NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Erykah Badu has come under scrutiny for an interview where she made comments on Bill Cosby and Adolf Hitler.
The Dallas-born R&B songstress said in the wide-ranging interview with Vulture that, "I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler." Badu called him a "wonderful painter" and said he had a "terrible childhood" when asked to elaborate.
On Cosby Badu said, "but if he's sick, why would I be angry with him?" She said, "sick people do evil things; hurt people hurt people." Cosby has been accused by multiple women of drugging and sexually assaulting them.
When asked about separating art from the artist with examples such as Louis C.K. and others, Badu said, "I don't want to get scared into not thinking for myself. I weigh everything."
(© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
Erykah Badu Under Scrutiny For Hitler, Cosby Comments
/ CBS Texas
NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Erykah Badu has come under scrutiny for an interview where she made comments on Bill Cosby and Adolf Hitler.
The Dallas-born R&B songstress said in the wide-ranging interview with Vulture that, "I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler." Badu called him a "wonderful painter" and said he had a "terrible childhood" when asked to elaborate.
On Cosby Badu said, "but if he's sick, why would I be angry with him?" She said, "sick people do evil things; hurt people hurt people." Cosby has been accused by multiple women of drugging and sexually assaulting them.
When asked about separating art from the artist with examples such as Louis C.K. and others, Badu said, "I don't want to get scared into not thinking for myself. I weigh everything."
(© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
In:
Featured Local Savings
CBS News Texas
American Airlines announces significant changes to operations at DFW Airport
Powerball fever for estimated $1.7 billion jackpot as warm as the Texas weather
Chicago police warn of attempted sexual assault on West Side
4 Georgia residents among 64 sickened by multi-state outbreak of Salmonella from raw oysters
ER patient attacks guard on Christmas inside Wyoming hospital
Bensenville man accused of trying to kidnap Jewel-Osco employee with special needs
Christmas Day shooting in Southfield leaves two people dead, police say
Police searching for hit-and-run suspect who killed DJ on one of city's most dangerous roads