Tempestt Bledsoe in the last two seasons
Was Tempestt Bledsoe attending college in real life during the last two seasons? She wasn't shown that much by that time.
shareShe was attending NYU at the time.... a real bitch in real life too.
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A poster on this board said her sister told her that Tempestt was bitchy to her when she asked for an autograph. The poster said she wasn't sure if her sister was telling the truth for sure, but she said she would look at Tempestt in a bad light because of what her sister said.
It's so ironic that Ozzy Ozbourne, the Prince Of Darkness, is so damn adorable.
what exactly did vanessa do or say?
shareRemember the E! True Hollywood Story on The Cosby Show (or was the focus just on the "Cosby Kids"?)? The actors who played Martin and Clair's mother strongly alluded to Tempestt being moody and "difficult". I remember one of these actors saying something to the effect of Tempestt living down to her name, lol.
shareYep, she was difficult and moody according to some of my friends that were extras throughout the years of TCS. The woman that played Clair's mother also said that Lisa Bonet was acting totally distant and that she rarely saw Lisa's mother on the set like the rest of the parents.
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Well, I was going to say that perhaps Lisa Bonet's mother felt a little out-of-place and uncomfortable because she was the only white parent among all of the "Cosby Kids'" parents - but then an alternative reason for her absence came to mind. Lisa was about 16 (?) when The Cosby Show started - and perhaps Lisa's mother considered her presence on the set to be less critical than if Lisa had been younger.
I'm thinking if Lisa had been younger - say, Keshia Knight-Pulliam's age or even Malcolm Jamal-Warner's age - she would have been a more frequent presence around the set. But still - even though Lisa was fairly old when she started - she was still a minor - and I think if I were a parent of a 16-year-old working on a TV set, I would at least want a very good idea of what all was going on.
At the point when your friend was working on The Cosby Show, Lisa may have been over 18?
I'm thinking that people on the set didn't see very much of Sabrina LeBeouf's parents, either.
Lisa was sixteen going on seventeen at the time some of my friends were extras(they were the breakdancers from the first season and other friends have been on there as background extras during various seasons since Cos used NYC kids a lot).
As far as the actress that played Vanessa, she stayed moody, even after TCS. A lot of her castmates, including the actor that played Martin and the woman that played Grandma Hanks, have complained that she was a bit.... on the bitchy side and often wondered what was wrong with her. Even well until adulthood, she stayed crabby and when she went to college with my sister and her friends, my sister and her buddies steered clear far away from her because she would snap at any minute and make rude comments about people as if she was above folks. The guy that played Aaron during the 3rd season of TCS was an ex boyfriend of my sister's and he said that she was a bitch. I know a lot of people that ran into her over the years that had unpleasant experiences with her. I'm still shocked she's with Darryl Bell, the actor that played Ron from A Different World because he's mad cool in real life, a little on the shy side, but cool as hell.
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She went to NYU at the same time as my younger sister(I graduated a year before) and Jesus she was a moody bitch. My sister and her friends tried their best to avoid her. She would walk around campus like Queen Sheba and act as if she was doing everyone a favor by attending NYU. I remember visiting my sister a few times and seeing Miss Vanessa. I never liked that damn character anyway and laughed that my sister complained about Tempestt when I always said that Vanessa was a black version of my sister. Also according to some of my friends that made it as extras on TCS, they also said she was pms-ing daily because she was constantly bitchy, stuck up, and moody for no reason. My friends did say that out of all of them, Malcolm was the coolest, Lisa was a little distant but nice, and Keshia was adorable and playful.
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You have my sympathies....(thankfully my sister who's now 43, is a little bit more tolerable in the last ten years, but still has those Vanessa qualities)
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Wow - I wonder what the deal is with Tempestt? I get not being a "people person" - and Tempestt clearly doesn't seem to be a "people person" - but how necessary was/is it to be that rude? Oh, well - I'm in a position to empathize with Tempestt somewhat - she just may be a moody introvert who struggled to handle the interpersonal demands of fame and of working on The Cosby Show.
I guess it can be difficult to go through adolescence in the public eye and while working on a popular sitcom week after week. Teenagers are subject to moods, hormones, inner turmoil...there are times when teenagers just want to hibernate in their bedrooms and lock out the world. But people in Tempestt's position are working around many people, and in front of a studio audience -which can stress out anyone - let alone moody, introverted teenagers.
But I've heard of at least one incident involving Tempestt that kind-of makes it more difficult to give her the benefit of the doubt - an incident that occurred (IIRC) well after The Cosby Show years. I've heard one fan (or former fan) recount an experience she had with Tempestt while shopping in some high-end clothing store. While shopping in this store, the fan and her friend spotted Tempestt, excitedly approached her and shared their enthusiasm over meeting her, etc.. For a second or two, Tempestt seemed "friendly" - but soon unleashed her inner b*tch. With a smile plastered on her face (perhaps to deceive other store patrons/employees who were out of earshot) - she said to the fans, "What are you doing in here? It's clear that you guys can't afford to shop here." The fans were absolutely shocked by the haughty display of bitchiness; one of the fans had to restrain the other from telling Tempestt off.
Sounds like Tempestt was spoiled rotten straight out of the uterus. What a shame.
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