Roseanne Barr

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Roseanne Barr on Being Canceled: “I'm the Only Person Who's Lost ... (Vanity Fair)

They didn't do it to anyone else in Hollywood,” the comedian told the 'Los Angeles Times' of her 2018 ouster from ABC, “although they always throw in Dave ...

They killed my character, and my character.” “They s— on my contribution to television and the show itself. When they killed my character off, that was a message to me, knowing that I’m mentally ill or have mental health issues, that they did want me to commit suicide. Nobody else in Hollywood has been shunted aside like her, Barr claimed, “although they always throw in Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. I am disappointed in her actions to say the least,” she wrote at the time. “They hate me because I have talent, because I have an opinion. They decided I was a liar in my apology.” “I can’t believe what they did, with all the pain that I went through to bring the show back. Barr told the Times that her ouster from Hollywood “was a witch-burning,” and that ABC “denied me the right to apologize” for her tweet. And it didn’t faze them to murder my character, either,” Barr said of her castmates and collaborators. I had never known that they hated me like that,” the 70-year-old said. 1 show.” She claimed that during a call with top network brass, “I told them I thought [Jarrett] was white.

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Roseanne Barr says being fired from 'Roseanne' was a 'witch-burning' (INSIDER)

She was fired from "Roseanne" after posting a racist tweet about Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. "They shit on my contribution to television and the ...

[star in "The Conners,](https://www.insider.com/the-conners-review-the-show-is-much-stronger-without-roseanne-barr-2018-10)" she said: "They shit on my contribution to television and the show itself. Help is also available through the [Crisis Text Line](https://www.crisistextline.org/text-us/) — just text "HOME" to 741741. [mentally ill or have mental health issues](https://www.businessinsider.com/roseanne-talks-mental-health-issues-as-her-tv-character-is-killed-off-2018-10), that they did want me to commit suicide," Barr said. She said she thought ABC "hated" her and claimed she wasn't allowed to apologize on the show. [fired from the revival of her ABC sitcom "Roseanne"](https://www.insider.com/roseanne-barr-history-racist-inflammatory-comments-2018-5) in May 2018. I felt like the devil himself was coming against me to try to tear me apart, to punish me for believing in God," Barr told the Times, reflecting on the consequences she faced.

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'I just cannot let these a**holes win!' Roseanne Barr uses comedy ... (Daily Mail)

Roseanne Barr returns to screens on Monday with a new standup special on Fox Nation, entitled: Roseanne Barr: Cancel This! She said she decided to return to ...

That's what a woman is,' she said. Ask a - what is a woman? Asking questions have nothing to do with the real world,' she said. 'That's what a woman is, okay? What is a woman? What is my gender?' she joked, 'Your gender is, get a job. A woman is me.' 'I just cannot let these a**holes win!' Roseanne Barr uses comedy comeback in Fox special Cancel This! They killed her,' she explains. 'What is my gender, mom? 'These people, they have no concept of reality. And not only that, but they killed my – they killed Roseanne.

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Roseanne Barr accuses ABC of hypocrisy for protecting 'blackface ... (Page Six)

Roseanne Barr, whose sitcom was canceled by ABC after her allegedly racist tweet, says in stand-up special, "Cancel This," that the network is hypocritical.

“That helped,” she said, “And it got easier and easier. I was kind of overwhelmed by that.” Kimmel has apologized for impersonating NBA player Karl Malone in blackface in the 1990s. I was really afraid because I didn’t know how people were going to respond. I was afraid to even go outside for a while [after the Jarret scandal.]” where [the hosts have] been in blackface.”

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Roseanne Barr: Haters wanted me to commit suicide — but I'm back ... (New York Post)

Roseanne Barr, 70, is still raw after being fired from the revival of “Roseanne." Her first standup special in nearly 20 years, "Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!

That’s what a woman is,” she went on. “That’s what a woman is, okay? What is my gender?” she joked, “Your gender is, get a job. Ask a – what is a woman? “What is my gender, mom? “They hate me because I have talent, because I have an opinion. “They didn’t do it to anyone else in Hollywood, although they always throw in Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. ABC ultimately revived the series without her and renamed it “The Conners.” “They killed my character, and my character. “They can kiss my ass.” “I said I would go on my show and explain it. “Roseanne” first aired from 1988 through 1997, and was rebooted in 2018.

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Roseanne Barr: Dave Chappelle, Louis CK Show Cancel Culture ... (IndieWire)

Roseanne Barr Says ABC Killing off Character Was a Message: 'They Did Want Me to Commit Suicide'. The comedian calls out the sexist double standard of cancel ...

Barr later said she [did not realize Jarrett was Black](https://www.indiewire.com/2018/07/roseanne-video-explain-valerie-jarrett-thought-white-1201986012/) and was on Ambien at the time of the tweet. The lawsuit was later “They didn’t do it to anyone else in Hollywood, although they always [mention] Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K.,” Barr told. I’m the only person who’s lost everything, whose life’s work was stolen, stolen by people who I thought loved me.” have since continued touring and drawing audiences since being “canceled” by the public. They hate me because I have talent, because I have an opinion.

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