“Roseanne’s recent comments... are abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show.”
Isn’t she a sweet little nazi. Did she check with everyone associated with the show before speaking for them?
Why? What did Barr expect? Gilbert said the remarks were "abhorrent". Barr herself admitted they were wrong and offered an apology. Gilbert said that the comments don't reflect the views of the rest of the cast. The rest of the cast haven't disagreed with Gilbert on that, exactly the opposite. Gilbert said she was disappointed with Barr. Barr has said she shouldn't have done what she did so I guess she's disappointed in herself. I guess I don't know what Barr expected Gilbert to say.
What she said was stupid...but...
these two have known her since they were children and willfully returned to the show, praising her and being quite gracious to her.
All those decades knowing her, you mean to tell me they never thought she was racist until yesterday?
So, Rosanne makes this woman’s entire career and she kicks her when she’s down just so she can virtue signal. How hard is it just to keep quiet?
I am so sick of the racial hysteria crap.
This is speeding ticket level racism. in a sane world jarrett would have said that Roseanne is one to talk about looks and it would be over.
I am so sick of political correctness, minority supremacy, and making racial mountains out of Molehills.
Liberal identity politics is destroying free speech and America along with it.
Has anybody created a side by side pic of ValJar next to the Planet of the Apes character?
Think about all the Disney characters that look like the people whose voices are used in the shows. The first one that comes to mind is the Tarzan character based on Rosie O’Donnell.
The concerted network reaction has been to cause a galvanizing rejection of Rosanne personally. Besides the current show, it seems syndicated runs of the old show have stopped. That is the bread and butter of former actors. No more residuals. Zip. Everybody hates Roseanne - because she supported DJT. She is alone and isolated.
This rejection was as much a warning shot to other actors who might decide to embrace Trump. Everything you have built, we will take away.
of course they are pissed at Rosie. $$$. I cannot imagine Michael Fishman was working steady in entertainment b4 this reboot. and now he is missing residuals from the old Roseanne,too.
DJ also threw her under the bus...
Fishman, who plays Roseanne Connor’s son D.J., released a statement saying he was “devastated” by the show’s cancellation and that he condemns Barr’s statements “vehemently. They are reprehensible and intolerable, contradicting my beliefs and outlook on life and society.”
“My character was designed to represent the inclusive nature of my views … we must stand up against bias, hatred, bigotry and ignorance to make society a better place for all.”
Barr accused Fishman of ignoring the fact that she created that platform for inclusivity and for throwing her under the bus.
“[I] created the platform for that inclusivity and you know it. ME. You throw me under the bus. nice!”
However, I'm sticking by her in this because of the blatant double standard. The only reason she is being lynched is she came out as a Trump supporter. I can GUARANTEE if she was a hard core lefty Hillary support and made the EXACT same comment about a black conservative (say Ben Carson). She would still have a show, every leftist would be rushing to her defense, Whoopi Goldberg would be defending her on The View, and the liberal media would dismiss it as "just a joke,wacky Roseanne being herself" and telling conservatives to lighten up.
I wrote to Melissa in her role as SAG president after Ronald Reagan died to ask that SAG do something special to honor him. After all, not only was he the only SAG head who became POTUS, but he was responsible for creating the residuals system that has supported thousands of actors ever since. I got no response and SAG didn't do squat to honor Reagan. The most Hollyweird could muster was to include Reagan in their annual Academy Awards remembrance of people who died during the year just past. So don't jump to the side of the Gilbert skanks.
Roseanne dragged Gilbert off the unemployment line and this is what she gets in return. Never fails!
I wonder why comparisons between Black folks and Primates is such a touchy thing?
It’s just so strange.
Call me stupid, but I thought Valerie Jarrett was Middle Eastern. Didn’t know she was black. She doesn’t look black.
Contrast with Jerry Seinfeld when his co-star literally threw out N bombs. He didn’t defend the comments at all, but he stood by the person and gave him a chance to explain, show contrition and move forward. He treated him like a friend and professional colleague.
The remarks could have been condemned but something conciliatory towards Roseanne thrown in. But hey I get it the people who made a living off Roseanne scrambled for cover when the shots flew.
This is typical Hollywood. I’m no fan of Rosanne Barr. I thought her re-boot show was good to talk about important issues that real people are dealing with in middle America. However, Sarah Gilbert knew all about Rosanne’s past tweets and actions (heck, Rosanne gave a big F You to the flag and national anthem herself at a San Diego Padres game years ago) and she still wanted to do this re-boot.
It’s kind of like MSNBC asking Joy Reid to comment on Rosannes twitter rant, oh wait that did happen!! None of these people have any shame and the majority of them are as fake as a three dollar bill...
Have ANY of them addressed the Muslim Brotherhood charge?
it was a big thing in Obama’s White House... allegedly
The really big news here, that has gone unnoticed is the Valerie Jarrett missed her best chance to rise above all of this. She decided to call this a lesson, instead of forgiving Roseanne for saying it. Roseanne said it, she realized it was wrong, she apologized. Aside from hanging out at starbucks, using their restroom and not buying anything, there’s nothing else she should be expected to do for Val or anyone else.
The first rule of Vallerie Jarrett, is
You can’t talk about Vallerie Jarrett.
THAT was the problem.