TheQuartering [3/2/2021]
Bill Burr gets attacked on social media for calling Gina a “sweetheart.”
Bill Burr is the first actor from “The Mandalorian” to weigh in on the firing of Gina Carano due to controversial social media posts. During a recent episode of “The Bill Bert Podcast,” Burr showed support for his former “Star Wars” co-star, calling her “an absolute sweetheart,” and appeared critical of cancel culture on social media. Burr stars as Mayfeld in “The Mandalorian,” while Carano played Cara Dune. A Disney spokesperson confirmed to IndieWire last month that Cara Dune will not be recast.
“It’s a weird time….Unless she did some truly horrible shit or said overtly racist shit,” Burr said about Carano. “I don’t know. I think there is just too many channels. And then you gotta do sensational shit…I don’t know what the fuck it is. I’m on that fucking show. Now, I gotta watch what the fuck I say.”
“She was an absolute sweetheart. Super nice fucking person,” Burr later said of the actress. “And you know whatever and somehow someone will take this video and they’ll make me say something else and try to get rid of my bald action figure…It’s how it is out there. It’s fucking crazy times. People just waiting, laying in the weeds.”