Roseanne Barr Racist Tweet: American television sitcom Roseanne’s star, Roseanne Barr, once used her social media platform to tweet about racist matters. Then, Ms. Barr canceled her long-time-running television show. Here’s what we know so far.
Roseanne Barr’s Racist Tweet
Roseanne, an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams for ABC network, was aired from 18 October 1988 to 20 May 1997 and briefly revived from 27 March 2018 to 22 May 2018.
ABC shortly canceled the show after the show’s lead, Roseanne Barr shared a series of racist tweets taking her Twitter account, the tweets included about an African-American woman who was a senior adviser to Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett, she has been throughout his presidency and considered one of his most influential aides.
Ms. Bar wrote, “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”
Later, Roseanne Barr felt sorry but it was too late, ABC’s entertainment president, Channing Dungey made a statement and said, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values.”
What Did Roseanne Barr Say?
Roseanne Barr’s show had enormous viewers at the time, after celebrating the show’s success, she renewed for an 11th season of 13 episodes but ABC canceled the show, Roseanne on 29 May 2018.
In June, ABC announced Roseanne’s spin-off entitled The Conners, which premiered in October 2018.
An Emmy and a Golden Globe Award winner, Roseanne Barr also shared another tweet regarding Racism, she wrote “I’m not a racist, I never was & I never will be. One stupid Joke in a lifetime of fighting 4 civil rights 4 all minorities, against networks and studios, at the expense of my nervous system/family/wealth will never b taken from me.”
After some time, Roseanne Barr deleted both tweets she shared from her Twitter account and apologized.
and wrote on her Twitter, “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-joke was in bad taste.”
Roseanne Barr Ethnicity
Roseanne Barr was born to a Jewish family in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the oldest of four children born to Helen, a bookkeeper and cashier, and Jerome Hershel “Jerry” Barr a salesman, as per her Wikipedia page.
From her father’s side, she is a Jewish emigrant from the Russian Empire, and from her maternal side, she is also a Jewish emigrant from Austria-Hungary and Lithuania.
