The comic apologized for feedback he made in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday (Sept. 11).
Shortly after feedback about Roseanne Barr, Louis C.Okay. and the #MeToo motion made throughout an interview with The Hollywood Reporter sparked controversy on-line, comic Norm Macdonald has issued an apology.
“Roseanne and Louis have each been superb associates of mine for a few years,” Macdonald tweeted Tuesday night. “They each made horrible errors and I’d by no means defend their actions. If my phrases seemed like I used to be minimizing the ache that their victims really feel to today, I’m deeply sorry.”
Roseanne and Louis have each been superb associates of mine for a few years. They each made horrible errors and I’d by no means defend their actions. If my phrases seemed like I used to be minimizing the ache that their victims really feel to today, I’m deeply sorry.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 11, 2018
Macdonald, who has a brand new present on Netflix titled Norm Macdonald Has a Show debuting this Friday (Sept. 14), drew criticism for saying he was “blissful the #MeToo motion has slowed down somewhat bit,” and talking about associates and fellow comics Barr and C.Okay.
“Roseanne was so damaged up [after her show’s reboot was canceled] that I bought Louis to name her, regardless that Roseanne was very exhausting on Louis earlier than that,” Macdonald mentioned. “But she was simply so damaged and simply crying consistently. There are only a few those who have gone by way of what they’ve, dropping all the things in a day. Of course, individuals will go, ‘What concerning the victims?’ But you understand what? The victims did not must undergo that.”
Of the telephone name between Barr and C.Okay., Macdonald mentioned, “They each mentioned they’d a very good dialog and had been simply giving any recommendation you may give to one another. There can be no means for me to even perceive that recommendation, as a result of who has ever gone by way of such a factor? All their work of their complete life being worn out in a single day, a second.”
This article initially appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
