John Goodman Tries to Stay Out of 'Roseanne' Controversy
by EG
John Goodman lost his job on the biggest TV series of the season when ABC cancelled Roseanne over a racist tweet sent by its controversial star. But if you believe Goodman, he didn't even notice. The actor is trying to stay out of the controversy by claiming to be ignorant of it, a tactic that might seem to some as a little disingenuous and not very brave.
Via Page Six.
John Goodman isn’t paying attention to the Roseanne Barr controversy — and he couldn’t care less about ABC’s decision to pull the plug on “Roseanne” and its Emmy campaign.
“I wasn’t gonna get an Emmy anyway,” Goodman said in a video Wednesday, which was obtained by ET.
“I’ve been up there [11] times already, and if I didn’t get one I’m not gonna get one,” the actor added.
Up until now, Goodman — who served as Barr’s on-screen husband for more than a decade on “Roseanne” — has remained silent on her controversial tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.
NYT WRITER UNDERSTANDS MY WORK!! https://t.co/qYzCDnLhQy
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 17, 2018
“I would rather say nothing than to cause more trouble,” the 65-year-old explained.
Asked about the tweet that his longtime co-star sent out Tuesday, comparing Jarrett to an ape, Goodman claimed that he didn’t pay it — nor the backlash — any mind.
“I don’t know anything about it,” he said. “I don’t read it.”
I just wish ABC had not thrown two of the greatest actors in the world out with me-Laurie and John. I'm so sick over this-they will never have better character actors on their network.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 31, 2018
Describing how he’s been doing now that “Roseanne” has been cancelled, Goodman said: “Everything’s fine.”
While Barr has apologized for her tweet about Jarrett, she has also repeatedly defended it — calling her words “insensitive, not racist.”
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