Judd Apatow on Calling HBO’s ‘Confederate’ Backlash ‘Censorship’: ‘I Used the Wrong Word’

“It is not censorship,” Apatow says, “but to criticize work before it exists is dangerous to all expression”

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Judd Apatow is clarifying the recent comments he made criticizing backlash toย HBO’s “Confederate,” the upcoming drama series about slavery from “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

After HBO picked up the series last month, many people took to social media with criticism about the project that envisions an alternate reality in which slavery exists due to the South having successfully seceded from the Union. Authorย Author Ta-Nehisi Coates is among the public figures who have voiced concern about “Confederate.”

Apatow made it clear with a tweet on Friday that he does not support the outcry, saying that “censorship is never a good idea” and that it is “a tad early to judge their work and intentions.”

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