Thursday, July 23, 2015
Associated Press
NEW YORK
The publisher of a disparaged Bill Cosby biography has pulled blurbs from Billy Crystal, Mary Tyler Moore and other celebrities from dedicated Web pages on Amazon.com and other retailers.
Simon & Schuster vice president and executive director of publicity Cary Goldstein told The Associated Press on Wednesday that because of “recent events” it was removing the endorsements for Mark Whitaker’s “Cosby,” which came out last September to positive reviews but was soon heavily criticized for overlooking the many allegations against Cosby, 78, of sexual assault. A spokesman for Jerry Seinfeld and David Letterman confirmed a Hollywood Reporter story that the two comedians wanted their endorsements withdrawn.