snoop1130 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Roseanne Barr blames racist tweet on sleeping pills By Lanre Bakare Roseanne Barr, whose eponymous sitcom has been cancelled following a racist tweet. Photograph: Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images Roseanne Barr has blamed a tweet in which she compared an African American woman to an ape on the influence of sleeping pills. The TV star, who falsely said that Valerie Jarrett, former advisor to Barack Obama, has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, says her tweet was written after she had taken the prescription sleeping pill Ambien. ABC, the network that airs the sitcom Roseanne, cancelled the show on Tuesday and said it would not be renewed for a second season after what it called “abhorrent” and “repugnant” tweets. Barr has since defended herself, writing: “It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting,” Barr tweeted. Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/30/roseanne-barr-blames-racist-tweet-on-sleeping-pills 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: she compared an African American woman to an ape on the influence of sleeping pills. what kind of sloppy phrasing is this....do you know what this means? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinnock Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said: what kind of sloppy phrasing is this....do you know what this means? I only know what it means because I read the CNN report before seeing this. "Whilst under of influence of sleeping she compared ....." Would have some pretty strong pills - perhaps less Vodka with the pills. I can talk some nonsense when I've had a few - but I don't feel the need to insult people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Real Posted May 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: in which she compared an African American woman to an ape Sorry, I have problem understanding something wrong here. Edited May 30, 2018 by Get Real 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B T Justice Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 What the hell is the world coming to? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted May 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2018 While ABC is cancelling Barr's show over her racist tweet, there's an enormous sucking sound of silence coming from Trump and the Trump White House, where racist comments are well-tolerated by the criminal at the top. https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/politics/donald-trump-roseanne-cancellation/index.html 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 54 minutes ago, Get Real said: Sorry, I have problem understanding something wrong here. You should be sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familyonthemove Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 For a comedian, she's not funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted May 30, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2018 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Familyonthemove said: For a comedian, she's not funny. Her tweets aren't funny. I never thought of her as a comedian per se. More like an actress who uses a lot of her own personality in her work but I think her work is over now. BTW, I liked the reboot of the show. I also liked the old show. I didn't think the new show was purely pro-"trump" propaganda either. After the first few episodes it was mostly about family issues and poverty in America. The show won't go on another network. The other actors would ruin their careers to work with her now. They could get replacement shills but that's hard to imagine. The magic of the reboot was mostly about bringing back all the old cast. It's sad so many people have lost work because of her twitter behavior revealing how disgusting her politics are (we already knew that but she finally crossed a line) but it's also sad that the hard core rabid racist "trump" base will now see her as some kind of a MARTYR. She isn't. She did this to herself. Edited May 30, 2018 by Jingthing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELVIS123456 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 ABC loss will be Fox's gain ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 12 hours ago, ELVIS123456 said: ABC loss will be Fox's gain ? Tim Allen seems to get a reboot on Fox , but the cast of Roseanne won't go for it . You can see that in their reactions ( which are way overblown ). It is sad they cancelled the show because of a tweet. I hope the remaining episodes of this season will leak on the internet. I stand completely behind Roseanne . The world has become too PC . 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted May 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2018 14 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Barr has since defended herself, writing: “It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting,” Barr tweeted. So she’s claiming her racism is a side effect of her medication. That is truely pathetic. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) Meanwhile, the Orange Utan has come out in support of Roseanne. Although, he might have a case about the media bias evidenced here>>> Edited May 31, 2018 by Darcula 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted May 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2018 Ambien tweeting, Prozac tweeting, Viagra tweeting, Paracetamol tweeting, Kellogg's Cornflakes tweeting, Kit Kat tweeting..., what a nitwit. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fvw53 Posted May 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2018 16 hours ago, Kinnock said: I only know what it means because I read the CNN report before seeing this. "Whilst under of influence of sleeping she compared ....." Would have some pretty strong pills - perhaps less Vodka with the pills. I can talk some nonsense when I've had a few - but I don't feel the need to insult people. Ambien (Zolpidem) is a benzodiazepine which relaxes and induces sleep : even consumed with a bottle of vodka it does not generate racist thoughts... