Roseanne Barr blames Michelle Obama for getting her fired from ABC show over racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett
Disgraced comedian Roseanne Barr on Monday blamed former first lady Michelle Obama for getting her fired from her ABC reboot "Roseanne" last year. ABC on last year in June announced that it was pulling the comedian's show from its network after she posted a racist tweet, comparing Valerie Jarrett, an African American woman and Obama's friend, to an ape.
"Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” Barr had tweeted with the initials referring to the former aide to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett. The comedian later deleted her tweet.
Barr, in a weak attempt to defend herself later, claimed that she did not know Jarrett was black when she likened her to a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes." The comedian later took responsibility for the remark by calling it "very stupid" and saying that she wrote it in an "inebriated condition". However, during her interview with the UK's Sunday Times Magazine, published on Monday, Barr blamed the former first lady for getting her axed from her show.