In a clip of her upcoming podcast episode, the comedian goes on an expletive-laden rant when addressing the controversy surrounding her 'sarcastic' claim that 'nobody died in the Holocaust.'
- Jun 29, 2023
AceShowbiz - Roseanne Barr is defending herself after she landed in hot water over her recent Holocaust comments. Not apologizing for her controversial remarks, the comedian has admitted that she's "really pissed" after her statements were taken out of context.
The 70-year-old addressed the backlash in an excerpt of her upcoming podcast episode. In a clip of the episode posted on Wednesday, June 28, she said, "I'm really pissed that they removed the premise. How f**king dirty is that?"
"F**king dumb s**ts. I have to say that people are coming after me, and saying that I denied the Holocaust," the actress continued ranting, before explaining her background, "I was raised in an apartment building with Holocaust survivors, so of course I don't believe the Holocaust never happened and I actually am a religious so why don't you go f**k yourself."
The "Roseanne" alum further blasted her critics, "We are under such heavy satanic mind control in this country and I'm always trying to break through to get a little God in there." When her co-host blamed the society for being "easily manipulated," Roseanne agreed that "everything they do is stupid."
In the caption of the post, Roseanne hinted at her desire to move on from the drama as writing, "Never talk to me about this distraction again thanks."
Roseanne was dragged online following her appearance on "This Past Weekend with Theo Von", on which she appeared to deny Holocaust. "And, that is the truth. And, nobody died in the Holocaust either. That's the truth," she said to host Theo Von. "It should happen. Six million Jews should die right now cause they cause all the problems in the world. But, it never happened." The stand-up comic went on to say that she is "100 percent" Jewish.
After Roseanne's comments drew the ire of social media users, her son Jake Pentland quickly jumped to his mother's defense. "We are embarrassed that people are stupid enough not to recognize Roseanne is being sarcastic," he told TMZ on Tuesday.
"We think it's funny that people are so stupid," he added. "Let's stop doing this clickbait s**t, we need to focus on big problems in America. Focusing on out-of-context clips is what morons do."
Echoing Jake's sentiment, Theo tweeted, "This Roseanne Barr clip was sarcasm folks. A clip taken out of a long sarcastic rant she had during our chat. Can we not recognize sarcasm anymore?"
"Here is the full clip of Roseanne Barr obviously using sarcasm and satire," he added in a separate tweet, before singing praise for the comedienne as writing, "She is a mensch and one of the funniest people i've ever met."
Despite the explanation, people are still coming at Roseanne. One critic responded to the explanation, "Sarcasm or not, Roseanne Barr's comments about Jews and the Holocaust are reprehensible and irresponsible. This isn't funny. And shame on Theo Von for letting it go unchallenged and instead diving into conspiracy theories about Jews and Hollywood."
