Richards made an off-color joke years ago and the Hollywood elites blacklisted him Roseanne style. Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t care.

Most people would probably agree that ABC was right to fire Roseanne Barr after her recent racist Twitter scandal. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld isn’t most people.

During a press event for Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Entertainment Tonight asked Seinfeld what he thought about the controversy around Roseanne. In late March, show creator and star Roseanne Barr tweeted about Valerie Jarrett, one of Barack Obama’s former advisers, writing “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” ABC was quick to respond. Hours after the first tweet, the network cancelled its biggest show.

“I didn’t see why it was necessary to fire her. Why would you murder someone who’s committing suicide? Yeah that had to be,” Seinfeld said.

Because the comedian didn’t explain exactly why he thinks Barr’s firing was unnecessary, it’s difficult to know what he means here. Maybe Seinfeld is assuming that Barr would have stepped down on her own after seeing the backlash to her tweet (probably not).

Maybe he thinks that public outrage would have painstakingly forced ABC to replace the comedian but save Roseanne the show (perhaps). Maybe he thinks this incredibly racist tweet was a one time thing ( it’s not). Seeing how Barr has a long history of tweeting racist things and conspiracy theories, it doesn’t seem as though Barr was “committing suicide” so much tweeting in the same way she always has. The only difference was that the comedian faced repercussions this time.

“But I’ve never seen someone end their entire career with one button push,” Seinfeld said of the tweet. “That was fresh.”

After a frustrating battle with creators, licensing, and other industry hurdles, the network finally announced that it would be airing a spin-off of the series, which will be called The Conners. When asked what he thought about that, Seinfeld suggested the show keep the character of Roseanne but replace her with a different comedian. He pointed to the fact that the series killed John Goodman’s character but brought him back to life. “Why can’t we get another Roseanne? There’s other funny women who could do that part,” he said.

With all respect to Mr. Seinfeld, let’s let ABC president Channing Dungey worry about The Conner‘s future.