The Cosby Show alum Geoffrey Owens on Trader Joe's job-shaming: I went from devastated to overwhelmed with positive emotion

Entertainment Weekly

Owens went viral over Labor Day Weekend after Fox News mocked him for working bagging groceries at Trader Joe's. The Fox News story was followed by a slew of actors, including fellow 1980s NBC stars Justine Bateman and Blair Underwood, coming to his defense and explaining that most actors have to work second jobs. Owens appeared on Good Morning America this morning saying he was "really devastated" at first. “The period of devastation was so short because so shortly after that, the responses, my wife and I started to read (them) … and fortunately the shame part didn’t last very long,” he said. “It’s amazing.” Owens added that he's had to quit the Trader Joe's job due to all the attention.