Roseanne Barr told her followers not to boycott ABC, which canceled “Roseanne” after Barr tweeted a racist comment about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.
The 65-year-old comedian then deleted that tweet.
“Please don’t start all of that boycott abc stuff,” Barr wrote in the now-deleted tweet. “I’m not a censor and they have the right to do what they wish. It’ all ok. thanks tho guys!”
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Actress Roseanne Barr speaks during SiriusXM’s Town Hall with the cast of Roseanne on March 27, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
“Don’t feel sorry for me, guys!!-I just want to apologize to the hundreds of people,and wonderful writers (all liberal) and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet. I will be on Joe Rogan’s podcast friday,” she added.
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A short time later, she told her followers not to “defend” her “indefensible” tweet and said she was “ambien tweeting” and went “2 far.”
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“hey guys, don’t defend me, it’s sweet of you 2 try, but…losing my show is 0 compared 2 being labelled a racist over one tweet-that I regret even more,” Barr continued.
hey guys, don’t defend me, it’s sweet of you 2 try, but…losing my show is 0 compared 2 being labelled a racist over one tweet-that I regret even more.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 30, 2018
“I’m sorry 4 my tweet, AND I will also defend myself as well as talk to my followers. so, go away if u don’t like it. I will handle my sadness the way I want to. I’m tired of being attacked & belittled more than other comedians who have said worse,” Barr wrote.
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At one point she even told one of her followers she thought Jarrett was “white.”
yes, I mistakenly thought she was white
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 30, 2018
In the now-deleted tweet, Barr said of Jarrett, who is African-American and was born in Iran, “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”
She later apologized, but ABC announced that it had canceled the popular reboot.
Statement by Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment:
[Issued on May 29, 2018]
Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.
— ABC Publicity (@ABC_Publicity) May 29, 2018