Comedian and actor Tim Allen has broken his silence on Roseanne Barr’s show, speaking at the Television Critics Association’s press tour on Thursday.
“I go way back with Rosie and that’s not the Rosie I know,” Allen said. “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. It’s a very icy time. I’ve been a 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.”
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