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Roseanne Barr Apologizes for Racist 'Bad Joke' About Obama Advisor — Should ABC Scrap Season 11?
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Roseanne Barr has apologized for a racist and incendiary tweet she posted Tuesday morning about President Obama’s former advisor Valerie Jarrett, calling the comment a “bad joke.”

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The Roseanne star was contributing to an anti-Obama Twitter thread when she made the offensive statement, in which she called Jarrett — an African-American woman who was born in Iran — a combination of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.

wtf.. these folks really feeling froggy

That's that old-school, from deep in her upbringing racism that came out in joke form.

She pulled DAT SHIT out da oven!

Shit is wild too 'cus even as a youngin, when her show 1st aired, my racism spidey-sense was off da charts wit her. I KNEW she had it in her...


Thas why I always follow my intuition, it NEVA fails me.

I'm dead.

witch hunt maga nra

these kind of remarks are normal now thanks to CNN, MSNBC, Faux, NYT, WaPo, etc etc

she announced it on Twitter

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

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"I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that. ~ Francis Collins

I'm glad Africana is takin firm stands these days. Ninjaz aint goin for da banana inna tailpipe no mo'.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/entertainment/wanda-sykes-roseanne/index.html

fired she'd be collecting some unemployment checks instead...

she's always been exactly what she looks like to me. That's definitely a book a didn't mind judging by it's cover.

She'd get picked up elsewhere. First sitcom on Fox News or some shit.

To be fair to Roseanne - she's really stupid :)

a different way.

Not sure exactly how...
but I don't think deading her show is the most beneficial route for the overall cause.



"Get ready....for your blessing....."

The fuck we need to see play out?

Cancel the show and the end.

Ain’t no other way for this to play out to our benefit. You really can’t help yourself can you?

at play.

Let her shit fizzle out with low ratings and ruin any chance of her reviving her career any further.

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

makes them ....them

like they need this for more ammo

duck

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There's NO reason to keep her around. Fire her ass.

that shit up yo!"


"Get ready....for your blessing....."

LMAO... I'll not be abloe to watch that scene again now.

>a different way.
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>Not sure exactly how...
>but I don't think deading her show is the most beneficial
>route for the overall cause.
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>"Get ready....for your blessing....."

gotsta go!

No need to wait for a damned thang! And phuck what the dummies gotta say.

Glad they cancelled her with the quickness.

think it was highest rated sitcom this year yet, maybe dipped a little the last couple episodes. I think next season will dip a lot tho and then they can pull it if that happens.

and she used the words "White Supremacist".

This ignorant bitch compared VJ to a monkey. They better come harder than some 'public apology' shit.

This isn't the same as ESPN not wanting their people to wade to deep into politics. ESPN just doesn't want its talent to even be in the mix.

This garbage that Roseanne Barr pulled is way over the line. She better see some repercussions from this.

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

https://twitter.com/tvoti/status/1001526178056781825

Ratings were already dropping big from the premiere

but I def think it was going to keep sliding

But the same thing happened with the Will & Grace revival. Their numbers weren't THAT good, but that's the thing with these reboots. Everyone wants to check them out at first, then interest fades.

nothing is getting 30 mil like back in the 90s. You get 10 million viewers its a hit.

Just look at this current Nielsen list:
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/top10s.html

Roseanne still 2nd broadcast tv ratings. Nobody huddles around watching the same shit anymore, too many cable and streaming options.



Didn't look down yet, lol can't believe they actually did cancel it but good for them. The slide would have been real anyways I'm sure but won't be surprised if it gets picked up by someone else either.

Aint surprised at dat heffa.


Tryna think of some good getback...

Got it, we need Crisco ta hate-fuck her and cold shoot da club up, give her a Black baby, den when Shorty old enough to comprehend social-dynamics, show'eem da clip. Let dat heffa relive da shame AWALL ova again.


Yo Crisco, ready ta put in dat work?

Because as we all know, racism is just the expression of Economic Anxiety, but her show was already renewed for a season 2, so what is she so anxious about? Does it actually come from elsewhere?

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/29/media/roseanne-twitter-chelsea-clinton/index.html

Roseanne Barr, one of ABC's biggest stars, apologized after a bizarre, racist Twitter rant Tuesday morning, and then announced she's "now leaving Twitter."
ABC had no immediate comment.

Following the rant, one of the show's consulting producers, Wanda Sykes, said she's done with the show.

"I will not be returning to @RoseanneOnABC," Sykes tweeted.

And Sara Gilbert, who plays Barr's daughter on the ABC sitcom, tweeted that Barr's comments are "abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show."

Gilbert added: "This is incredibly sad and difficult for all of us, as we've created a show that we believe in, are proud of, and that audiences love— one that is separate and apart from the opinions and words of one cast member."

Barr is notorious for tweeting about pro-Trump conspiracy theories and other controversial topics. This week she repeatedly attacked prominent Democrats.

In one of the tweets, she wrote, "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj."

Barr was responding to a comment about Valerie Jarrett, a top former aide to President Obama.

CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski responded to Roseanne on Twitter about the Jarrett comment, which she replied was "a joke."

Barr later deleted the tweet and tweeted an apology to Jarrett and "all Americans."

"I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks," Barr tweeted. "I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste." Barr then said she's leaving Twitter.

Jarrett declined to comment.

Social media lit up with criticism of both Barr and ABC, with some demanding a response from the broadcast network. ABC has not replied to CNNMoney's request for comment.

In the past, ABC executives have privately said that they hold their noses when Barr tweets. They know some of her posts have been problematic -- full of pro-Trump conspiracy theories that mislead her fans.

The executives want Barr to focus on her show. But they seem to take the position that there's no controlling Barr, and that's what makes her the successful comic she is.

ABC employees shared these views on condition of anonymity earlier this year, before the current Twitter controversy.

Barr also made comments on Twitter about Chelsea Clinton, tweeting, "Chelsea Soros Clinton." She later replied in the comments that Clinton is "married to Soros nephew." Soros is a billionaire liberal benefactor who has been the subject to many right-wing conspiracy theories over the years.

Clinton responded to Barr shortly after.

"Good morning Roseanne - my given middle name is Victoria. I imagine George Soros's nephews are lovely people. I'm just not married to one," she wrote.

Barr responded back to Clinton saying, "Sorry to have tweeted incorrect info about you! Please forgive me!

She then continued, "By the way, George Soros is a nazi who turned in his fellow Jews 2 be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth-were you aware of that? But, we all make mistakes, right Chelsea?"

This conspiracy theory about Soros has been debunked many times. The fact-checking site Snopes called it "false" back in 2016.

Roseanne's rant is nothing new to those who follow the sitcom star on Twitter. The star bred controversy on the site before.

The premiere of Roseanne's reboot was one of the highest-rated new shows of the season, and Barr is one of the network's biggest stars, if not its biggest.

However, after the huge debut, which brought in more than 18 million live viewers, the show saw its audience come back down to earth. Its finale, which aired last week, nabbed roughly 10 million viewers.

ABC is currently in production on season two of "Roseanne." The next season of the show will kick off in the fall for ABC.

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" host, Joe Scarborough, was critical of ABC on Twitter following the rant.

"Hey @ABC, Roseanne Barr compared Valerie Jarrett to an ape. There is no apology she can make that justifies @ABC turning a blind eye to this bigotry by airing another second of her show," he tweeted. "Even in the Age of Trump, there are red lines that can never be crossed. This is one."

Others like civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson called on the network to cancel the show.

".@ABC, how desperate are you to profit from Roseanne's racism? We know racism sells in this country, it always has. But you don't have to participate in it," he tweeted. "This apology is meaningless. Cancel Roseanne."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18sVU5LhDdk

I fucking fell out in the office.

Now they know I'm here

thats not even a joke.

theres nothing that riles conservatives up into action like fake victimization. this is perfect.

what a dickhead.

she just fucked it all up for everyone involved.

https://media1.tenor.com/images/8b369fcfcbcd75abb7419abf66b059e2/tenor.gif?itemid=5633328

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

https://imgur.com/fxK8E2M

FluidJ wanted her to get that paid vacation that the cops get.

Theyre gonna be livid.

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"I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that. ~ Francis Collins

she f*cked everybody up and she had the nerve to get on twitter with that mess. hate.

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Fuck aliens

-Warriorpoet415




http://soundcloud.com/rayandersonjr

The reason the show cratered the first time around was because she was insufferable and largely impossible to work with. And that was before she outed herself as a racist.

She's got no one to blame but herself.

on the commute home my Brothers and Sister

they gonna be out for BLOOD this evening!


"Get ready....for your blessing....."

Liked the show...hated the star

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Roseanne died/had to go back to her planet, now Jackie's in charge of everything and somehow married to Dan.

ROSEANNE DIED ON THE WAY BACK TO HER PLANET

The other actors are fine.

The crew are the real casualties here.

everybody knows everybody...they probably already all have jobs elsewhere

d

they knew what they were joining. Her crazy was never hidden or a secret and jumping on the Trump bandwagon put her racism out there before they did the first episode. This was always going in one direction, off a cliff.

and go home and feed their family.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

Thinking you got job security with Roseanne

https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2018/03/roseanne-hitler.jpg


no sympathy

he's acting like these grips and camera men are execs..lol

Nobody else hiring crew's ?

some type of way if my job was lost due to my boss being a bigot.

you came in and found a way to sound wrong as hell...

that's impressive.

when they go out of business.

You sound like FluidJ, poor boom guy he doesn't get to work for racist Roseanne anymore.

https://media.giphy.com/media/5SKOXxFo670S4/giphy.gif

once you're in the guild, and if you're good, you'll always work.

d

for their bosses shitty opinions.

?

There's got to be a caterer or someone we haven't shit on yet.

Will the caterer go out of business ? Did someone starve or get evicted because the Rosanne show was canceled ?

are they contracted employees or unionized hourly wage employees?

like is a show considered a project? seasonal employment? hourly

I'm not seeing outright how a tv show cancellation would kill the low man's 'career'

if it does/can feel free to elaborate

most folks just talking about these folks losing a gig who aren't involved in anything but the technical shit.

