Roseanne Barr says she's considering offer to return to TV

Monday, July 2, 2018
Roseanne Barr says she may come back to television.

In a podcast, the comedian said she really likes one of the offers she's received since her show's cancellation.
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ABC canceled the show after Barr tweeted a racist comment about former Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett in which she suggests Jarrett was a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Planet of the Apes.

Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment, released the following statement following the decision to cancel the show: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."

Hulu and the Laff comedy channel followed by pulling re-runs of Roseanne from their schedules.



Before the announcement, Barr apologized to Jarrett for "making a bad joke about her politics and her looks." The tweet was deleted and she said she is leaving Twitter.
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ABC said it plans to air a spinoff of "Roseanne," called "The Conners."
"I made myself a hate magnet," Roseanne Barr says in interview


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