Roseanne Barr accuses ABC of hypocrisy for protecting ‘blackface’ stars

Roseanne Barr suggests in her new stand-up special that ABC executives are hypocrites for employing stars who have worn blackface while firing her for alleged racism. The hit reboot of Barr’s sitcom “Roseanne” was canceled by the network in 2018 after she posted an allegedly racist tweet about former President Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. And in the new special, “Roseanne Bar: Cancel This!,” Barr jokes that she suggested to ABC bosses that she could keep her job if she apologized — on “shows you’ve got on the ABC channel… where [the hosts have] been in blackface.” On the Fox… Read Full Article