Move over Donald Trump.
Former sitcom star Roseanne Barr says she’s running for president. Barr announced during the taping of Thursday’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
“I am running for President of the United States,” Barr said to cheers
According to a Tonight Show insider, Barr then claimed, “I’m serious,” and explained, “‘Cause I want to be part of the debates because I want to represent the taxpayer. I’m choosing the taxpayers as my vice president.”
Leno asked if Barr would be debating with Sarah Palin.
“That’s kinda what got me to thinking that I too should run for president if she can,” Barr said.
When Leno inquired if she would be running as a Democrat or a Republican she replied, “I’m not for either party because they both suck and they’re both a bunch of criminals.”
She continued, “So I made up my party. It’s the Green Tea Party.”
Like Trump with Celebrity Apprentice, which saw large ratings gains during his flirtation with a presidential run, Barr has a reality show to promote. She just launched a series on Lifetime titled Rosanne’s Nuts, which follows the actress as she runs a Hawaiian nut farm. The first episode debuted to a healthy 1.6 million viewers a couple of weeks ago, but this week’s latest episode had dropped to 785,000.
