The controversy around canceled Mandalorian star Gina Carano came up recently on a podcast Bill Burr was on. The comedian and actor was asked by his guest Joe DeRosa about the action taken against Burr's co-star, specifically bringing up how Disney and Lucasfilms canceled Carano's character.
This story is about Bill Burr, so, fair warning, there'll be lots of censored language in this story.
DeRosa explained the Instagram post that got Carano in trouble after she compared the hatred against conservatives with the hatred the Nazis had against the Jews in Germany.
"I just don't get this place where we're in where there's no room for discussion," said DeRosa.
"I'm on that f***ing show. Now I gotta watch what the f*** I say," lamented Burr.
DeRosa pointed out that the outrage against Carano was so crazy that they even cancelled the action figure from her character on the show.
"They canceled her action figure," DeRosa said. "That's how deep cancel culture is. They canceled her action figure. It's like, let the action figure come out!"
The irony that Bill Burr, who routinely says outrageous and non-woke things in the name of comedy gets hired by Disney while Carano who simply states normal conservative ideas gets canceled, does not seem to be lost on Burr.
Burr, clearly sees the danger of the situation saying that now he really has to watch what he says.
Burr goes on to defend Gina Carano's character but carefully avoids criticizing Disney's decision.
Co-host Bert Kreischer asked Burr if Carano had ever pitched her conservative ideas to him on the show.
"No! She was an absolute sweetheart," responded Burr.
"Super-nice f***ing person and, you know, whatever! And somehow someone will take this video and they'll f***ing make me say something else, and you know, try to get rid of my bald action figure!" he joked.
Burr went on to condemn those who seek to destroy celebrities by finding controversial statements or social media posts in their past.
"It's f***ing crazy time," he added. "There's people just waiting, just laying in the weeds."
Burr also gave his solution to the cancel culture wars.
"How about you just be an individual, and you continue to buy tickets to people who you wanna go see?" he concluded.
Burr sums up the problem very clearly, "there's people just waiting, just laying in the weeds."
It's true. Every day you have the woke watchdogs hate-watching people they disagree with to stir up outrage and cancel them. When opportunity presents itself the woke do not hesitate to strike.
It's called "cancel culture" for a reason. It's an entire way of life for people. It's how they identify themselves with their group. Burr understands that, so he's being wise with his words while still being honest about the dangers he sees going on.
You can see the full comments below, but it is Bill Burr, so to call it profanity-laced is an understatement.
