Jerry Seinfeld: Roseanne Barr's firing wasn't "necessary," but "I love people that crash and burn"

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"I didn't see why it was necessary to fire her," Seinfeld told Entertainment Tonight while promoting Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. "Why would you murder someone who's committing suicide?" He added: "But I never saw someone ruin their entire career with one button push. That was fresh." In an interview with Extra, Seinfeld said of Barr: "I kind of like that story because I think you know I love people that crash and burn. I really enjoy that and a lot of people have done it in a lot of different ways… And I like to kind of rate them and compare them. I don't think anybody ever just destroyed an entire career by doing that. All she had to do was press 'share' and it was all over, so I thought that was kind of cool 'cause it was different… You know, drugs and sex, those are the usual things. This was something new and I thought it was inventive.” Seinfeld also suggested that ABC should've cast another female comedian to take over the Roseanne Conner role. "I think they should get another Roseanne," he told E.T. "They brought Dan Conner back, he was dead and they brought him back. So, why can't we get another Roseanne? There's other funny women that could do that part. You need to get the comic in there. I hate to see a comic lose a job."