ABC on Tuesday announced it was cancelling its revival of popular sitcom “Roseanne” after star Roseanne Barr made a racist “joke” about former Obama White House aide Valerie Jarrett.
As reported by Variety, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said that the network was cancelling Barr’s show after she said compared Jarrett to a cross between “the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.”
“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” Dungey said.