Roseanne’s Ex-Husband Just Stabbed Her In Back With Claim Of Why She ‘Intentionally’ Got Show Cancelled
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While in an interview on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Roseanne Barr’s ex-husband Tom Arnold had no issue whatsoever in floating a totally different take on the whole racist tweet mess. He added that he “just knew” after looking at Barr’s Twitter feed that night that this would happen by just “how far gone she was” prior to the offensive tweet about Barack Obama’s former White House adviser, Valerie Jarrett. He then said that he knew “this would not end well.”
But Arnold also said that he was surprised that ABC didn’t take steps to stop this from happening. While he recalled how he felt prior to the network canceling the sitcom. “In fact, I tweeted a lot because I figured someone would take her phone away or monitor that, because it’s dangerous when you have that much money on a show.” Arnold went on to add that Roseanne is not the Rosanne he married in 1990. In 1990 she was a “feminist.”
Arnold later said in an interview for The Hollywood Reporter that he felt Barr wanted her series to be canceled. “I am going to tell you the truth, she wanted it to happen, if you saw how her tweets escalated this weekend,” he claimed. “If it hadn’t happened yesterday, this season would have been so awful for everyone, every day because she would have felt like she was [being] taken advantage [of], just like when I left the show.”
This is the whole incident Barr has continued to tweet. She has apologized and to time to defend John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf who are actually the best actors on the show and condemning the younger actors who everyone had forgotten until this reboot who were all quick to condemn her, even faster than ABC network fired her.
Here is more on this via CBS:
“Roseanne Barr returned to Twitter Tuesday night and issued a new apology for her racist tweet about one of former President Obama’s closest confidants. She said, “I’m sorry 4 my tweet,” but also wrote, “I’m tired of being attacked & belittled more than other comedians who have said worse.” ABC moved quickly to pull the plug on Barr’s No. 1 sitcom after she tweeted that senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, who is black, was a combination of the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes.”
But it’s not the first time the comedian has compared an Obama official to an ape. Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and national security adviser Susan Rice shared a tweet from Barr back in 2013 that said, “susan rice is a man with big swinging ape balls.”
Roseanne’s recent comments about Valerie Jarrett, and so much more, are abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show. I am disappointed in her actions to say the least.
The president of ABC Entertainment called Barr’s tweet “abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values.” Following Barr’s tweet, she was also dumped by her agents, and three other networks pulled reruns of “Roseanne” off the air. ABC, now facing a gaping hole in its fall schedule, stands to lose millions in advertising dollars and hundreds of jobs.
Jarrett told a town hall last night she received a personal apology from Disney CEO Bob Iger.
“He said that he had zero tolerance for that sort of racist, bigoted comment, and he wanted me to know before he made it public that he was canceling the show,” Jarrett said.
Tuesday night, after re-tweeting several bizarre posts from fans who came to her defense, Barr tweeted: “guys i did something unforgiveable so do not defend me. It was 2 in the morning and i was ambien tweeting-it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended.”
Late night hosts weighed in.
“You know who I blame for this? Donald Trump. That’s who,” Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show,” said.
ABC’s own Jimmy Kimmel said, “Roseanne compared an African-American woman – a former adviser to President Obama – to an ape, which did not sit well with ABC management or anyone with a brain, really.”
The “Roseanne” reboot on ABC drew 25 million viewers its first week. President Trump has credited the show’s high ratings to a perceived focus on issues that resonate with his supporters.
“Entertainment Tonight” co-host Kevin Frazier said that by trying to reach Trump supporters, ABC took a huge risk on Barr who, outside of her support for Mr. Trump, traffics in right-wing conspiracy theories.
“I think they knew what they were getting into with Roseanne,” Frazier said. He added that while it was the first attempt by a network to try and catch the Trump train, it was “wildly successful” and likely won’t be the last.
“The Talk” co-host Sara Gilbert, who plays Roseanne’s daughter Darlene and is also an executive producer of the show, tweeted “I am disappointed in her actions to say the least.” Fellow comic Rosie O’Donnell called Barr’s tweet “racist and childish” but added, “I love Roseanne quite a bit.”