Category: Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens Made An Appearance In The SAG Awards Opener
Bringing 9-5 realness, Geoffrey Owens was featured in the opening “I’m An Actor” bit at last night’s SAG Awards. You may recall that back in September, Geoffrey was photographed working at a New Jersey Trader Joe’s, the unflattering pictures eventually becoming fodder for Daily Mail and Fox News. But nobody was gonna play Geoffrey dirty like that, and instead of making fun of him, people flooded him with support. Nicki Minaj even got involved, inserting herself into the conversation by offering Geoffrey $25,000 he didn’t ask for. When she eventually came through with the funds, Geoffrey donated them to The Actor’s Fund in the name of The Rashad Show (yes, we are still calling it that) alum Earle Hyman.
Nicki Minaj Finally Sent Geoffrey Owens That Check She Promised
Finally, some good news for Nicki Minaj! She’s cleared her “conscious” and made good on her promise to pay Rashad Show (this is what I call it now, deal) alum Geoffrey Owens the money she promised him when he was spotted working at a New Jersey Trader Joe’s earlier this month. Nicki found somebody who knew how to Google and sent him a check for $25,000. As predicted, Geoffrey didn’t want her charity, so he’s already gone ahead and donated that money to a charity that’s near and dear to his heart.
Nicki Minaj Has Yet To Come Through With That Check She Was Going To Send To Geoffrey Owens
Nicki Minaj has a lot (of rice) on her plate at the moment so you might forgive her if she’s already forgotten a promise she made less than a week ago to send Geoffrey Owens $25,000 dollars, unsolicited, after the actor was outed as common day job haver. Well, that’s not exactly fair, according to TMZ, Nicki didn’t forget. She just didn’t do it. On her Queen Radio show on Monday, Nicki claims she was having trouble reaching Owens’ team. However, TMZ is suggesting she’s pulling a classic “the check is in the mail” routine.
Geoffrey Owens Probably Isn’t Going Back To Trader Joe’s Anytime Soon, Because He Took Tyler Perry’s Job Offer
Things are looking up for Geoffrey Owens since pictures of him working at Trader Joe’s surfaced last weekend. Elvin from The Cosby Show had been minding his own damn business at work when some nosy nobody snapped some shots and Fox News and Daily Mail ran with the story. Geoffrey quit his 15-month-old job at TJ’s because of the attention. Geoffrey at first felt embarrassed and ashamed, but after a flood of support from fellow actors and the public, he’s turned the episode into a 10-episode stint on Tyler Perry’s hit show “The Haves and the Have Nots“.
According to TMZ, Geoffrey has accepted a role on the show after Tyler personally offered it to him via Twitter. Now, according to People, Nicki Minaj is trying to insert herself into the narrative by saying she wants to donate $25,000 to Geoffrey, which, if she had listened to his Good Morning America interview, she should know he won’t take and might even be embarrassed by the tone deaf offer.
“Cosby Show” Actor Geoffrey Owens Talks About Getting Job Shamed By Fox News
Fox News recently ran a story about actor Geoffrey Owens who was “spotted bagging groceries” at a Trader Joe’s in New Jersey. Fox accompanied their story with an unflattering picture of Geoffrey wearing his TJ’s T and nametag, juxtaposed beside a picture of him in his bougie Elvin Tibideaux days, as if to emphasize how far he has fallen. The story got a lot of play over the Labor Day weekend, but not in the way Fox probably intended. Fox may be a snooty pack of job snobs, but most of Geoffrey’s fellow actors are not. They supported him in droves, pointing out the obvious: Actors have day jobs, big whoop. This morning, Geoffrey appeared on Good Morning America to talk about his experience, first being shamed, then being heralded as a working class hero.