Roseanne Barr was fired and her rebooted sitcom Roseanne was cancelled by ABC on May 29, 2018, after she posted a racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.

Quick Scoop

  • The Roseanne revival had premiered in March 2018 and quickly became ABC’s biggest hit of the 2017–2018 TV season.
  • On May 29, 2018, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey announced the show’s immediate cancellation, calling Barr’s Twitter statement “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.”
  • The decision came just hours after Barr’s tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to characters from Planet of the Apes and the “Muslim Brotherhood,” which drew widespread condemnation.
  • The cancellation effectively meant Roseanne Barr was fired from her own show at the height of its ratings success.

In forum discussions and Reddit threads, people often talk about “where they were when Roseanne was fired,” treating it as one of those pop‑culture flashpoints of 2018.

TL;DR: Roseanne Barr was fired and her rebooted show Roseanne was cancelled by ABC on May 29, 2018, after her racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett.

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