Celeb Dropouts

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• 46. Oh, and Misha, a GED is earned in place of a high school diploma, not a bachelor's degree. Initially he was in college, and later was given a bachelor's for "life experience" - not something all that uncommon in reality. He later went back to "earn" his B.A., I believe. The master's and doctorate were both completely "earned" - nothing "honorary" about either of them.

  Posted at 5:52PM on 17th 2008 by Does it matter?

• 47. Cosby has his Ed.D - not his Ph.D - it is a doctorate in education.

  Posted at 5:47PM on 17th 2008 by cdev

• 48. So ... if Bill Cosby was "only" given an honorary degree, why did he write a disertation for a doctorate degree? Truly, if you like to sound intelligent by insulting other people, it would be best to know of what you are writing.

  Posted at 5:47PM on 17th 2008 by Does it matter?

• 49. Check again VANGELO - Cosby earned his Ed.D (Doctorate in Education) in 1977! Check the facts first, dipshit!

  Posted at 5:45PM on 17th 2008 by cmom

• 50. Quote from the moron who posted at 5:36: "U Dumbasses...Cosby got an "honorary" degree...that is a fake one they had out to humanitarians celebs etc..he never went back and went trhu grad school and Docotrate school". You are the moron. He did get his GED, then masters, then PhD -- not honorary, but actually. So he could go out and try to teach assholes like you.

  Posted at 5:45PM on 17th 2008 by Misha

• 51. thats 'doctorate school'...and you're right, cosby was awarded a celebrity cerificate because of his work done etc..but he was never an actual Ph.D. grad etc...that is too hilarious.

  Posted at 5:41PM on 17th 2008 by phish

• 52. U Dumbasses...Cosby got an "honorary" degree...that is a fake one they had out to humanitarians celebs etc..he never went back and went trhu grad school and Docotrate school..you morons..maybee you all should get an honorary GED for being so gullible and stupid.

  Posted at 5:38PM on 17th 2008 by vangelo

• 53. wow this is mean spirited, what retard runs this site? get a life.

  Posted at 5:23PM on 17th 2008 by ed

• 54. TMZ, are you serious? Bill Cosby, Dr. Bill Cosby. You guys are idiots for having him listed as a drop out and it sounds like he never received an education. Try Ph.D. Bet none of you have one.

  Posted at 5:12PM on 17th 2008 by John

• 55. It would be nice if TMZ bothered to inform the readers that some of these stars, such as Bill Cosby, also returned to school and not only recieved their GED but their Master's and Doctorate Degrees as well. So, yes, this would allow them to intelligently speak in regards to politics or any other subject that might involve thought processing.

  Posted at 4:52PM on 17th 2008 by G

• 56. cindy, if you allow your vote to be influenced by anything other than the facts then the sad one is you. And the idiotic one too.

  Posted at 4:42PM on 17th 2008 by Baseball Junkie

• 57. Note: Many of those young stars (for lack of a better term) didn't drop out of school, they had on-set tutors until they either earned a degree from their original school or a GED. Not exactly drop-outs, TMZ, you turkeys.

  Posted at 4:40PM on 17th 2008 by Baseball Junkie

• 58. yes!!! go Baylor & Bill Cosby

  Posted at 4:38PM on 17th 2008 by Felix

• 59. And the public let's these people influence us as to who to vote for and what to think? Sad, very sad.

  Posted at 4:37PM on 17th 2008 by cindy

• 60. Bill Cosby attended UMass!

  Posted at 4:23PM on 17th 2008 by Tracy