American funnyman Bill Cosby and his wife CAMILLE spent years being hounded by PRESIDENT Richard Nixon - because Cosby dared to disagree with him. Camille, who has been married to the COSBY SHOW star for nearly 40 years, says it was only after years of inexplicable behavior, during which time they had constant visits from the FBI and their phone was tapped, that they realized Bill had made it onto the disgraced president's hate list. Camille says, "In 1965, Bill was the first African-American to have a leading dramatic role on television, and there was pressure on him to do certain things... We were harassed. Our phones were tapped. We had the FBI at our house and visiting him at the studio. "We found out later, when Richard Nixon became president, he had put Bill on his enemies list. It was because Bill had rejected a couple of Nixon's requests. That was all it was."