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Roseanne Barr Claims ‘God Told Me’ to Send Tweet That Derailed Her Career
Roseanne Barr discusses the 2018 Valerie Jarrett tweet that derailed her career, ABC canceling 'Roseanne' and her perspective on the backlash
“I had my laptop there in bed, as always, and I opened it, and there was [an X post with] a picture of Valerie Jarrett next to Helena Bonham Carter in full makeup as Ari in Planet of the Apes, and they looked like Xerox copies of each other, so I captioned it.” Long before ABC chose to cancel the reboot of Roseanne in 2018, the actress made headlines for a variety of reasons including a controversial National Anthem performance and a run for president. After being briefly revived in 2018 — and after Barr’s eventual exit from the series amid controversial social media posts — the story transformed into The Conners.
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