Sarah Silverman hit back following a backlash to a recently resurfaced video of her 2007 MTV Britney Spears roast at the Video Music Awards.
“MTV asked me to mini-roast Britney [Spears] after her big performance,” the 50-year-old comedian tweeted after one of her followers posted a video from the awards show and asked Silverman, “girl what is this, explain yourself x.” The comments were noted by E! News in a piece published Wednesday. (RELATED: Britney Spears’ Fans Not Convinced New Video Update Is Actually Recent)
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“While she was performing I was having diarrhea [and] going over my jokes,” she added. “Had no idea she didn’t kill. Unfortunate. Art changes over [years] as we know more [and] the world changes.”
um @SarahKSilverman girl what is this explain yourself x https://t.co/7I2na4tk6a
— joshua (@joshcharles_21) February 7, 2021
“I wish I could delete it but I can’t,” Silverman continued. “But you are posting it for people to see. So [are you] trying to be kind or right?”
I was known then 4 roasts. MTV asked me to mini-roast Britney after her big performance. While she was performing I was having diarrhea & going over my jokes. Had no idea she didn’t kill. Unfortunate. Art changes over yrs as we know more & the world changes.
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 8, 2021
I wish I could delete it but I can’t. But you are posting it for people to see. So r u trying to be kind or right?
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 8, 2021
In the clip posted, the actress made a handful of jokes at the singer’s expense. (RELATED: Britney Spears’ Social Media Manager Says The Star ‘Creates Her Own Posts’ After She Shares Bizarre Videos)
“[She’s] 25 years old and she’s already accomplished everything she’s going to accomplish in her life,” Silverman said about the pop star. “It’s mind-blowing. And she’s so grown-up. She’s a mother, you know? It’s crazy.”
“It’s weird to think that just a few years ago on this very show, she was this, like, sweet, innocent little girl in slutty clothes riding around with a python,” she added, before taking a swipe at her kids labeling Spears’ children the “most adorable mistakes.”
The backlash comes days after The New York Times/FX unauthorized documentary about the singer aired which focuses on her her rise to fame, mental health issues and conservatorship, according to Page Six.