Roseanne Barr has canceled her scheduled appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, the comedian said Friday.
“The Roseanne podcast is not happening today,” Rogan tweeted. “She’s not doing well and doesn’t want to travel, and she’s gone radio silent on me, so I’m just going to step away. The whole thing has been pretty brutal on her, and I hope she can find some peace.”
The Roseanne podcast is not happening today. She’s not doing well and doesn’t want to travel, and she’s gone radio silent on me, so I’m just going to step away. The whole thing has been pretty brutal on her, and I hope she can find some peace.
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) June 1, 2018
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“Don’t feel sorry for me, guys!! – I just want to apologize to the hundreds of people, and wonderful writers (all liberal) and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet. I will be on Joe Rogan’s podcast friday,” Barr said on Tuesday after her sitcom was canceled by ABC. The tweet has since been deleted.
“Roseanne” was canceled on Tuesday after the title star sent out a racist tweet about Barack Obama’s former adviser Valerie Jarrett. “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” Barr wrote.
“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey said in a statement to TheWrap on Tuesday.
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Barr apologized before ABC’s statement on Tuesday, saying that her statement suggesting that former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes” was a “joke” that was “in bad taste.”
“I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks,” Barr said. “I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.”
The “Roseanne” star’s tweet caused swift backlash on Twitter, and consulting producer Wanda Sykes said she would not be returning to the sitcom on Tuesday morning. Executive producer and co-star Sara Gilbert said that Barr’s comments are “abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show.”
Barr was also dropped by her talent agency, ICM Partners, Tuesday over the remarks, which they found “disgraceful and unacceptable.”
Reruns of “Roseanne” were also pulled from Viacom’s Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT, as well as Laff digital network and Hulu.
6 Stars Who Faced Consequences After Inappropriate Tweets, From Roseanne to Alec Baldwin (Photos)
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Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried is known for shocking audiences, but his joke about a tsunami that hit Japan didn’t go over so well with insurance company Aflac. Gottfried voiced the Aflac duck in the company’s commercials for 11 years but was fired when he tweeted, “I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, ‘There’ll be another one floating by any minute now.”
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Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin came under fire back in 2013 when he tweeted threatening, homophobic comments to a reporter who wrote a story that Baldwin’s wife tweeted during the funeral for James Gandolfini. “If (sic) put my foot up your f—ing ass, George Stark, but I’m sure you’d dig it too much,” said Baldwin. He followed that with: “I’m gonna find you, George Stark, you toxic little queen, and I’m gonna f— … you … up.” He later apologized directly to GLAAD and briefly suspended his use of Twitter.
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David Eason
David Eason, who starred on MTV’s “Teen Mom 2,” was fired from the show in February after tweeting homophobic comments. He referred to gay and transgender people as “abominations” who he would teach his kids not to associate with.
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Rosie O’Donnell
Rosie O’Donnell was slapped by Twitter itself after telling conservative pundit Ben Shapiro to “suck my d—.” Shapiro reported her, and after Twitter initially said the tweet did not violate its policy, Shapiro cried double standard. Twitter reversed its position soon after and removed her tweets.
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CeeLo Green
Singer CeeLo Green’s show “The Good Life” was canceled by TBS in the same week that Green both pleaded no contest to a felony charge and tweeted the following about rape: “People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!” He also said, “If someone is passed out they’re not even WITH you consciously! so WITH Implies consent.” Green later apologized.
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Chad Ochocinco
It wasn’t what football star Chad Ochocinco tweeted, but when he tweeted that got him in trouble. Ochocinco was fined $25,000 by the NFL after tweeting during a football game he was playing in. “Man I’m sick of getting hit like that , its the damn preseason [expletive]! 1day I’m gone jump up and start throwing hay makers , #Tylenolplease,” he wrote. He sent another tweet at the end of the game apologizing, adding, “1st time twitter hasn’t made me money but cost me money.”
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Rosie O’Donnell, Gilbert Gottfried and Chad Ochocinco got slapped with more than just backlash after these social media faux pas
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