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ABC cancels hit TV show after racist tweet from Roseanne Barr

By AirTalk Staff
Published May 29, 2018
Actress/Executive producer Roseanne Barr attends The Roseanne Series Premiere at Walt Disney Studios on March 23, 2018 in Burbank, California. / AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)
Actress/Executive producer Roseanne Barr attends The Roseanne Series Premiere at Walt Disney Studios on March 23, 2018 in Burbank, California.
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ABC cancels hit TV show after racist tweet from Roseanne Barr

ABC has cancelled its hit reboot of "Roseanne" following her racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.

In her tweet, Barr suggested that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes."

The TV star deleted the tweet subsequently and tweeted to Jarrett that she was sorry "for making a bad joke" about her politics and her looks. Jarrett, who is African-American, advised Barack and Michelle Obama.

With files from the Associated Press.

Guest:

Dominic Patten,  senior editor at the film and TV industry news site, Deadline