On Tuesday, ABC quickly announced its decision to cancel the ratings-gold reboot of “Roseanne” after the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, posted a racist tweet aimed at former Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett.
In the now-deleted tweet, Barr said Jarrett is what happens when the “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes” have a baby. In a statement renouncing the remark, the President of ABC Entertainment Channing Dungey wrote, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.”
Hollywood quickly came out in support of the show’s cancellation, some tying the incident to racism surrounding President Donald Trump and chalking up the ABC backlash as a win for the #resistance.
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