Fake Lisa Bonet Tweet on Cosby Scandal Fools Major Media Outlets

A tweet from an account purporting to be that of former Cosby Show star Lisa Bonet set everybody going Sunday, as it sure seemed to be throwing shade at her embattled former costar:

The tweet was retweeted over 1,000 times, was picked up by Page Six, Fox News, and other media outlets, and started Twitterers speculating over whether Bonet was fired from the show 24 years ago for more sinister reasons than originally thought. Et cetera.

If you’ve been on the internet, you know what happened next. “I can assure you that is not her Twitter account and I have had the account suspended,” Bonet’s manager Jillian Neal told The Wrap.

Bonet is not even on Twitter, though naturally some are speculating that Cosby had her account shut down.

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