Roseanne says 'sorry' and she's going to quit twitter

[janterry]

"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"

Link to tweet

[malaise]

1. Let me be kind

Fuck you you racist piece of shit.

[workinclasszero]

45. What you said

FO Barr, fake apology not accepted!

[Miles Archer]

50. You beat me to it

That's really all that needs to be said.

There's this:

Roseanne Barr has a disturbing history of calling black women ‘apes’

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/roseanne-barr-disturbing-history-calling-black-women-apes/

...and the fact that she was worried about her TV show. That's it. Fuck her.

[dhill926]

2. too late....

you vile piece of shit....you're just sorry at the reaction it got....

[oberliner]

3. She said she was going to quit twitter 8 days ago

And then changed her mind.

[EffieBlack]

21. She threatens to quit Twitter or show business every few weeks

But she's still there ...

[Eliot Rosewater]

31. so many awesomely talented people's jobs at risk now due to her racism

Wanda already quit, earlier today I think.

[EffieBlack]

33. All she had to do was keep her mouth shut and let the money roll in

But racists gonna racist.

[Eliot Rosewater]

37. THAT is the part that is AMAZING. Ask anyone in Hollywood, would they RISK this

given the situation and almost NOBODY does.

Something wrong with her.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. But, This Time She Really, Really Means It!

Sort of. Maybe. At least she thinks so.

[GulfCoast66]

4. She must be worried she passed a line

And expects to hear from the suits at Disney.

[janterry]

7. Her co-stars seem to like her

but she doesn't seem to care about them. Opening her big mouth puts their jobs in jeopardy.

Why would she *also* want to hurt them??

[syringis]

5. Hi Janterry

She should quit the public stage. There's already more garbage than it needs, it doesn't have to get bigger.

[janterry]

9. I agree

I didn't mind so much that she was doing a reboot (or she was pro-trump). Well, I minded - but I didn't mind if the show debated it with sharp wit and humor.

It's all about her, though. I think if she gets kicked off tv she will take it with the gracelessness of an egoist -
and she will pretend that she is not to blame, at all.

[Grammy23]

6. She probably got a sh*t ton of negative comments thrown back at her.

Realizing too late her goof up (but revealing comment), she tries to backtrack by offering a mea culpa hoping people will forgive and move on. It’s 2018, Roseanne. You should have known better than to post such racist garbage and expect people to laugh and think how clever you are. The only people who did that are tRump’s base and tRump. The rest of us think it told us a whole lot about YOU. And we didn’t like what it verified for us. Buh-bye and now just leave.

[The Blue Flower]

8. Her tweet was way over the line disgusting

She should not have a network show or national platform of any kind.

[EffieBlack]

34. How does one not know that calling a black woman the child of apes is racist?

Last edited Tue May 29, 2018, 02:02 PM - Edit history (1)

She knew exactly what she was saying. She just didn't expect to get called on it by anyone with any power over her.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

54. And when they did it to

Michelle Obama is was just as awful and unforgivable. Screw off anyone with the blacks=apes nonsense. It's kindergarten stuff and I'm tired tired tired of it.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

10. She should quit

The entire planet.

[hlthe2b]

11. Who would have ever guessed that between her and Tom Arnold...

Arnold would be the more sane and stable one...


That said, I do think there is at least an outside possibility that she's in need of mental health evaluation...

[janterry]

17. did you see his tweet

I'm not sure I can make sense of it (I mean I get what he's saying....just not its' import). But here it is:


Anyone who worked on "Roseanne" 88'-94' knows there's a 50% chance Rosey calls me today & tells me to go fire Donald Trump.
They also know there's 100% chance I'd show up at the White House, give him 5 mins to say goodbye & get his crap before I through him & it out the window.

edited to c/p the tweet

[hlthe2b]

20. I'm thinking you embedded something other than his tweet? All I see is a full page of computer code

???

I'm not on twitter, but when I google Tom Arnold Twitter, I can see most of his content and a single retweet of someone's post that excoriates Roseanne for her racist post ..

[janterry]

25. thanks! I copied and pasted it

and put it in the original post

[hlthe2b]

27. Cryptic, but I do know she expected her producers to bend to her every whim, including

firing people she didn't think were carrying their weight. How that relates to Trump, unless he is suggesting she will eventually turn on him....?

[Kirk Lover]

12. She only cares because of her job which won't be around too long anyway. nt

[janterry]

15. They should cancel her

I had to think that - because in most situations I don't like to censor. But in this case, she needs help exiting the national stage.

[gratuitous]

13. As apologies go, I give it a 4

Comparing black people to apes is about 50 years out of date, and it didn't rise to the level of a bad joke then. Nowadays? Just out-and-out racist.

[janterry]

14. No part of what she said had the appearance of a joke

[dajoki]

16. quit your tv show also, you rotten B***H n/t

[Wwcd]

18. Twitter has been banning people lately for calling Trump a liar.

Twitter should ban Roseanne

[workinclasszero]

47. "Twitter has been banning people lately for calling Trump a liar."

Seriously?

Damn I guess the truth is not wanted on twitter which explains why it gives a worldwide platform for racist POS like Barr and Dear Leader!

[Wwcd]

52. Yes. Average twitter acct holders are complaing about it

Saying suddenly they are temp suspended & the reason was for a neg post about Trump. Most said they called him a liar.

