Roseanne Barr speaks James Gunn: "I am disgusted to read all the support"

. I am disgusted to read all the support for James Gunn's pedophile jokes – as the same people have me back for a joke that they did not even understand, "wrote the actress . disgusted to read all the support for James Gunn's pedophile jokes – as the same people were supporting the blacklisting of me for a joke that they did not even understand.

– Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) July 24, 2018

On Friday, Gunn was fired by Walt Disney Studios after conservative figures resurfaced old tweets in which the filmmaker joked about controversial topics such as pedophilia and rape. In May, Barr – an avowed supporter of Donald Trump – posted a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett in which she likened Barack Obama's former aide to a "monkey". His remark was greeted with a quick action from ABC: Although the restart of Barr Roseanne had outstanding odds, the network canceled it after only one season.

While many notable names in the entertainment industry Roseanne cast – publicly denounced Barr after his controversial tweets, a handful of A-listers came to Gunn's defense as a result from his Twitter turmoil. Guardians Actors Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Chris Pratt are just a few of the stars who have expressed support

"I will have more to say but for the moment all i'll say is this .. @JamesGunn is one of the most loving, caring and good natured people I've ever met. "Bautista, who plays Drax in the series , wrote . "He is sweet and kind and cares deeply about people and animals, he made mistakes, we all … I do not agree with what happens to him."

Saldana, who plays Gamora, added : "This weekend has been difficult, I'm not going to lie, I'm stopping to take everything before I speak. I love all members of my GOTG family, I will always do it. "

Pratt, who plays the Starlord, apparently addressed the situation by sharing a biblical verse. "Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters, let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. JAMES 1:19, "he published .

Gunn's offensive tweets, which were published in 2008 and 2009, made headlines after the conservative daily The Daily Caller published an article Last week, Gunn Friday afternoon issued a statement admitting that he "regretted" what he wrote and pointed out that the tweets "do not reflect the person I am today." "

" My words from almost a decade ago were, totally failed and unhappy efforts to be provocative, "said part of his statement." I've regretted them for a long time. many years – not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, very insensitive, and certainly not provocative as I had hoped, but also because they do not reflect the person that I I am today or have been "

Although Gunn's good friend, Selma Blair, is doing something Only in the campaign for Disney to rehire Gunn, the studio previously explained his decision to part with President Alan Horn: "Offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James" Twitter feeds are indefensible and incompatible with the values ​​of our studio, and we broke up our business relations with him. "