Owens said he quit his Trader Joe’s job after the “attack on my privacy.”

But Trader Joe’s was a wonderful job."

It’s an indictment of the unpredictable industry he finds himself in, said Owens.

Geoffrey Owens visits “The Big Tigger Morning Show with Jazzy McBee” at Audacy Atlanta on December 5, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia

Geoffrey Owens.Credit:Paras Griffin/Getty

People have the impression, ‘Youre making a lot of money.

Why are you having financial troubles?'"

Santa: A Christmas Extravaganzaand the CBS sitcomPoppa’s House.

Phylicia Rashad as Clair Hanks Huxtable, Geoffrey Owens as Elvin Tibideaux, Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux on THE COSBY SHOW

Phylicia Rashad, Geoffrey Owens, and Sabrina Le Beauf on ‘The Cosby Show’.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Owens also shut down assumptions that he must receive “wonderful” residual checks forThe Cosby Show.

He has denied the allegations.

RapperNicki Minajalso gifted Owens $25,000 for a gig, thoughOwens ultimately opted to donate those fundsto charity.

“It was a very generous, lovely handout,” said Owens on the radio show.

“But I wasn’t comfortable with that.”

For more from Owens, watch his interview above.