Roseanne Barr called in to the Rabbi Shmuley Podcast yesterday to both apologize and claim that she never did the thing that got “Roseanne” canceled.
“I’m a lot of things.
I’m a loudmouth and all that stuff, but I’m not stupid, for God’s sake, and I never would have wittingly called any black person…say they are a monkey,” she said during her emotional appearance.Barr did exactly that in a tweet that read, “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” with “vj” standing for former President Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett.
The actress and comedienne’s penchant for controversial tweets was nothing new, but this one proved to be the last straw: ABC canceled “Roseanne” within hours via a terse statement: “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.”“I never would do that!
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