That led the drug maker Sanofi to say on social media that 'racism is not a known side effect” of their product. ABC canceled its successful reboot of 'Roseanne” on Tuesday following her racist tweet likening former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and a 'Planet of the Apes” actor.īarr continued tweeting on Wednesday, at one point saying the offending tweet was composed at 2 a.m.
Given Barr’s past incidents of bad behavior and questionable social media posts, ABC faced questions Wednesday about why it went back into business with her before it all blew apart. Roseanne Barr has a lengthy list of questionable actions, other racist remarks and downright lies.Īn old picture of Roseanne Barr dressed as Adolf Hitler, wearing a swastika and pulling burnt cookies from an oven, splashed on the front of the New York Daily News Wednesday like a neon sign asking ABC executives: What were you thinking?
