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In it, Cosby talks about Quaaludes, seducing women and hiding it all from his wife._ by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jul 21, 2015 2:21 PM UTC by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jul 21, 2015 2:21 PM UTC Judd Apatow brought his crusade against Bill Cosby to Monday’s edition of _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_, blasting the 78-year-old during a stand-up set on the late-night show. “Cosby is still out on the road. Isn’t that weird? He’s, like, doing stand-up? What do you think his act is like? Do you think he’s still talking about it?” Apatow said, before slipping into an impersonation of the comic. “Do you think he says, ‘Have you ever been in trouble with the wife? Did you ever get into the doghouse with the wife over something that you did?’” [More than 40 women](http://www.people.com/article/three-more-cosby-accusers-step-forward) have accused Cosby of sexual assault, though he has never been charged with a crime. Last weekend, the _New York Times_ released a deposition of Cosby from a 2005 lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand, a Temple University employee who claimed she was drugged and molested by Cosby. In the deposition, [Cosby admitted to giving her drugs](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/arts/bill-cosby-deposition-reveals-calculated-pursuit-of-young-women-using-fame-drugs-and-deceit.html), but said the [sex was consensual](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/18/bill-cosby-deposition). (“I walk her out. She does not look angry. She does not say to me, don’t ever do that again,” he said in the deposition. “She doesn’t walk out with an attitude of a huff, because I think I’m a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever you want to call them.”) Apatow alluded to the media coverage around Cosby in his stand-up routine, imagining a situation where Cosby’s wife, Camille Cosby, would confront the comic about an article. “She says to me, ‘What is this in the paper about the raping, the drugging and the women?’” Apatow said in his Cosby voice. “And I said, ‘Do you like your life? Do you like the house, the jet? Then have a cappuccino and shut the \[eff\] up.’” Apatow has been one of Cosby’s most vocal critics, frequently tweeting and commenting about the accusations. After excerpts from the 2005 deposition were released in June, [Apatow called out Camille Cosby](http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/news/a36217/judd-apatow-cosby-victims-comment/) and former _Cosby Show_ co-star Phylicia Rashad, [who had previously supported Cosby](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/07/phylicia-rashad-bill-cosby%5Fn%5F6428996.html), to “stand with the victims and not their attacker.” Speaking to the _TODAY_ show this month, Apatow explained why he has been so vigorous in his takedown of Cosby. “I just kept noticing that no one else was saying that this was a bad thing,” Apatow said. “I would have loved to not talk about it. It’s incredibly sad. It’s one of the most tragic things that’s happened in our business, and I think we do have to stand up for the women and say that we believe you.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/21/judd-apatow-bill-cosby-tonight-show) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ## Transcript A candid confession from Bill Cosby kept secret for years is now out in the open. Earlier this month, 2006 court documents Andrea Constand's molestation accusations revealed Bill Cosby's use of Quaaludes on women. Now the New York Times has obtained a 1, 000 page deposition in its entirety. The news core documents revealed how Cosby enticed women to sleep with him. He said, I'm a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things. One such way was taking an interest in one woman's father who had died of cancer. Constand's lawyer Dolores Troiani, asked if he took an interest in Beth Ferrier's father because he wanted to have sexual contact with her. He replied, yes. He also further clarified his intent to use quaaludes which were obtained as a prescription from a doctor for a sore back. But Cosby said he never consumed those drugs claiming quaaludes would make him fall asleep. Ms. Troiani asked, why didn't you ever take the quaaludes? He said, because I used them. She pressed, for what? The same as a person would say have a drink, he replied. Referencing the way someone might drug a drink. Other information, the newest document shows the lengths that Cosby would go to prevent his wife from discovering his affairs. Including giving hush money to the women he targeted. At one point, Miss Troiani asked, who he wanted to keep in the dark in respect to the payments? He answered Mrs. Cosby. 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