They said they can log in & post to other accts but their own twitter page is suspebded in limbo.

Not sure how that works as I never log on to my 3 yr old acct.

I read of this late last night, there were about 7/8 who made the same comment & added a big wtf is twitter up to.

Trump is destroying every ammendment that represents the Constitution, fredom of press, people , voice.

It is truly a Goebbels playbook.

They were pissed & many said twitter never responded to their complaints.

[workinclasszero]

55. Its a demonstrable fact that Trump is a gigantic liar

Twitter may not like that reality but facts are facts!

[Wwcd]

57. The trending hashtag on Twitter for the past few days was

to change #SpyGate to # LieGate.

Trump nor twitter are going to make that one disappear.

[workinclasszero]

58. +1

[bigtree]

19. she didn't 'joke' about Valerie Jarrett's 'looks'

...she attacked her race with a well-known stereotype.

[spanone]

22. joke? Bullshit.

[lpbk2713]

23. Please bring back Fresh Off the Boat

Roseanne took over their time slot. I haven't watched one minute of that lame
turkey and don't care to. I never missed an episode of Fresh Off the Boat and
continue to watch it on Hulu. I hear it has been renewed but haven't heard
anything about scheduling.

[lame54]

26. Good show...

I like the grandmother

[lpbk2713]

38. The Granny and the Mom are both strong women.

I like that.

[lame54]

39. Yes - don't mess with Jessica

[Blue_Adept]

32. You won't hear scheduling until closer to the fall in terms of a premiere date

ABC FALL 2018-19 SCHEDULE
(New programs in UPPER CASE)

MONDAY
8 PM — Dancing with the Stars
10 PM — The Good Doctor

TUESDAY
8 PM — Roseanne
8:30 PM — THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
9 PM — black-ish
9:30 PM — Splitting Up Together
10 PM — THE ROOKIE

WEDNESDAY
8 PM — The Goldbergs
8:30 PM — American Housewife
9 PM — Modern Family
9:30 PM — SINGLE PARENTS
10 PM — A MILLION LITTLE THINGS

THURSDAY
8 PM — Grey’s Anatomy
9 PM — Station 19
10 PM — How to Get Away with Murder

FRIDAY
8 PM — Fresh Off the Boat
8:30 PM — Speechless
9 PM — Child Support
10 PM — 20/20

SATURDAY
8 PM — Saturday Night Football

SUNDAY
7 PM — America’s Funniest Home Videos
8 PM – DANCING WITH THE STARS: JUNIORS
9 PM — Shark Tank
10 PM — THE ALEC BALDWIN SHOW

[lpbk2713]

49. Thanks for the info.

I'll be watching for it.

[lunasun]

59. ++I agree and why is her crap on before blackish sometimes? What was abc thinking her viewers

would seg in to blackish or the other way around ? They already moved blackish once
Before Roseanne abc had a nice tues lineup that made sense to me
I wonder what the fall will look like
You can catch most episodes online a week later which I do but on the nights Iwas home and remembered, I tuned in to fotb to blackish on tues

[KPN]

28. BS. She knows she crossed a line and her

career may now be at risk.

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. Too little too late, you really are a racist and now everybody knows it.

[underthematrix]

30. Here's my responses to the Barr tweet

Now keep in mind, there's beautiful little African American princess on that show. So when she called light skin Valerie Jarrett an ape she was also calling little princess an ape.

Link to tweet

[rusty fender]

40. That's an excellent reply!

Her lame apology and her threat to quit Twitter won’t change the fact that she’s a racist Trumpass

[underthematrix]

41. Thank you. OMG! I've never seen that

expression before "a racist Trumpass" I love it.

[rusty fender]

42. I'll start following you on Twitter

now that I know your Twitter handle

[underthematrix]

46. Cool

[treestar]

35. Hard to believe she did not know such a tweet would raise a storm

She is doing it on purpose, perhaps. And the apology was included in the original plan. Just to get a chance to get attention.

[vlyons]

36. thank-you Roseanne

I accept your apology. You at least have more class than the vulgar WH occupants.

[BannonsLiver]

43. Hopefully DUers who pushed back on criticism of this vile woman and her show have gotten the message

They should be embarrassed.

On edit: there’s at least one poster who has not gotten the message.

[Miles Archer]

51. I didn't see any of those posts...don't really need or want to

Racism is racism. If there are "Roseanne apologists" here, or anywhere else, that's their opinion, and I'm not interested in hearing it.

She is a vile woman. My belief is that she decided early on that her true nature was her "character," and that "character" played to the cheap seats, and with Trump in the White House, that "character" can say whatever the hell she wants.

Not on a network TV show that has advertisers.

That's why we got the "apology."

[BannonsLiver]

60. When the show made its debut there was a whole week of Roseanne Wars

Obviously nobody here will defend her remarks on twitter today, but there were DUers defending the show.

I agree though she is vile.

[Gothmog]

44. From Lawrence O'Donnel

Link to tweet

[muntrv]

48. Roseanne, just quit TV altogether.

[Kingofalldems]

53. Too late. Even the Trump trolls can't save you.

Cancelled.

[ecstatic]

56. Good riddance! The reboot might have worked

had it not been for her disgusting attitude and alliance with trump. I was 100% done after the trump-roseanne Twitter love fest. Sucks for the other (non-racist) cast members.

Get that SOB off the air, and out the country!