Widely revered as the king of Comedy Central Roasts, straight-shooting funnyman Jeff Ross has opened up about what makes a good Roastee, and why the recent Roast of outspoken and pioneering comedienne Roseanne Barr was perhaps his best yet!

“The best person to roast is somebody who can take it,” Ross revealed in an interview with Co Create.

“Somebody who’s got a good reputation and has earned the right to laugh at themselves.”

And it seems Roseanne, who took to the Comedy Central stage earlier this month to receive a good old fashioned roasting from the likes of Ross, Carrie Fisher, Seth Green and Sharon Stone, was the perfect candidate!



“The Roseanne roast was a fun one. Although I loved her TV show when I was young, the real attraction for me was her unapologetic brand of stand-up comedy,” Ross continued.

“I always love comedians who don’t hold back, who go for it, so I thought my jokes about her should be brutal. I thought I’d be doing her a disservice if I held back, so to me this had to be one of the more brutal roasts, as a way to pay respect.”

Make sure you catch ‘The Mother of all Roasts’ when the ‘Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne’ premieres Thursday September 27 @ 8.30pm on Comedy Central New Zealand!

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