Roseanne cancelled: ABC scraps sitcom after star's 'abhorrent' tweets

Network pulls Barr’s revived show and condemns racist tweets towards ex-Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett

Roseanne Barr’s revived sitcom has been cancelled after she posted a racist and Islamophobic tweet that attacked former Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett.

The sitcom star falsely alleged that Jarrett, who was born in Iran to American parents, has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, and compared her to an ape. Barr wrote: “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” using Jarrett’s initials.

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