Why Lisa Bonet Disappeared From Hollywood?

She might not have been on the coolest television show. But back in the late 1980s, “The Cosby Show” star Lisa Bonet was still undoubtedly television’s coolest girl. The actor picked up an Emmy nomination, landed her own spinoff, and had every fashion magazine drooling over her style thanks to her role as Denise Huxtable in the now-tainted family sitcom.

And although she had a stop-start career in the early ’90s — her time on “A Different World” was cut short when she fell pregnant with daughter Zoe Kravitz, while she was fired from “The Cosby Show” over ‘creative differences’ — Bonet still managed to bounce back with several supporting roles on the big screen and recurring parts on the small.

However, things have been a little quiet on the Bonet front as of late. From marriage breakdowns to self-explorations, here’s a look at why the once-ubiquitous star appears to have gone AWOL.

In 2022, Lisa Bonet gave a rare interview, rather aptly to Interview, the same magazine she famously posed topless in during her “The Cosby Show” years. And this was no ordinary interview, either. The actor agreed to grill and be grilled by her longtime friend and former “A Different World” co-star Marisa Tomei. And the camaraderie they share allowed both parties to open up about their daily lives.

When asked what she’d been drawn to lately, Bonet gave a rather philosophical answer: “Definitely learning how to be authentically me, learning to be new, and following this invitation from the universe to step into this river of uncertainty. We’ve eliminated all this extra noise, and now it’s time to grow our roots deeper into our own values.”

“I think that’s a lot of what we’re shaking off, because it’s what we’ve been indoctrinated in, it’s how our culture defines worth,” she continued. “Our worth is based on how much is scheduled on your calendar.” Of course, in the wake of Bonet’s split from Jason Momoa, some people believed that the “river of uncertainty” was a reference to the problems in her marriage.

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