Actress Roseanne Barrās son came to her defense after she received backlash for denying the Holocaust.
On June 27, Barrās son, Jake Pentland, spoke to TMZ, claiming his mother wasnāt being serious after she alleged the Holocaust was fake on comedian Theo Vonās podcast, āThis Past Weekend.ā
āWe are embarrassed that people are stupid enough not to recognize Roseanne is being sarcastic,ā he said.
He later added, āWe think itās funny that people are so stupid. Letās stop doing this clickbait sh*t, we need to focus on big problems in America.ā
Furthermore, Pentland, who co-hosts āThe Roseanne Barr Podcastā with his mother, maintained the clip was taken out of context and only āmoronsā would focus on that.
Von also defended Barr, 70, in the caption of the viral clip on his Twitter page.
āHere is the full clip of Roseanne Barr obviously using sarcasm and satire. She is a mensch and one of the funniest people iāve (sic) ever met,ā he wrote.
Known for making controversial statements in the past, Barrās former āRoseanneā co-star, John Goodman, spoke to Variety and revealed whether he felt regret for defending her following the immense backlash she received for racist tweets she made in 2018 toward Valerie Jarrett. Jarrett, a black woman, was a senior adviser to Barack Obama during his presidency.
āNo. At the time I remember going to some kind of junket where they saw the pilot, and then the interviews and it just turned into attack,ā he said.
Goodman added the attacks toward Barr made him āvery uncomfortable.ā He also stated he loved her and said, āSheās just her own person.ā
During her appearance on Vonās podcast, Barr, who referred to herself as āall Jewish,ā spoke about the legitimacy surrounding President Joe Bidenās 2020 election win.
āThe election was not rigged. Thirty-six counties can give you 81 million votes. Thatās a fact,ā she said.
Barr later added, āAnd that is the truth. And nobody died in the Holocaust, either.ā
Continuing, she told Vonn, āSix million Jews should die right now ācause they cause all the problems in the world.ā
āBut it never happened. But it never happened ā mandated,ā she stated.
