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Roseanne Barr lashed out at Hollywood in a new interview, suggesting shes been held to a cancel culture double standard.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times released Thursday, the comedian slammed ABC for firing her in 2018 from her top-rated sitcom Roseanne (which was subsequently rebranded The Conners), and compared her treatment to that of two other popular transgressive comics, Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K.
They didnt do it to anyone else in Hollywood, although they always [mention] Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K., she told The Los Angeles Times. Well, Louis C.K. did lose everything, but he committed an actual [offense]. And Dave Chappelle was protected by Netflix. Im the only person whos lost everything, whose lifes work was stolen, stolen by people who I thought loved me. And there was silence. There was no one in Hollywood really defending me publicly, except for Monique, who is a brave, close, dear friend.
Chappelle has continued making content for Netflix despite coming under heavy criticism for his material focused on the transgender community, while FX canceled C.K.s series Louie after he admitted in 2017 that he masturbated in front of female colleagues. Since then, C.K. has resorted to self-distributing his comedy specials. Both men have also received post-scandal Grammy awards for their work.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roseanne-louis-ck-dave-chappelle-interview-canceled-1235321724/
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Nobody owes you fame, a tv show, or whatever. Piss people off and they don't hire you.
hlthe2b
(102,805 posts)I'm not defending Chappelle or Louie CK. But, I don't engage in "whataboutism." When Barr sincerely changes her behavior and attitude, then maybe she can talk about "double standards."
ShazzieB
(16,827 posts)Turns out he's not the only one!
Miguelito Loveless
(4,494 posts)People have lost their lives thanks to the kind of hatred Rosanne has promulgated.
Looking at it from another direction, have the royalty checks stopped? I am quite sure Rosanne is still collecting them. And while they may not have been as big as they were prior to her rancid, racist tirades, she still cashes them.
speak easy
(9,392 posts)LakeArenal
(28,994 posts)Waaaaaaa. 😭
Croney
(4,697 posts)jcgoldie
(11,679 posts)WAHHHHHHHHHH!
bullwinkle428
(20,633 posts)sitting here crying about having "lost everything"?? How disgusting.
old as dirt
(1,972 posts)...Elon Musk is not impressed.
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/roseanne-barr-net-worth/
$80 Million
Emile
(23,716 posts)Hotler
(11,552 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)cloudbase
(5,542 posts)ColinC
(8,401 posts)Freethinker65
(10,163 posts)The fan base will follow them on tours, so they still have a draw to make money for media networks with niche projects.
Roseanne's original TV audience was made up of lots of liberals. She gained a huge following of fans because of the show. They enjoyed the show's wit and humor and pulled for the flawed Connors. When Rosanne reverted to being an abrasive anti-liberal comic, she lost most of the TV audience as a fan base. Instead of cooling the hatred, she doubled down. Unfortunately, conservatives don't really care for her current "humor" either. If there was money to be made financing her, someone would be doing it.
Johnny2X2X
(19,480 posts)The Republican mindset is that they are victims in all things.
Johonny
(21,124 posts)She's basically uninsurable to whatever media company would hire her. I know she wants it to be about all their behavior, but Dave and C.K. can probably pass a basic mental health exam. I have my doubts she can.
Many people that are close to her have suggested she get/needs real help. But money insulates her from needing to seek it.
frogmarch
(12,174 posts)She once said that when people reach the age of 60 they should commit suicide so as not to burden the government.
Hypocrite.