Sarah Silverman feels “ignorant” to use insults, BlackFace en Comédie

Although many of her comedian peers are known to cry “cancel culture”, Sarah Silverman has no problem admitting when she was wrong.

The actress nominated at the Golden Globe recently expressed her regret for having used racial insults and a black side in her series of central breakout comedy The Sarah Silverman programwhich took place from 2007 to 2010.

“I felt like the temperature of the world surrounding me at the time was” we are all liberal so that we could say the word n. We are not racist, so we can say this derogatory thing, ”she explained to Roller. “I played an arrogant and ignorant character, so I thought it was ok. Looking back, my intentions were always good, but they were fucking ignorant. ”

Silverman has already apologized for his racial comedy while organizing his Hulu end of evening talk show I love you, America (2017-18), which she also used as a platform to apologize to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton on jokes she made about them.

“I do not consider myself to be PC out of fear. Some people are angry with me for having apologized. I only did it because I was sorry,” noted Silverman. “This is a very good basic rule: only apologize when you are sorry. Always excuse yourself when you are sorry.”

In his next special standup AutopsyIn the first May 20 on Netflix, Silverman uses comedy to unpack the sorrow around the death of his parents and celebrate their lives.