Roseanne Barr's Tweet Referring to Blacks as Apes Valerie Jarrett

Roseanne Barr Incites Fury With Racist Tweet, and Her Show Is Canceled by ABC

Roseanne Barr posted a comment about Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama

But on Tuesday, that all came crashing down. ABC abruptly canceled “Roseanne” hours after Ms. Barr, the show’s star and co-creator, posted a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who was a senior adviser to Barack Obama throughout his presidency and considered one of his most influential aides. Ms. Barr wrote if the 

“Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”

Asked on Air Force One if Mr. Trump had any reaction to the show’s cancellation, the White House press secretary, 

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, demurred. 

“I think we have a lot bigger things going on in the country right now,” 

she said. 

Canceling the series that quickly was a highly unusual step for a network. When series like “Two and a Half Men,” “House of Cards” or “Transparent” were at the center of storms surrounding their biggest stars, the casts were reworked but remained on the air. But none of the stars involved in those shows were as central to their identity as Ms. Barr was to “Roseanne.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/business/media/roseanne-barr-offensive-tweets.html