Hit US sitcom axed over star's racist tweet row
China Daily | Updated: 2018-05-31 07:37
LOS ANGELES - US television network ABC on Tuesday canceled the hit working-class comedy Roseanne, after its star Roseanne Barr aimed a racist tweet at a former adviser to Barack Obama.
The 65-year-old sitcom actress - a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump - took aim at the aide, Valerie Jarrett, in a post that read: "Muslim brotherhood& planet of the apes had a baby= vj."
After a barrage of criticism on social media, Barr apologized to Jarrett, who is part black, and to "all Americans" for what she called a "joke".
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