ABC has announced that the network is cancelling the "Roseanne" reboot after a racist tweet from Roseanne Barr.
Barr has since apologized, but in a tweet she wrote, "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj."
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She was responding to tweets referring to Valerie Jarrett, a former aide to former U.S. president Barack Obama. Barr had later responded to a CNN reporter that her tweet was a joke.
ABC writes in a statement that "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values."
I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018