ABC Cancels top rated 'Roseanne' TV show - After Barr's Sarcastic Tweet about Valerie Jarrett
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ABC canceled its top-rated "Roseanne" reboot on Tuesday after its star Roseanne Barr made a sarcastic crack about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser in the Obama White House.
"Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC said in statement.
Barr proclaimed on Monday that if the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes" "had a baby," it would be Valerie Jarrett. ABC has now cancelled the show.
Roseanne deleted the comment and on Tuesday said she was sorry for her crack.
I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.
- Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
According to NBC News, Barr's deleted tweet read: "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj"
NBC said the offending tweet was a response to an online claim that President Barack Obama had spied on French presidential candidates and a social media user's accusation that Jarrett helped Obama "hide a lot."
Barr also apologized to Chelsea Clinton for a tweet for saying the former first daughter's middle name is Soros and she is wed to a nephew of billionaire businessman George Soros whom Barr called a "racist" and "Nazi" in another tweet.