Last time we checked in on Bill Cosby, he was serving time in jail for sexual assault and comparing himself to Mandela.

Yes, our Mandela. The one who spent 27 years in prison for resisting Apartheid.

Since then Cosby has been pretty quiet, although he (or someone who works for him) is quite active on social media.

His most recent post on both Twitter and Instagram went out to all the dads celebrating Father’s Day.

Radar Online with more:

Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby celebrated Father’s Day behind bars by sending an upbeat message to fans in which he called himself “America’s Favorite Dad!”

Read the room, Cosby. Here’s the full tweet, complete with #AmericasDad hashtag in reference to The Cosby Show:

Hey, Hey, Hey…It’s America’s Dad…I know it’s late, but to all of the Dads… It’s an honor to be called a Father, so let’s make today a renewed oath to fulfilling our purpose —strengthening our families and communities.#HappyFathersDay#RenewedOathToOurFamily pic.twitter.com/6EGrF87t6G

— Bill Cosby (@BillCosby) June 17, 2019

Feel free to take a break from reading to go and shower/wash your eyes out with disinfectant.

Moving on to why Cosby thought this was a good idea:

Cosby’s spokesman, Andrew Wyatt, told USA TODAY that the jailed comic requested a Father’s Day message be posted from him.

Wyatt said Cosby wanted to support a group called Man Up.

“Mr. Cosby’s (message) consisted of telling these men who have been incarcerated for many years but are up for parole soon…to…take the word ‘disadvantage’ and remove the ‘dis,’ and start focusing on the advantage,” Wyatt said. “That advantage is to be better fathers and productive citizens.”

Whatever his intention, the post was not well received on social media, reports Stuff.

“Strengthen families by not being unfaithful to your wife, by not treating young women like they’re on the menu, and by not being a bad example to young men,” tweeted one user.

While another commented, “First OJ, now this? Blocked in a New York Minute.”

Former American football player O.J. Simpson launched his own Twitter account on Saturday in a bid to “challenge the bulls…”, and shared Father’s Day message to refute “bogus” rumours he is Khloe Kardashian’s biological father.

Reflecting on both stars’ messages, a third user joked: “Father’s day is cancelled.”

Yep, OJ has Twitter…

Is convict Twitter a thing now?

[sources:radaronline&stuff]