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job of the comedian, and it’
s a good 
time for it. 
 JN: Do you relate to other com-
ics like Kathy Griffin, who has 
been “blacklisted” by Hollywood, and 
how does your situation compare to 
men like Alec Baldwin who get a pass 
with homophobic slurs and public fist 
fights, but continues to be praised and 
does not have this affect his work? Do 
you want to talk about that at all? 
RB: Well, not really. He [Alec] 
called me a Nazi and that is offen-
sive to me as a Jew, and Jews and 
I can’
t come back from that, I’
m 
sorry. Especially Jewish conserva-
tive comics, we have been de-plat-
formed everywhere and that needs 
to be said. Whatever. People are 
supporting my live comedy, so I 
really appreciate that, and I’
m glad 
I can do it and I’
m glad I can still 
make people laugh and think and 
see their faces. It’
s cool. 
So, I’
m getting my outfits togeth-
er, that’
s like so much stress, oh, my 
God, and if I’
m going to gain any 
more weight, so you know it’
s all of 
that … I want to look different than 
people have seen me look before. 
They have either seen me in char-
acter, well, I’
m always in character 
… but, this time, I am actually not 
going to be in character. I’
m actually 
going to be me. 
I do have a clothes fetish, I have 
to admit. I used to go over to Phyllis 
Diller’
s house and she always loved 
costumes and to dress up and “play 
act,” as we called it, because that 
is what we did when we were girls. 
She left me several of her costumes. 
I just want to pick out the perfect 
outfit for my fans to really be blown 
away because I think I am a fashion 
icon. I should be mentioned as a 
fashion icon instead of all of these 
terrible things they are calling me … 
that I don’
t dress well. Well, I do. I’
m 
a Jewish woman. When I walk out, 
I want everyone to see a real, live, 
loud-mouthed, old Jewish woman. 
JN: You are not old!
RB: Yes, I am. I am proud of 
it. Like Richard Pryor said, “You 
don’
t get to be old being a fool.” 
JN: I like that.
RB: Well, do you think you got 
enough? I have to go to the bath-
room. 
Laughing.
JN: Can your bladder hang on? I 
still have a couple more questions. 
How has your Jewish faith gotten 

you through this tough time? 
RB: Oh, it is everything to me. 
It has gotten me through every 
tough time. I have had a number 
of them. It once again brought me 
closer to source and that is always 
great. 
JN: You were just in Israel with 
your son, what was that like?
RB: It was fantastic, and I saw 
a lot of great things, met a lot of 
great people, bought a lot of beau-
tiful art items and had wonderful 
food. It was just wonderful to be 
there and to be able to speak to 
people, too. 
JN: You won the Eleanor 
Roosevelt Freedom of Speech Award. 
RB: I did, yeah. 
JN: Where do you think the line 
should be drawn or not drawn when 
it comes to freedom of speech? 
RB: I think [it] should be drawn 
at truth and, uh, you know, it’
s real-
ly disgusting to me that I’
ve talked 
about the truth at the meaning of 
my Tweet and that has just been cen-
sored. They continually smear me 
and say they know better than I what 
I wrote, and it’
s just so, so anti-Semit-
ic at times, it blows my mind. But, 
whatever. People are going to hear 
from me. They’
re not going to shut 
this old Jew up quite yet. 
JN: And, on that note, it sounds 
like, in your own words, “this old Jew” 
needs to go to the bathroom. 
RB: I do. It was nice talking with 
you. 
JN: Likewise! Thank you. ■

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performing at 7 p.m. Monday, May 19, 
at the Fox Theatre. For tickets, starting 
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ABOVE: Roseanne and her mother, Helen Barr, 

during a 2016 
trip to Israel

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