"I don’t believe that man drowned" - Eddie Griffin weighs in on Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death, calling it "too suspicious"

Comedian Eddie Griffin shared his thoughts about actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death. In a video from his stand-up show, circulating on the internet, Griffin was seen talking about how Warner’s death felt suspicious to him.

Warner was well-known for his role on The Cosby Show, where he played Theodore Huxtable, Cliff Huxtable’s son. Cliff’s character was played by Bill Cosby. Eddie Griffin noted how Bill Cosby’s son and on-screen son are no longer alive, adding:

“I don’t believe that man drowned. I don’t. I don’t. I don’t. But it ain’t going to fix it.”

Griffin went on:

“It’s too suspicious. They had too many different stories. Him and his daughter were out there swimming early in the morning. How come the mama wasn’t there? That’s number one. Number two, just so happened to be a doctor on the beach.”

Griffin said Warner's daughter was on the beach watching her father swim. However, he felt there was some foul play behind Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death, but what he found confusing was why anyone would try to harm him.

As per Griffin, Warner was the nicest person on earth. The comedian then joked:

“They tried to kill me a bunch of times. You can’t go anywhere until God say it’s time for you to go.”

Following Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s demise on July 20, Eddie Griffin shared a statement with Variety, remembering how they worked together and sometimes disagreed, like brothers, but there was always love between them. He thanked Malcolm-Jamal Warner for teaching him so much and wished him peace.

What did Malcolm-Jamal Warner say about working with Eddie Griffin?

Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin worked together on the 1996 sitcom, Malcolm & Eddie. In 2018, Warner sat down with Sway on his show, where the latter asked him to discuss the sitcom and his bond with Griffin.

Warner shared that he used to talk negatively about the show, Malcolm and Eddie, because he felt unhappy during that time in his life. He had just come from The Cosby Show, which made history by showing that Black families could be funny without using harmful stereotypes, and it was hard for him to adjust to something so different.

Warner said that when he looked back at the show, one interesting thing was that he and Eddie Griffin didn’t get along in real life. He mentioned that even though they weren’t close friends, every week before filming, they would still come together, join hands, and pray.

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According to Malcolm-Jamal Warner, they didn’t get along because they had very different life experiences, but they still worked together and respected each other, even if they didn’t like each other. Sway asked if he felt Eddie Griffin was selling out by making the show, to which Warner replied that he did feel that way at times, but he also knew he wasn’t doing that himself because he was trying hard to make changes.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner explained that he had to pick his battles carefully and that even though the show wasn’t as different from others on the network as he had hoped, he could still see the effort he put into making it better.

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