Chris Rock is the latest comedian to weigh in on the Bill Cosby scandal.
Despite Rock telling Vulture that Cosby was initially "disdainful" of the younger comedian in his early days, the older comic "turned pretty quick" and the two had a good relationship.
In the wake of recent sexual assault accusations against Cosby, Rock tells Vulture:
I don’t know what to say. What do you say? I hope it's not true. That's all you can say. I really do. I grew up on Cosby. I love Cosby, and I just hope it's not true. It's a weird year for comedy. We lost Robin, we lost Joan, and we kind of lost Cosby.
Rock also spoke about other comedians and the field as a whole.
He said he was a huge fan of Joan Rivers, who was still performing stand-up until she died in September at age 81:
Great person, underrated comedian. Who the hell's funnier than Joan Rivers? That whole reference thing: Joan updated constantly.
The compliment you give of a comedian is: Who wants to follow them onstage? Nobody wanted to follow Joan Rivers, ever. Even in her 80s, nobody wanted to follow her.
Rock says he relates to Jerry Seinfeld:
He bores easily. I bore easily. Not because I'm on some spectrum, but because I hear so many conversations again and again. So many people come up to you, and not enough people try to take into account what you've heard already.
And he compares the style of his new movie "Top Five" to Woody Allen films:
I don’t even think Woody does comedy. I think he does dramas with jokes. They're all sad at their core.
Read Rock's full interview with Vulture here.
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