Comedian Jerry Seinfeld argued that ABC’s move to drop the sitcom “Roseanne” after the show’s lead actress and executive producer Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet was “overkill.”

“I don’t even know why they had to do that,” Seinfeld said Monday, per USA Today. “It seemed like, you don’t need to murder someone that’s committing suicide. I thought the firing was overkill. She’s already dead.”