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2 de oct. de 2021 · Roseanne Barr, star of the original "Roseanne" and its reboot, was dropped just two months after the new version's premiere, following a now-deleted racist tweet from Barr about a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama.
30 de may. de 2018 · ABC canceled its hit sitcom "Roseanne " today after Barr went on a racist Twitter rant. In one of the tweets, Barr wrote, "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." Barr was...
10 de feb. de 2023 · February 10, 2023. Paula Lobo/Getty Images. Nearly five years after Roseanne Barr was fired from the revival of her hit sitcom, Roseanne, after posting a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a...
- The Initial Tweet
- The First Apology
- ABC Cancels Roseanne
- ICM Drops Barr as A Client
- Stars from The Sitcom Speak Out
- Valerie Jarrett Responds
- Barr Apologizes Again; Blames Ambien
- Ambien Responds
- Barr Continues to Defend Herself and Insists She's 'Not A Racist'
- John Goodman Breaks His Silence
The scandal all started on May 29, when Barr posted the following tweet: "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." Barr was referring toJarrett, who is black and was born in Iran. The tweet has since been deleted.
As people flooded her mentions, Barr apologizedand proclaimed she was leaving Twitter. "I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans," she emphasized in another tweet. "I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me - my joke was in bad taste." However, her break from Twitter d...
Shortly after the backlash began, ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey revealed the network was canceling the sitcomin a statement released to the press. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," the statement read. "There was only one thing to do here, an...
The talent agency that previously represented Barr sent a note to their employees on May 29, notifying them of the actress' abrupt termination. "We are all greatly distressed by the disgraceful and unacceptable tweet from Roseanne Barr this morning," the memo read. "What she wrote is antithetical to our core values, both as individuals and as an ag...
It wasn't long before Twitter erupted with reactionsfrom Barr's Roseanneco-stars, condemning her for the racist remark that led ABC to pull the plug on their show. A production source told ET at the time that those who worked on the show were "horrified," and felt that perhaps the reboot "wasn't meant to be." "As I called my manager to quit working...
After being the target of Barr's racist tweet, Jarrett appeared on MSNBCfor a town hall discussing "Everyday Racism in America." "Tone does start at the top, and we like to look up to our president and feel as though he reflects the values of our country," Jarrett said during the town hall discussion with hosts Joy Reid and Chris Hayes. "But I also...
In a new series of apologetic tweets, Barr claimed her controversial remark was a result of her tweeting under the influenceof the prescription sleep aid Ambien. "Guys I did something unforgivable so do not defend me," Barr tweeted the night of May 29. "It was 2 in the morning and I was ambien tweetin." "It was Memorial Day too," she added. "I went...
Sanofi, the pharmaceutical company behind Ambien, released its own statement via Twitter shortly after: "People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world. While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication." ABC sh...
The comedian was back at it again on May 30, attempting to explain her tweet about Jarrett even further. "I'm not a racist, I never was & I never will be," she exclaimed. "One stupid joke in a lifetime of fighting 4 civil rights 4 all minorities, against networks, studios, at the expense of my nervous system/family/wealth will NEVER b taken from me...
Meanwhile, Barr's onscreen husband, John Goodman(Dan), was spotted at an auto repair shop in New Orleans on May 30. In footage obtained by ET, the actor cautiously reacted to the drama. "[I'd] rather say nothing than to cause more trouble," he said, adding that he's doing OK amid the controversy. "Everything's fine." Around the same time our articl...
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- Desiree Murphy
29 de may. de 2018 · But comments from Roseanne Barr herself, a public supporter of President Donald Trump on and off the screen, have added to controversy surrounding her moral character.
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- Courtney Norris,Dan Cooney
9 de feb. de 2023 · Television. ‘It was a witch-burning’: Roseanne may forgive Hollywood, but she’ll never forget. Roseanne Barr’s new stand-up special is one of her first appearances following her firing by ABC...
28 de jun. de 2023 · “But it never happened.” The one-minute clip of Barr’s remarks spread like wildfire on social media. The two-and-a-half hour-long podcast episode has no shortage of controversial comments on...
