As the Bill Cosby rape scandal snowballed over the past few months — the number of women who have publicly accused him of sexual assault is now up to 24 — the comedian has mostly remained silent. While his lawyers hit back at many of the women, there were only two brief comments from Cosby himself: He pushed an AP reporter to “scuttle” his nonresponse from the final cut of their interview and urged the black media to remain “neutral.” However, at a Thursday night performance in London, Ontario, Cosby decided to joke about his situation. According to the National Post’s Richard Warnica, he told a female audience member, “You have to be careful about drinking around me.”
