I still don't understand.

In his statement, Tommy Tiernan said "he had not meant to cause offence and that his words has been taken out of context. He said that the comments were part of an attempt to explain his belief that comedians have a duty to be irresponsible and reckless, to allow "whatever lunacy is within you to come out" and that they should never be taken out of context."

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So is his defense that what he said was to illustrate that comdedians have a duty to be irresponsible and reckless? (putting aside my opinion about that).

In other words, is Tiernan saying that the vile anti-Semitic things he said were because he was trying to say the craziest things that he-or a character he was portraying in his comedy sketch [?] could think of? And if it was a comedy sketch, what does he say when he steps out of it. Like did he say "Yeah, anybody who says stuff like that is Really crazy".

And if has indicated that the vile anti-Semitic things he said was while he was "in role" to make a point that saying something like that would be crazy, when did he clarify that?