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!”
“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.
A short time later, she told her followers not to “defend” her “indefensible” tweet and said she was “ambien tweeting” and went “2 far.”
“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.
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