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Of course, her coronavirus controversy is not Roseanne Barr’s first rodeo. The comedian and longtime TV actress has made headlines for years due to her polarizing comments. In 2018, ABC cut Barr out of the Roseanne revival — which was named after her and featured her as the main star — after she made racist comments about former White House official Valerie Jarrett. Her remark came in the form of a tweet, which read that if the “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby,” it would be Jarrett.
While Jarrett — the African-American woman, who served as an influential senior adviser to Barack Obama during his presidency — dismissed Barr’s tweet as just more hate mail, fans and stars immediately shamed Barr for the insensitive words. Though she apologized (and insisted she thought Jarrett was white, for some reason), it was much too late. ABC abruptly canceled Roseanne hours later, and the network’s entertainment president, Channing Dungey, said in a statement, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.” Eventually, the show returned, without Barr, in the form of The Conners.
Since her firing, Barr has somewhat stepped back from Twitter and rarely publishes any personal comments of reactions — but that doesn’t mean she’s stopped speaking out. Will the controversies ever end?
Written by: Nicki
