Phylicia Rashad‘s marital historical past just lately drew shade on-line — till her supporters shortly got here to the protection of the actress and shut it down.
The Instagram web page, @JDS_Creatives, shared an nameless publish from a person who appeared to have a gripe with the 76-year-old.
“I’ll neva let an previous washed up actress in her 70’s who has been divorced 3 FAWKING TIMES inform me how I ought to costume! You modest however single so it ain’t working for ya grannie allow us to youngins have are a— out if we wish.”
The second slide of the publish was a response to the distasteful remark concerning the 76-year-old actress.
Beneath the account, “Daphne Accountablitiy Sutton,” the responder acknowledged, “You’re wearing revealing clothes in virtually your entire photos, and also you’re single with three children. It appears that evidently nobody has married you but.” She went on to record the durations of Rashad’s marriages and reminded the unique poster that “The Cosby Present” star had each of her kids whereas married.
She continued, “It appears that evidently dressing in revealing clothes and claiming you’re a freak hasn’t made you a spouse; somewhat it has made you a single mom.”
The follower ended her frank assertion: “She was chosen 3 times to be a spouse, whilst you haven’t been chosen as soon as. Possibly it’s best to take into account overlaying up, as displaying off your a— isn’t working yougin.”
Feedback on the shared social publish continued to fireplace again on the “wild” and “disrespectful” publish.
“Getting a divorce doesn’t imply somebody can’t have self respect geeze,” mentioned one particular person.
Reminding us that no Claire Huxtable slander is not going to be tolerated, two different feedback learn, “I do know she not speaking about Claire Huxtable!!!!! BLASPHEMY!!!” and “She received Claire fkd [up].”
“Lord…..poor child… it’s a blessing to succeed in 70 and a good BIGGER blessing to nonetheless be beloved. Let’s simply pray for this little one!”
Speaking on to the “youngin” for disrespecting Rashad’s legacy, one particular person mentioned, “Lady when you knew what that lady has executed for us you’d crawl again below your rock unhappy poor factor don’t know no higher.”
Rashad’s marriage timeline consists of her first marriage to dentist William Lancelot Bowles Jr., which lasted from 1972 to 1975. She had one son, William Lancelot Bowles III, from that relationship.
In 1978, she married Victor Willis, the unique lead singer of the Village Folks. The 2 divorced in 1982.
However she received her final title from her longest and most publicized marriage to former NFL extensive receiver and sportscaster Ahmad Rashad. The 2 wed in 1985 after Ahmad proposed to Phylicia throughout a stay broadcast of the NFL pregame present on Thanksgiving Day. They divorced in 2001 and share a daughter, Condola Rashad.
Throwback to Thanksgiving 1985 when Ahmad Rashad took outing of a stay broadcast to ask Phylicia to marry him pic.twitter.com/Frwr50BSKc
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) November 28, 2019
The left-field publish about her love life follows Rashad’s March 20 look on “The Breakfast Membership,” throughout which she known as out Gen-Z for his or her questionable apparel selections.
The clip started with host Charlamagne Tha God asking the “Fall from Grace” actress to share her views on how youthful individuals carry themselves.
“You got here up in an period when dignity and charm was the whole lot. You ever have a look at how wild Hollywood is now and assume to your self, ‘Boy, y’all received it simple. Y’all wouldn’t ever get away with what we did,’” he requested.
She replied, “Effectively, you take a look at Hollywood, and I’ll have a look at how younger women costume.”
After some comedic reactions from Jess Hilarious, Rashad continued. “Younger women are so stunning; they’re so stunning. And one thing has occurred in in style tradition — and I don’t imply to be vital and I hope younger women listening don’t take it as private criticism as a result of I don’t imply it that approach.”
“You’re younger queens. I’m greatly surprised after I see on a school campus younger girls wearing strips of clothes,” mentioned Rashad, who in 2024 stepped down from her duties as Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman School of High-quality Arts at Howard College.
She then posed a rhetorical query, “However extra importantly than that, no man needs his lady to be out like that, proper?”
Charlamagne agreed and referenced a Technique Man lyric: “Carrying three-fourths of garments by no means displaying your stuff off.”
The group started bantering about how at the moment’s vogue designers might do a greater job of “leaving one thing to the creativeness,” making garments which can be “for males’s eyes solely,” and serving to girls “look horny” whereas staying lined up.
To which Rashad agreed, “And it’s actually not horny.”