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Why Jerry Seinfeld Doesn't Think It Was 'Necessary' to Fire Roseanne Barr (Exclusive)
https://www.etonline.com/ ^ | 6/26/18 | Antoinette Bueno‍

Posted on 06/26/2018 3:30:15 PM PDT by BBell

Jerry Seinfeld is weighing in on the fallout Roseanne Barr has received after she posted a racist tweet, leading ABC to cancel her hit sitcom, and instead, greenlight a spinoff series, titled The Conners, which won't include her.

ET spoke to the 64-year-old comedian on Monday about a new season of his show,Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, coming to Netflix, and also got his candid thoughts on the controversy surrounding Barr's remarks.

"I didn't see why it was necessary to fire her," Seinfeld said. "Why would you murder someone who's committing suicide?"

"But I never saw someone ruin their entire career with one button push," he added. "That was fresh."

Seinfeld also said he thought another female comedian should get a chance to play Barr's part.

"I think they should get another Roseanne," he advised. "They brought Dan Conner back, he was dead and they brought him back. So, why can't we get another Roseanne? There's other funny women that could do that part. You need to get the comic in there. I hate to see a comic lose a job."

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: abc; abcsucks; comediansincars; jamesaltucher; jerryseinfeld; netflix; newyork; newyorkcity; roseanne; roseannebarr; theconners
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To: Blue House Sue
“Why would you murder someone who’s committing suicide?"

Because forgiveness i Hollywood is reserved for perverts and degenerates.....like Jerry. Damnation is for anyone who is Christian or supports Trump!

21 posted on 06/26/2018 4:24:00 PM PDT by Bommer ( F the NFL)
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To: BBell

So did she have a contract? She needs to sue. She broke no laws. She didn’t know VJ was black (neither did I) so her “INTENT” was not to make a racial comment (which is still not a crime). All Hillary needed to commit a crime was INTENT.


22 posted on 06/26/2018 4:26:42 PM PDT by Baldwin77 (They hated Reagan too ! TRUMP TOUGH - AMERICA STRONG)
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To: BBell; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; ...

Ping


23 posted on 06/26/2018 4:36:21 PM PDT by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: BBell

Roseanne’s been a leftist for as long as I can remember. She supports Trump and everyone becomes unhinged and destroys her career. When I was out shopping the other day, there were pictures of her in hitler face all over the gossip magazines. They’re comparing someone who supports Israel and Trump to hitler.


24 posted on 06/26/2018 4:50:37 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Jane Long
>>I guess this guy thinks Seinfeld could be recreated with someone else playing the lead (Jerry) and all of the other cast/characters the same as original.



25 posted on 06/26/2018 5:18:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: humbleexpert
>>If the Rosanne Show’s ratings tank without her, maybe ABC will let her come back from the dead and resume her role.


26 posted on 06/26/2018 5:19:46 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: a fool in paradise; Gamecock

They could use Bizarro Jerry and see how that works.....

Did Tom Pepper steal the raisins? Why would you steal raisins?


27 posted on 06/26/2018 5:22:55 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Jackie Mason is still around


28 posted on 06/26/2018 5:26:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: BBell

The episode where they go after Kramer for “not wearing the ribbon” exemplifies the Left better than anything that’s ever been on TV.


29 posted on 06/26/2018 5:28:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BBell

It wasn’t what Roseanne said, it was the person she verbally attacked. If she had attacked Hillary or even Michelle Obama, she never would have been fired. Instead, she attacked someone who could pick up the phone and scare the crap out of the executives at ABC before Obama ever heard about it on the news. She’s not running the entire country anymore, but she’s still running some of it.


30 posted on 06/26/2018 5:29:12 PM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Jane Long

Agreed, Roseanne is one of a kind. Nobody can replace her.


31 posted on 06/26/2018 5:50:20 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: BBell

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She wasn’t committing suicide, she was murdering their false narratives.
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32 posted on 06/26/2018 5:53:35 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks BBell.

#1, his choice of guests on his Comedians In Cars often has been revolting (the list includes Obama, who is not a comedian).

#2, he’s moved the show from Crackle to Netflix (again with the Obama connection).

#3, he’d better watch out, this didn’t sound like a softball question, it sounded like an attempted ambush.

#4, number one again.

#5, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Here he is on Seth Meyer’s show, complaining about PC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXDHjwaUtPI


33 posted on 06/26/2018 6:01:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Godebert

He brought Richards on as a CiC guest, and also had Richards do some scenes as the President of Crackle or something, they were less funny than Jerry’s standup.


34 posted on 06/26/2018 6:04:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: a fool in paradise

He’s okay, I never liked him very much, but he is a breed going fast.


35 posted on 06/26/2018 6:27:13 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: BBell

Seinfeld is right.


36 posted on 06/26/2018 6:57:19 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: BBell

In my latter years I have come to the conclusion that the majority of non-practicing Jews are as much trouble as devout Muslims.

Both groups know they are better than everyone else.

They both spend time on social causes that make life in the world worse.

They also both have a hatred of American originalism and conservatism, and use the courts as a way to change laws.

The differences between the two are;

Muslims want to turn us into a theocracy, and are barbaric in their methods.

Jews hate God, and want religion to have no place in government.


37 posted on 06/26/2018 7:25:25 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: Bommer

Hollywood forgave Communists who supported Stalin during the very worst of his reign, and even Maos time. They were embraced as heroes. Say something that touches on comparing a seemingly white woman to a character in a movie, NEVER FORGIVE THAT.


38 posted on 06/26/2018 7:27:38 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: BBell
Seinfeld has FU money and has made a post-career out of trying to measure exactly how much of a megaphone FU money will buy you. The interviews in the last 4 years are a testament to that.

What Seinfeld is saying sotto voce is that the woman caved (Seinfeld is a straight-up misogynist) too quickly and she should have rode it out.

But if Michael Edwards had shouted his "N-----! There's a N-----!" at the beginning of Seinfeld's last season, don't think for a minute the same shit would have come down on Jerry's head. And he would have rolled over as hard and as quick as Roseanne did.

Seinfeld is a pussy and he knows it.

39 posted on 06/26/2018 7:46:54 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: BBell
Seinfeld doesn't seem to "get it".

I suppose that's fair. I never got him either. Everyone else in the show was funny. Jerry was just annoying.

40 posted on 06/26/2018 9:07:47 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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