Irony alert! Roseanne signed this cover for me in 1989! (Image via Matthew Rettenmund/Jet Magazine)
Roseanne Barr is belatedly apologizing after making a blatantly racist remark slamming Obama Administration veteran Valerie Jarrett, comparing her to Planet of the Apes.
After she trended on Twitter for the remark, Barr decided to apologize — after once again (please, just do it already!) promising to leave the platform:
This isn't the first time the mentally unhinged former comedy icon has sworn off Twitter, and it likely won't be the last.
Barr — someone who sees anti-Semitism EVERYWHERE (she has tweeted that people should dump all LGBT orgs because they support the murder of Jews, just as one example) — sure seems not to recognize racism, even when it comes from her own mouth.
Ironically, 29 ago, I went to a Roseanne Barr My Life as a Woman book signing in Chicago. It was MOBBED. She was among the first five or so people whose autograph I had ever sought, and in those days, I liked gimmicks . For her, since there was such a rivalry in the media between herself and Bill Cosby, I thought it would be funny to have her sign over his face on something. I was 19 and completely missed those optics, but the old Roseanne, the liberal Roseanne, did not. Though I was peeved with her at the time, Roseanne correctly surmised that signing over a successful black man's face would give a racist vibe and, noticing a cover line I'd not even paid attention to on the Jet Magazine I bought, she answered “IS THERE A RISING TIDE OF RACISM?” with her handwritten “yes.” (Not the emphatic period.) She then signed &ldqou;Love, Roseanne” for me. (All of this is in my diary. You can't make this shit up.)
Who is Ivanka married to again, Roseanne? (Image via Twitter)
Nary a peep from ABC or Disney or producer Sara Gilbert on this latest outburst, or any of the star's absolutely unfounded conspiracy theories (including the new one, that Chelsea Clinton married a Soros nephew ... she didn't, but ... so what if she had?).
I guess Roseanne could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Ave now and still retain a job with Disney.
— Mike Signorile (@MSignorile) May 29, 2018
Roseanne Rips Ex-Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett With Racially Charged Joke https://t.co/VB0XGiuGzN
I will never understand how anyone sane can tune out this aspect of who Roseanne Barr has become and enjoy her new show.
I will not be returning to @RoseanneOnABC.
— Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) May 29, 2018
UPDATE: Wanda Sykes, a consulting producer, has quit — she will not return for Season 2 of Roseanne.
Sandy Duncan waiting for that phone call.
— Dave Holmes (@DaveHolmes) May 29, 2018
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