Roseanne Returns to Twitter to Apologize for ‘Stupid Tweet’ That Put Hundreds Out of Work

That didn’t take long.

Roseanne Barr — much like the president she very vocally supports — cannot stay away from Twitter when things need to be said.Early Tuesday morning, the comedian and star of ABC’s revived and now canceled “Roseanne” posted a racist tweet referring to former President Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett as a mix between the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes.” While she backtracked that statement by deleting the tweet and then apologized for the so-called joke made in “bad taste,” she took one more step by promising to leave the social media platform that got her into so much trouble.The condemnation for Roseanne’s tweet was loud and widespread, and after defending and deflecting its star throughout the course of the revival, ABC finally announced it was canceling “Roseanne.” That appeared to have been the final nail in the coffin… until later

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