But, if I understand correctly, their livelihood is about getting on (ideally) long-term projects. A show gets canceled, they're out of work.

a show like this would be considered ideal, because it was highly rated, so you might feel some sense of job security (relatively) for a while, especially if you are between seasons, on a hit show you know is coming back, and there's really no reason to think that would change, so you'd feel comfortable say, dropping a down payment on a new car, or adding on to the house, knowing you're good for another year at least.

once a show ends, or get cancelled you are essentially fired. i work in post, so i'm not sure exactly how it goes down, but i believe you put your name back out there listing yourself as available, and different productions/production companies will chose you based on your rep, who you know, etc..

a big show like this, much of this crew has probably worked together before, many of them may be fine, but it still really sucks and is something that can throw a huge monkey wrench into your life.

I think the saavy folks have figured out the best thing to do about spreading crazy conspiracy theories on the internet is to sue for defamation.

I think ABC was scared of facing a defamation lawsuit from George Soros for the Nazi stuff Roseanne tweeted today.



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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

it was all in the plans after the show reached #1

what really happened is that it is all part of a plot by authoritarian liberal activist david hogg and the deep state to silence powerful free thinkers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeY1RgxV0AAfUEd.jpg

when the shit is right there..

RIGHT THERE!!!

stars claiming without basis that a Billionaire colloborated with the Nazis. That's gawker exposure. Alex Jones calling Sandy Hook victims crisis actors exposure.

I just think this decision was driven more than just her saying something racist.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

that makes sense to you based on absolutely zero evidence that it even occurred lol.

the chick said something racist. there was a massive backlash on social media to the racist comment. her black consulting producer quit. and the black president of abc canceled the show. no mention anywhere by anyone of the soros comments even being a factor.

sometimes your eyes dont deceive you lol. what you see is really whats standing in front of you.

and gawker and alex jones personally/directly engaged in the behavior being litigated. saying abc is in the same realm of exposure for the soros tweets is like saying nbc had exposure for employing a reality tv star who engaged in a public crusade claiming the sitting president wasnt a citizen.

that ABC would so quickly cancel one of their top rated shows because of that one racist tweet.

Channing Dungey doesn't have the power to make such a move so quickly. Even Bob Iger would have to seriously consider the consequences of making such a move after the weekend Solo underperformed.

Maybe I am putting too much on Soros but at the very least I am thinking that the keeping Roseanne cost benefit analysis was already being considered well before the tweet.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

who knows how many other shows Wanda Sykes works for or how much stock she had in this new series.

I also think even though 10 mill is good numbers they saw that shit fading to regular rating territory and take the chance to ruin your rep over her bullshit?

One of her bosses is a Black woman

One of her main writers is a Black woman

It’s like you refuse to believe her racism against this woman for her fired.

when your boss is a Black woman..

...,they WILL let dey nutz hang.

Accordingly, when Im around'em, I wear my Blackness on my sleeve out da gate so dey know, "Damn...I can't pull that bullshit with *this one"

smh

#Caudacity

Its da movement for 2k18

Wanda Sykes....

https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1001547933827915776

i love how the right thinks bill maher is some revered champion of the left. if him and roseanne can get taken out by the same stone...i think a lot of liberals would celebrate lol.

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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

one of those zainey batshit fake woke liberals

LOL he's been garbage for years.

Not to wish it, but all I'm saying is this: If Joe rogan UFC the shit out of her, then he'll be a hero.

But remember - it took Joe Rogan over a decade to accept the fucking moon landing.

He will bait you into talking your crazy shit without showing judgement. He will nudge her along

>Not to wish it, but all I'm saying is this: If Joe rogan UFC
>the shit out of her, then he'll be a hero.
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>But remember - it took Joe Rogan over a decade to accept the
>fucking moon landing.

than anyone short of youtube's algorithm.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

to cover that sport and be worse than he is, especially considering he actually trains. It dumbfounds me every time.

i mean, I get it in a sense, in todays world theres not much of a ideological spectrum, its very binary

so in someways hes on the side I agree with and in other ways hes in a gray area that I can't begin to understand and so I tend to just stay the fuck away because I don't want to be surprised if he were to one day start nodding in agreement with some insane right wing talking head

It is because he has 50 y.o. white man blind spots..

and lets be real... unless you are a comedian there are no black people on there to talk about anything...

so he only has whitesplaining on there for 3 hrs... he doesnt get any other info

with declining testosterone whining about the fact other people have begun rejecting the worldview from their formative years.

i cant even watch the mma discussion on there nowadays. it always turns into whining about political correctness and how burdened they are by not being able to offend anyone anymore.

plus joe looks like he hasnt brushed his teeth since comic relief was on hbo.

COCKSUCKA!

its overrrrr

https://twitter.com/SanofiUS/status/1001824999496404992

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.

..... you know it's some shit.

That response made my insides tingly.

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