After Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet comparing former Obama administration adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape, ABC canceled the Roseanne reboot. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values,” Channing Dungey, the president of ABC Entertainment said in a statement, “and we have decided to cancel her show.” Actors and talent associated with the network and beyond commented on the cancellation, with many thanking Dungey for her swift action. “But honestly [Roseanne] got what she deserved,” tweeted Shonda Rhimes, who recently departed ABC for Netflix. “As I tell my 4 year old, one makes a choice with one’s actions. Roseanne made a choice. A racist one. ABC made a choice. A human one.”
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris posted a screenshot of the cancellation news on Instagram, captioning it “Bye-bye!!!” (Earlier this year, ABC and Barris agreed to pull a Black-ish episode that involved a conversation about athletes kneeling during the national anthem at football games. Later, a Roseanne episode cracked a joke about “all the shows about black and Asian families.”)
I’m glad Roseanne is canceled.
The backlash to its cancellation is going to be a deafening nightmare.
Nothing good has come of this entire thing.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 29, 2018
I just heard #rosanne is cancelled. My reaction— tears. I am so relieved and grateful. The hate that has been spewing from those in Trump’s orbit has really taken a toll on all of our souls and psyches. I didn’t believe it would happen. I had lost faith. Thank you @abc .
— Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) May 29, 2018
Meanwhile Hollywood remains the only place where the bad guys (eventually & often belatedly) lose
— Ben Feldman (@BenMFeldman) May 29, 2018
Thank You @ABCNetwork and #ChanningDungey for doing what is right.
— Sara Ramirez (@SaraRamirez) May 29, 2018
For the record, this is Channing Dungey. Sitting on top of your world like a Queen in full judgement of your garbage and taking it out. #Roseanne pic.twitter.com/GxEP2B61uq
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) May 29, 2018
