AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Michael Fishman says ABC was right to cancel Roseanne over Barr's 2018 tweet
The actor who played D.J. Conner for decades broke years of public silence to declare the Roseanne reboot was "rightfully canceled", and accused defenders of using a "political smoke screen to justify the indefensible." Michael Fishman, 44, posted an Instagram video this week responding to a fan comment that blamed "woke crap" for the show's […] The post Michael Fishman says ABC was right to cancel Roseanne over Barr's 2018 tweet appeared first on American Almanac .
The actor who played D.J. Conner for decades broke years of public silence to declare the Roseanne reboot was "rightfully canceled", and accused defenders of using a "political smoke screen to justify the indefensible." Michael Fishman, 44, posted an Instagram video this week responding to a fan comment that blamed "woke crap" for the show's demise and accused America of "backstabbing" Roseanne Barr. Fishman rejected that framing outright. He called Barr's 2018 remarks about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett "dehumanizing" and said there was "no joke" in what Barr wrote, only "damage and dehumanizing and perpetuating racial tropes." The video marks a sharp turn for Fishman, who said he had spent "over eight years" quietly absorbing…Open