The View Remembers Malcolm-Jamal Warner
On Tuesday's episode of The View, the co-hosts paid tribute to actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Warner best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on the hit 80s and 90s NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, died in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica over the weekend while on vacation with his family. He was 54.
Whoopi Goldberg said about Warner's passing:
He was really a great kid. I knew him well, I mean, it just…You know, the person who [broke the news to her] sent me a note that said, this is why what you did on Friday matters, and that is something that I will impart to you all. Because our lives move so quickly and we can disappear at any second, do not let much time pass before you say to your loved ones, hey, I'm thinking of you or hey, how you doing? Make sure you contact somebody today and reach out.
Co-host revealed she knew The Resident star due to previously dating his friend, stated how down to earth he was. According to Hostin:
I knew him also – I dated his friend – and he was always so nice to me. He didn't behave the way I thought movie stars or television stars would behave. He was very welcoming to this kind of outsider.
Hostin went on to explain how important Warner was in pop culture especially in the Black community and how he and the show represented a positive representation of the Black family. Hostin stated:
I think [Warner's death] was so shocking because of the place that he had in pop culture for African Americans. I remember growing up and watching this family as a kid from the South Bronx projects, watching a Black doctor and Black lawyer married to each other living in a beautiful Brooklyn townhouse. And for me, it became something that was a possibility. That depiction, I think, was an overdue corrective against these harmful stereotypes of the Black community that existed for so very long, and he was just such a crucial part of it, especially I think for young Black men.
Watch the segment below.
This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jul 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
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