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Malcolm-Jamal Warner look up to Bill Posby When the pair worked together Punishment show.
Cosby and Warner played the duo-Mab Heathcliff and Theo Huxtable on the classical comedy between 1984 and 1992. The pair formed friendship while working together for eight seasons.
Warner always looked up to Posby as a mentor. However things changed after Posby was Charged with sexual misconduct In 2015. Posby has denied all the allegations against him. Warner, for his part, spoke out and shared only positive experiences with the actor he had.
“I can’t really talk to any of the allegations because obviously I wasn’t there. The Posby Bill I know has been great for me and great for many people,” he said in an interview in January 2015 with Weather. “What he has done for comedy and television has been legendary and creates history. What he has done for the black and education community has been invaluable. That’s the Posby Bill I know. I can’t talk on the other things.”
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In 2017, the legal case of first sexual misbehavior led to abuse. The following year, Posby was convicted of three charges of indecent assault for drugs and sexual assault Andrea Constand in 2004. The actor was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison. After serving two years behind bars, Posby’s Conviction was reversed and he was released.
The news broke in July 2025 that Warner died by Unexpected drowning While in Costa Rica. He was 54 years old.
Keep scrolling to get a look back on Warner’s relationship and punish on and off -screen:
Role model
After speaking in the midst of Posby’s legal scandal, Warner expressed his appreciation for the comedian.
“He is one of my mentors, and has been very influential and has played a big part in my life as a friend and mentor,” Warner told Billboard in 2015.
Great colleague
Bill Cosby and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
NBC / EVERTT COUNTRIESWarner complained about how it was “pretty amazing” to work alongside Posby.
“It’s great with people. He has a lovely sense of being able to set a mood on the set,” says Warner in sitting down in September 2017 Larry King. “So people would (would) come to work on our show and be amazed at the truth, affection and sincere respect we all had for each other. Among the cast and crew, there was always a great feel and that comes down from the top.”
Warner added that Posby’s humility gave him “a real sense of how to treat fame and live in the public eye.”
Appreciate his inheritance
Warner expressed his admiration for Posby and all the good that their comedy sat to promote the black community in the media despite the allegations made against him.
“I can’t defend or throw Mr Cosby under the bus,” wrote Warner by Instagram In February 2021. “Current circumstances despite that, and despite efforts to remove it from its inheritance, these achievements and influence can never be taken. And they should be remembered.”
The ethics of noble work
Two months before his death, Warner reflected on how Posby balanced his career when he was on the hours of popularity.
“We arrived at the point where we got it down to four days and Thursdays after we tapped, he would jump on a plane and would go to either Vegas, Tahoe or Atlantic City or somewhere and would make a stand-up Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” he remembered during the May 2025 chapter of May 2025 from the chapter of The May 2025 “Hot and trouble” podcast. “He would be the first person back to work on Monday. This is when getting the No. 1 show in the world. I watched, and made me understand when you’re hot, that’s when you’re grinding … that’s when you’re stacking all the chips.”
