She is just not that person: Tim Allen on Roseanne Barr
"I go away back with Rosie and that s not the Rosie I know " Allen 65 told reporters on Thursday at the Television Critics Association s press tour when asked about Roseanne s firing from ABC in May over her racist tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape.
"She was the most diverse and tolerant woman I ve ever known for a long time. Whatever got in her head isn t the Roseanne I know " reports people.com.
"It s a very icy time. I m a veteran comedian for 38 years and I ve never seen it like Lenny Bruce said at the Purple Onion ‘We ve gone backwards. There are things you can t say. There are things you shouldn t say.
"Who makes up these rules? And as a stand-up comic it s a dangerous position to be in because I like pushing buttons. It s unfortunate " Allen added.
However when it comes to ABC s decision to cancel Roseanne Allen said "They had to do what they had to do and it s their decision."
In addition to being friends and fellow comedians Allen can certainly relate to Barr considering his own conservative ABC show "Last Mind Standing" a series about a traditional American father and his family in Denver Colorado was cancelled after six seasons in 2017.
"I ve worked for ABC for years… I don t really believe it was a political decision. I think it was a financial decision… I thought it was done very poorly that s my point of view. I was heartbroken " Allen said on Thursday.
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