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted May 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Darcula said: Meanwhile, the Orange Utan has come out in support of Roseanne. Although, he might have a case about the media bias evidenced here>>> But - isn't that racist? Goose <--> Gander Same-Same. Just saying. Rhetorically speaking you can't have it both ways. Edited May 31, 2018 by connda 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, klauskunkel said: Ambien tweeting, Prozac tweeting, Viagra tweeting, Paracetamol tweeting, Kellogg's Cornflakes tweeting, Kit Kat tweeting..., what a nitwit. Humm, you should see my tweets after a bowl of Coco Crispies and Chok Chai milk!!! Edited May 31, 2018 by connda 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Much Ado about nothing. Toughen up a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 1 hour ago, connda said: But - isn't that racist? Goose <--> Gander Same-Same. Just saying. Rhetorically speaking you can't have it both ways. No that's just humor. Orange isn't a race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheungWan Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 4 hours ago, BuaBS said: Tim Allen seems to get a reboot on Fox , but the cast of Roseanne won't go for it . You can see that in their reactions ( which are way overblown ). It is sad they cancelled the show because of a tweet. I hope the remaining episodes of this season will leak on the internet. I stand completely behind Roseanne . The world has become too PC . 'I stand completely behind Roseanne' . You are also a racist having trouble with your medications? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 The final season had NINE episodes. Episode 9 had already been released on May 22. There never was an Episode 10 of this season so there is nothing to be leaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 37 minutes ago, Thingamabob said: Much Ado about nothing. Toughen up a bit. She has a talent but a Shakespeare she ain't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, BuaBS said: I stand completely behind Roseanne . The world has become too PC . So you support blatant racism and people who make blatantly racist remarks? Because that's what she did, and apparently is who she is. And please, don't trot out the B.S. excuse about her racist rant being the product of sleeping pills. Quote Sanofi, the French company which makes Ambien, also tweeted about Barr’s comments. “People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world,” it posted. “While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.” https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/30/roseanne-barr-blames-racist-tweet-on-sleeping-pills Meanwhile, since you think the world has become too PC, just curious, would you be standing in support of someone who called your wife (assuming you have one) a gutter hooker, or a mix of the Muslim Brotherhood and an ape? We wouldn't want to be too politically correct, after all. WOW, you're even farther out there that your hero, or at least, what he's willing to admit to publicly: Quote White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a briefing that Trump's comments were not a defence of Barr's tweet. "The president is simply calling out the media bias. No one is defending what she said," Sanders said. Except for BuaBS. Edited May 31, 2018 by TallGuyJohninBKK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuaBS Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 4 hours ago, SheungWan said: 'I stand completely behind Roseanne' . You are also a racist having trouble with your medications? In short : yes and no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 It would seem Freedom of Speech comes with a cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 It would seem Freedom of Speech comes with a cost.She has the freedom but it comes with consequences. Her network has every legal right to cancel shows if the stars become toxic. Look at Louie CK and many others. Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedouin1990 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I have never liked Rose, but I disliked Vallerie even more. Nowdays the hypersensitive and chronic liberal whiners see something racist in any critical remark about blacks. Could it be that Rose's remark alluded to Val's level of common sense? If so, she actually insulted an ape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkyBoogar Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 If you look at some of past attempts at "being cutting edge" funny or politically incorrect, it is obvious that she needs to check herself into rehab for her drug addiction. Sorry, that was my poor attempt at RB like humour! 5 5 5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 38 minutes ago, bedouin1990 said: ... Could it be that Rose's remark alluded to Val's level of common sense? ... No. It was racist filth. Deal with that reality like anyone that is half way civilized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongtourist Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I must agree with BuaBs Calling this out as a racial attack is a bunch of PC BS. Sure the comment is bad but she directed it to one person..ONE person get it? that is the point how does that make what she said offend everyone who also happen to be Af. American? If someone call me a stupid big white polar bear, does that mean every caucasian should be screaming blue murder in outrage? but no it never works that way does it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
(1).thumb.png.bbcb267af4aaf1122a444794828169f7.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now