Roseanne Barr Talks Her ‘Witch-Burning’ Cancellation, Addresses 2018 Twitter Scandal In New Documentary
etcanada.comRoseanne Barr is no stranger to controversy. Throughout her decades-long career, the 69-year-old actress has faced numerous occurrences of public scrutiny; however, nothing compares to the 2018 twitter scandal that led to her removal from the “Roseanne” revival.
In her upcoming documentary “Roseanne: Kicked Out of Hollywood”, the comedian claps back at all the haters as she takes a stance against her cancellation.
Barr defends herself while Mo’Nique, Howie Mandel and her “Roseanne” executive producer Allan Stephan speak kindly about her. READ MORE: Roseanne Barr’s Daughter Jenny Pentland Says She Was ‘Locked Up’ And Suffered Abuse In Psychiatric Institutions The majority of the film sees the actress try to do right by her racist tweet directed at White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. “I shoulda not did it, but by God, I was really pissed that day,” Barr says. “I did something I wouldn’t do if I hadn’t been on that Ambien.
It makes you do a lot of crazy s**t,” she returns to her previous defence, blaming the pills for her actions. The original tweet, which was in response to another tweet about Jarrett, read, “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” Barr was called a racist and, just 40 minutes after the tweet, the “Roseanne” reboot was put on hold. READ MORE: Roseanne Barr Declares Trump Is ‘The First Woman President’ In Bizarre Video Rant The documentary revisits the night of the controversy, beginning with Barr’s attempt to aggravate her producers by doing “the worst thing.” Those interviewed in the doc continually use the actress’s previous excuse that she thought Jarrett was white.
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