Here's how comedian Hannibal Buress' life changed after he told the infamous Bill Cosby joke that ignited a fire storm

Last fall, comedian Hannibal Buress made a controversial joke about Bill Cosby at a comedy club in Philadelphia, and the resulting media pandemonium brought Cosby's sexual abuse allegations to center stage."Pull your pants up blackpeople, I was on TV in the '80s," Buress said in the bit, mocking Bill Cosby and his "smug" public persona. "Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby," Buress reasoned, "so turn the crazy down a couple notches."Shaky video footage of Buress's Cosby joke went viral on a massive scale.In the aftermath of the joke, more than 40 women came forwardas victims of Cosby's sexual abuse. Cosby has since been vilified by comedians (Judd Apatow, most prominently) and pundits alike, and the evidence against Cosby continues to pile up ' as a 2005deposition uncovered earlier this month by the Associated Pressrevealed that Cosby admitted to obtaining Quaaludes with the intention of"giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with."Nonetheless, Buress's public reaction to the media firestorm hehelped ignite has beenone of relative apprehension.In a new interview with GQ, Buress opened up aboutthe controversy and revealed that the buzz around his Cosby joke actually halted Comedy Central's announcement of his new show, "Why' with Hannibal Buress."While he doesn'texactly regret doing the Cosby bit, Buress said hewasdefinitely shocked by the media uproar."You can't predict sh-t like that," he said.The GQ interviewer pressed Buresson the subject, asking if he realized that his Cosby joke had made him "a feminist hero" for givingCosby's many accusers the opportunity to speak openly about their abuser."People are going to put on you whatever they want to put on you," Buress responded, reluctant to accept the "feminist hero" title. "It is conflicting, because people think I'm like this amazing guy or something," he said, with a laugh. "I'm a decent guy."Still, the comedian in Buress can't resist pulling a shot at Cosby when he'sable to get people to laugh about it. At the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, for instance, Buress joked that he hates Bieber's music "more than Bill Cosby hates mycomedy."In the context of the GQinterview, though, Buress seemed tired of the subject."I don't know what the f--- else you want me to say," he concluded.SEE ALSO:Judd Apatow skewers Bill Cosby while doing a perfect impression of himJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Here Is The Uncomfortable Moment When Bill Cosby Asked A Journalist Not To Air Part Of An Interview About Allegations Against Him
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