A woman who took Geoffrey Owens' photo at Trader Joe says she did not want to talk badly and talks about a violent reaction

The woman who took pictures of actor Geoffrey Owens working in a Joe Trader's New Jersey, published by several outlets, said she was now regretting her actions.

Owens – with whom AND spoke Wednesday – was embarrassed for pocketing provisions in the initial reports, but quickly received tons of support on social media from fans and celebrities. Karma Lawrence, who took the photos of Owens, also gave an unflattering testimony of the old Cosby Show star at multiple exits, for example, saying Radar that he looked "swollen and unhappy".

"It really hurt me. I was like: Wow! All those years spent doing the series and becoming a cashier, "said Lawrence.

However, in a new interview with NJ Advance Media, Lawrence says that she did not want to hurt.

"I do not know why I snuck a photo," says the 50-year-old medical secretary. "I thought everyone was doing it. I do not know what possessed me. I just did it. I did not even think about it. I just did it under impulse and it was a bad impulse. You do not expect to see the guy from The Cosby Show Working at your Joe's trader is everything. "

"It was not malicious," she continues about her intention. "It's about my children, my grandchildren, my parents. I am not that kind of person. I'm not the monster they do for me. "

Lawrence says that she was not paid for the photos and was obviously not expecting an intense backlash that she was facing.

"So much hate. So much malice. Oh, it's terrible, "says Lawrence about social media comments and e-mails she received. "They write Karma a b ****. It's bad. "

Lawrence now wants to apologize to Owens.

"Actually, I wanted to go to him and say something, but I thought you might embarrass her," she recalls her first meeting with him. "But then I did something that really embarrassed him. I did not go with my first instinct and I should do it. I should have. "

"I would say to her," I am extremely, extremely sorry for what happened, "she continues. And if I could take it back, I would do it. "

In his interview with ET, 57, Owens spoke of Lawrence's unflattering record and said he hoped she had learned a lesson.

"Oh my god, it's like, they have to say things like," with his stained shirt knowing potatoes "and I love it … and the lady said that He was looking "big, swollen and unhappy"? As an English major of Yale, I'm going to be bothered by that, "he joked." Do not say big and swollen – that's what we call repetitive. Just use one of these words – do not use two, just one is good – and "unhappy?" You know, no, I was not unhappy, now, was I thrilled that day, maybe not … it's like, describe this in the worst way possible, you see, with the picture below … I know I'm sorry for them and hope that & # 39; They learned a lesson. I hope that the bad karma will turn into good karma, and we will leave it there. "

"Well, what they did was that they appealed to the worst natures of people, and I think they were surprised to find that the best nature in people totally triumphs in this case" , he added.

Owens finally had to quit his job at Trader Joe's because of all his attention. He shared that his bosses did not want him to leave and that all his colleagues were "very, very good" to him.

"Basically, I left at that time because I felt right for my personal love, my dignity and my emotional well-being, I did not want to be in the store when I felt that people, actually He said, "People came to the store and they were doing it. I did not think it was going to be good for my spiritual being, so I felt that I had to at least temporarily go out, and I think it was the wise thing to do, actually. "

During our discussion, Owens proudly wore the label of his trader Joe.

"Do not be ashamed of work, but be proud of what you do, you know?" he said why he had decided to wear the label. "So, I deliberately brought it today, and I wear it all day just to make it clear that, you know, work is not something to be ashamed of."

Watch the video below to see the old Cosby Show Keshia Knight Pulliam, his co-star, surprises him with a FaceTime cat from Atlanta, Georgia.