In an age-appropriate role, Tempestt Bledsoe plays a mother of four in NBC's "Guys With Kids." Yet because of her baby face and growing up on "The Cosby Show," people expect her to somehow still be a child, frozen in time.
Bledsoe was Vanessa, the fourth of the five children on "The Cosby Show" (1984-92). Wearing a killer one-shouldered, body-hugging red dress and very high red heels, Bledsoe, 39, reflects on why she was able to resist the pitfalls that engulf so many child stars.
"I wanted to go to college on time, and I did," she tells Zap2it of attending New York University. "When Dr. Cosby found out I was doing that, he moved the shooting schedule" to accommodate her classes, she says.
Decades later, Bledsoe still beams when she says, "He put my grades on his dressing room door."
Bledsoe earned a degree in finance because "I wanted to do something different,...
Bledsoe was Vanessa, the fourth of the five children on "The Cosby Show" (1984-92). Wearing a killer one-shouldered, body-hugging red dress and very high red heels, Bledsoe, 39, reflects on why she was able to resist the pitfalls that engulf so many child stars.
"I wanted to go to college on time, and I did," she tells Zap2it of attending New York University. "When Dr. Cosby found out I was doing that, he moved the shooting schedule" to accommodate her classes, she says.
Decades later, Bledsoe still beams when she says, "He put my grades on his dressing room door."
Bledsoe earned a degree in finance because "I wanted to do something different,...
- 10/17/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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