"Individuals hurting — that's what I think is going on," Stanis tells PEOPLE exclusively Jeremy Helligar is an Executive Editor at PEOPLE and an author (Is It True What They Say About Black Men?

Jackson and Stanis co-starred on the CBS sitcom, which ran from 1974 to 1979, during the final two seasons BernNadette Stanis forged an immediate and indelible bond with 11-year-old Janet Jackson ...