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- ABC canceled its hit sitcom “Roseanne” on Tuesday after the show’s biggest star, Roseanne Barr, went on a racist Twitter rant. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC said.
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Feb 10, 2023 · 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 senior aide to President Barack Obama, the...
- One Tweet Started It All
- Cancellation Was Swift
- Roseanne's Co-Stars React
- The Backlash Continues
- Roseanne Barr Responds Defiantly
- The Blame Shifts to Ambien
- The Makers of Ambien Respond
- Replacements Line Up
- President Trump Wades in
On Tuesday, the notoriously outspoken Roseanne Barr took to Twitter to compare Valerie Jensen, attorney and former senior aide to Barack Obama, to a character from Planet of the Apes. The tweet has since been deleted, but that didn't stop thousands of Twitter users, including multiple celebrities, calling her out for it. Barr apologized for her act...
Unsurprisingly, Barr's racist and deplorable tweet earned a swift reaction from ABC, home to the Roseanne revival. Wanda Sykes, who has served as a consulting producer on Roseanne, very quickly tweeted that she would not be returning to the show and then, amid calls across social media for the show to be cancelled, the following statement arrived f...
The cancellation of the Roseanne show was a direct reaction to Barr's behavior, but it also meant that the cast and crew suddenly found themselves out of work. Sara Gilbert, who played Roseanne's daughter Darlene, responded to the news on Twitter, calling Barr's comments abhorrent, and adding "This is incredibly sad and difficult for all of us." He...
Keep in mind all of the above events had taken place across just a few hours. That's bad enough, but it didn't stop there. With the cancellation of Roseanne's planned second season on ABC, multiple Viacom owned stations, along with Hulu and digital platform Luff, pulled reruns of the original nine seasons of the show.The decision wasn't really a su...
Barr didreturn to social media, tweeting up a storm. Initially, she seemed apologetic, and made a point of saying she felt bad for all those who had lost their jobs. Only then she began retweeting her fans, who were defending her with the hashtag #StandbyRoseanne. Shortly after that, in another abrupt turn, she asked her supporters not to defend he...
While everyone was shocked by Barr's initial tweet and then the very quick backlash and repercussions, the most shocking (and frankly, hilarious) moment came when Barr took to Twitter again to try and defend her actions in yet another tweet that is now deleted: "guys I did something unforgivable so do not defend me. It was 2 in the morning and I wa...
Sonofi, the makers of Ambien, were quick to respond to Barr's tweets with a statement that reflected the ludicrous nature of her claims when they pointed out "While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication." Dictionary.com went one further on Twitter, giving the the meaning of the w...
The cancellation of Roseanne leaves a hole in ABC's scheduling, of course, but they needn't worry; many Twitter users are suggesting alternatives, including the return of Agent Carter. Zach Braff not so subtly pointed out that his own ABC show, Alex, Inc. had been cancelled even though he's not a racist, while Brian Fuller was quick to offer the re...
Never one to let a tweeting opportunity pass him by, Donald Trump came to the aid of his long-term supporter, Barr, by attacking Disney Chairman Bob Iger on May 30th and May 31st. Meanwhile, a former Trump aide, Michael Caputo, has announced his plans to try and save Roseanneby taking it to his online streaming startup, Bond. But with cast and crew...
Roseanne Barr, the former star of US sitcom Roseanne, has opened up about the tweet that saw her hit comedy pulled from the air by ABC.
- Thomas Ling
May 29, 2018 · The hit revival of the ABC sitcom "Roseanne" was canceled Tuesday, hours after the show's star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.
- Cheyenne Haslett
May 30, 2018 · ABC canceled "Roseanne" Tuesday. Here's a look at what happened, hour by hour: The ABC bosses woke up to Barr's overnight posts attacking Valerie Jarrett, Chelsea Clinton and George Soros.
May 29, 2018 · ABC has put an end to the PR nightmare that is Roseanne, cancelling the revived comedy in the wake of star Roseanne Barr's racist Twitter tirade.
