", Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Protests roil Providence after moped crash that witnesses say involved police car, We tried store-bought pumpkin pies from 5 major grocery stores and Wegmans' tasted practically homemade. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. They started considering the dignity of work — even the nobility of work. "Not only are we acknowledging that all work matters, but we're also realizing that a lot of the people who do the jobs that — let's face it — we didn't think very much of before are actually heroes.". I'm Geoffrey Owens, and I am an actor. You got to be back contending like everyone else, which is what I want,” Owens tells Us. Owens tells Us that he later texted an apology to his 19-year-old son “for the embarrassment that the story might cause him.”, “He sent a beautiful text back saying how he was not embarrassed by me, he was very proud of me and that he was proud to have me as a dad,” he says. Two years after he was infamously job shamed for working at Trader Joe's, "The Cosby Show" alum Geoffrey Owens has launched an Instagram TV show celebrating essential workers. “‘Weren’t you that guy, or so and so?’ Another coworker told them, but they didn’t know, so it took about three or four weeks before the staff at my store kind of wholly knew my past and who I was.”, Owens said he suspected that a few staffers “knew in the beginning,” but they managed to stay “very discreet about it.”, “They just decided they would either let me tell people or people would find out on their own,” he tells Us. For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews – Subscribe on YouTube! The story led producer Tyler Perry to offer Owens a ten-episode role in The Haves and the Have Nots. … Every time I kind of think [the attention is] going away, I realize it’s still there. Geoffrey Owens was in living rooms across America when he starred as Elvin Tibideaux on The Cosby Show from 1985 to 1992, but his Trader Joe’s coworkers failed to … Quibi and Vice Team Up for the New Docuseries ‘Big Rad Wolf’ About American Apparel’s Rise and Fall, The Calvin Klein Bralette Kristin Cavallari Wore on TV Is Under $30, These ‘Marshmallow’ Jessica Simpson House Slippers Are So Plush, snapped photos of him working behind the register. Perry also invited Owens to appear on his OWN series, "The Haves and Have Nots," while Minaj gifted him $25,000. “Every day I worked there, at least one or two people recognized me,” he says. Geoffrey Owens turns the tables on Trader Joe's job shaming with new show, © (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press). "[N]ow, with the COVID crisis, these ideas are even more relevant and significant than ever," he continues. Part of the A360 Media Entertainment Group.Powered by WordPress.com VIP. Trader Joe’s store in Princeton, New Jersey. “It was interesting. "Somewhere in the middle of the road of my life, I found myself in the dark wood of unemployment and debt," Owens said. The job-shaming controversy led Tyler Perry to offer Owens a 10-episode stint on The Haves and the Have Nots. The new series, titled "Shift Happens," will feature Owens as host, "interviewing working people about their work," according to a promo video released on Instagram over the holiday weekend. He also booked roles on NCIS: New Orleans and in the movie Fatale. The mini trailer features Owens approaching people person-on-the-street style to ask them about their professions while pausing for selfie photos outside various local restaurants and retail establishments. “It took a number of weeks for it to dawn on some of my colleagues,” the actor, 57, tells Us Weekly exclusively. "A lot of good things happened to me, but the best thing about that whole thing was that people started thinking about and talking about work in a different way. NJ Gov. CLIFTON, New Jersey (WABC) -- Former Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens is speaking out after being job shamed for working at a Trader Joe's in New Jersey. Geoffrey Owens is speaking out after a photo of him working at Trader Joe's went viral and sparked a conversation about job shaming. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). The TV star, who quit working at Trader Joe’s shortly before his job became news, took the gig for its flexible hours and because he stopped receiving residual payments from The Cosby Show after it was pulled from TV in the wake of star Bill Cosby’s sexual abuse scandal and subsequent prison sentencing. Considering that some jobs are not necessarily better than others, and that — let's put it this way — all work matters.". “When I got that text from him, I knew that everything was going to be OK.”. Geoffrey Owens turns the tables on Trader Joe's job shaming with new show. In 2018, photos of Owens working in a Trader Joe's were published by The Daily Mail, which many characterized as "job shaming." Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. The recognition on the street is still there everywhere I go.”. 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Owens agreed with the "job shaming" characterization, eventually quitting due to the unwanted attention. Owens’ customers, on the other hand, were cognizant from his first day on the job. Geoffrey Owens was in living rooms across America when he starred as Elvin Tibideaux on The Cosby Show from 1985 to 1992, but his Trader Joe’s coworkers failed to recognize him 25 years later. I guess within a month or so everyone pretty much knew.”. Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. After he was "spotted" at Trader Joe's, several of Owens' Hollywood peers — including Tyler Perry, Nicki Minaj, Tami Roman, Pamela Adlon, Terry Crews, Blair Underwood, Patricia Heaton and James Campbell — leapt to his defense, shared their own myriad work experiences and counter-shamed people who looked down on him for making a living. The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia alum made headlines in September when a customer snapped photos of him working behind the register at a New Jersey store. (Owens reportedly ended up donating Minaj's contribution to the Actor's Fund in honor of the late Earle Hyman, who played Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show."). Part of the A360 Media Entertainment Group. "As you might know, that whole thing didn't quite go as the shamers planned," Owens said in Saturday's video. “The work has been constant one way or another. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. Geoffrey Owens attends the the SAG-AFTRA Foundation 3rd Patron of the Artists Awards in Los Angeles on November 8, 2018. All Rights Reserved. And in 2019, Owens briefly reflected on his experience at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which spotlighted him during its "I Am an Actor" segment. "But instead of switching careers like a sane person, I took a job at a local Trader Joe's to see if I could hang in there with my career — and it's actually worked out pretty well. Copyright © 2020 WABC-TV.

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