male role models. Sandusky work at Penn State w/ the legendary JoPa. Those parents were tryna do the right thing, get their boys male role models like every1 tells...
...them to. Sandusky knew that. That school protected Sandusky FOR DECADES. DECADES. The predators and their enablers are at fault. It shouldn’t stop at “well, MY kid is safe. MY kid wouldn’t...”. That’s how predators are able to abuse for so long. As long as their ppl r safe...
...they look away as other peoples loved ones are abused.
