It looks like Geoffrey Owens might be getting his next Hollywood gig.
Director Tyler Perry offered the former Cosby Show star a job on his show for Oprah Winfrey's cable network OWN after Owens appeared on Good Morning America.
Owens proudly wore his Trader Joe's name tag on Tuesday morning as he spoke of being 'shamed' for working at the supermarket chain last week.
He revealed he has since quit due to the unwanted attention, but Perry has now asked the star to 'come join us!' on his hit drama.
Director Tyler Perry has offered Geoffrey Owens a job on his show for Oprah Winfrey's cable network after the former Cosby Show star appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday
Owens appeared on the show after he was photographed last week bagging groceries at a Trader Joe's in New Jersey
'#GeoffreyOwens I'm about to start shootings OWN's number one drama next week! Come join us!' Perry wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning.
'I have so much respect for people who hustle between gigs. The measure of a true artist.'
Perry is the creator and director of OWN's show The Haves and the Haves Nots, which is based on his own 2011 play.
Perry is the creator and director of OWN's hit show The Haves and the Haves Nots, which is based on his own 2011 play
The soap opera, which premiered in 2013, follows two powerful rich families and one poor family as their lives intertwine in Savannah, Georgia.
Perry's offer came soon after Owens spoke out for the first time since pictures were released of him bagging groceries at Trader Joe's last week.
Owens revealed on Tuesday that the pictures have piqued interest in his acting talents again.
But he seemed to indicate he would turn offers like Perry's down, noting he would not feel comfortable accepting an acting gig because of the recent attention.
'This might sound weird but I wouldn't feel comfortable getting acting jobs from this event,' he said.
'I wouldn't mind getting auditions. But I wouldn't feel comfortable, someone giving me a job, because this happened. I want to get a job because I am the right person for the job.'
Owens said he never intended to advertise his work at the store and was stunned when the photographs first emerged.
The 57-year-old revealed he had been working at store in New Jersey for 15 months 'out of necessity' between short-term acting gigs and teaching.
Owens proudly wore his Trader Joe's name tag and a hat from Yale - his alma mater -on Tuesday as he spoke of being 'shamed' for working at the supermarket chain last week
Owens said he never intended to advertise his work at the store and was stunned when the photographs emerged last week
'When I first saw the pictures...I was really devastated,' Owens said, explaining that he has not had an on-screen job which lasted more than 10 weeks in the 26 years since The Cosby Show wrapped in 1992.
'I got to a point where I'd been teaching acting and directing for 30 plus years but it just didn't add up enough. You've got to do what you've got to do.'
'I wanted a job that I could I have some flexibility and try to stay in the acting business.'
'I didn't advertise it, not because I was ashamed of it, but because I didn't want the acting community to think that I wasn't pursuing acting anymore,' he said.
When photographs of him in the store swept social media last week, Owens said he was baffled by the sudden interest.
'It was really overwhelming. It came out of nowhere. I feel like I'm more of a celebrity now than I ever have been. I'm more of a celebrity now than when I actually was a celebrity!' he joked.
The 57-year-old revealed he had been working at store in New Jersey for 15 months 'out of necessity' between short-term acting gigs and teaching
Owens said he hoped his story sparked a shift in attitudes about work and getting by.
Owens is pictured in a head shot from The Cosby Show. He appeared in the hit show from 1985 to 1992, when it wrapped
'This business of me being the Cosby guy who got shamed for working at Trader Joe's, that's going to pass,' he said.
'I hope what doesn't pass is this idea that people are now thinking about - what it means to work.'
'The honor of the working person and the dignity of work. [There's a] reevaluation [of the idea] that some jobs are better than others. It's not true.'
'There is no job that's better than another. It may pay better, it may have better benefits, it may look better on paper. But it's not better. Every job is worthwhile.'
Owens went on to say that he didn't want anyone's pity.
'No one should feel sorry for me,' he said.
'I've had a great life, a great career. I've had a career most actors would die for. I am doing fine,' he proudly added.
At the end of his interview, Owens won enthusiastic applause from host Robin Roberts.
She is one of the many people who have lauded his work ethic since the photographs emerged.
Since The Cosby Show wrapped, Owens (shown above, top right, with disgraced star Bill Cosby and the rest of the show's cast in a fourth series promotional image) has not had an acting job which lasted more than 10 weeks
Others include actor Terry Crews who tweeted in support of Owens: 'I swept floors after the NFL. If need be, I'd do it again.
'Good honest work is nothing to be ashamed of.'
'I don't know #GeoffreyOwens but I know this - almost every successful actor, singer, athlete, or celebrity is one lucky (unlucky) break away from bagging groceries themselves,' tweeted New Kids on the Block member Donnie Wahlberg.
'Few would admit it. Fewer humble enough to do it,' he added.
'In between One Tree Hill and Cougar Town I went back to work as a cocktail waitress,' added television writer Audrey Wauchope.
A number of artists have since shared the side gigs they have taken between jobs under the hashtag #ActorsWithDayJobs.
Owens played Elvin Tibideaux, the husband of Sondra Huxtable, on the final five seasons of NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, between 1985 and 1992.
He went on to appear in shows including It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and That's So Raven.More recent roles include parts in Lucifer and The Affair.
A slew of artists, including Terry Crews and New Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlberg, have tweeted their support for Owens since the pictures were released
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Main photo article It looks like Geoffrey Owens might be getting his next Hollywood gig.
Director Tyler Perry offered the former Cosby Show star a job on his show for Oprah Winfrey’s cable network OWN after Owens appeared on Good Morning America.
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