{"id":1448675,"date":"2022-04-21T08:22:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448675"},"modified":"2022-04-21T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:22:32","slug":"roseanne-barr-is-back-to-blast-abc-for-firing-her-im-a-gd-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roseanne-barr-is-back-to-blast-abc-for-firing-her-im-a-gd-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Roseanne Barr Is Back to Blast ABC for Firing Her \u2013 \u201cI\u2019m a G**D*** American\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Froseanne-barr-is-back-to-blast-abc-for-firing-her-im-a-gd-american%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The legendary comedian Roseanne Barr has reemerged to blast ABC for firing her back in 2018 over a tweet about Barack Obama\u2019s former advisor Valerie Jarrett that was deemed to be racist.<\/p>\n<p>Barr made it clear that she still feels her firing was unfair, describing it as \u201cwitch-burning\u201d in the new documentary\u00a0\u201cRoseanne: Kicked Out of Hollywood,\u201d which is set to air on Reelz on April 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Week\u2026 \ud83d\udcfa Will you be \ud83d\udc40 watching? \u270c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhatsOnReelz?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhatsOnReelz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/REELZ?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#REELZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c2lJYBwGtA\">pic.twitter.com\/c2lJYBwGtA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 REELZ (@ReelzChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReelzChannel\/status\/1516055447312109571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Barr Sounds Off About Firing<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/roseanne-barr-abc-fired-show-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported that Barr explained that prior to her firing, ABC frequently called her about her tweets, which were typically pro-Donald Trump and anti-liberal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny tweet that was not \u2018I love Hillary Clinton,\u2019 I got a call for,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI removed it every time they called. And they called frequently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the first season of the reboot of her iconic sitcom \u201cRoseanne\u201d was airing, and it was such a success that it had already been renewed for season 2. Despite the fact that liberal Hollywood stars frequently tweet outrageous things about politics with no repercussions, ABC executives had a big problem with Barr\u2019s conservative tweets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Lifestyle + Entertainment from TellMeNow. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEveryone was begging me to give up my Twitter. Everyone,\u201d Barr remembered. \u201cMy kids were trying to lock me out, but I wouldn\u2019t because it\u2019s like I just couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a g\u2014\u2014 American and I\u2019m not going to do it,\u201d she explained. \u201cI\u2019m a comic. I\u2019m a bad girl. I\u2019m too rock and roll. I\u2019m going to say f\u2014 it and f\u2014 you until I take my last breath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out a trailer for this documentary below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<h3>Barr Fired By ABC<\/h3>\n<p>Barr was finally fired by ABC in May of 2018 after her controversial tweet about Jarrett, and \u201cRoseanne\u201d was abruptly cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shoulda not did it, but by God, I was really p\u2014\u2013 that day,\u201d Barr said. \u201cAnd I did something I wouldn\u2019t do if I hadn\u2019t been on that Ambien. It makes you do a lot of crazy s\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr went on to allege that she was never even given a chance to apologize and tell her side of the story before she was fired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they called me up they were like, \u2018What possible excuse have you got for why you did this? Why you did such an egregious, unforgivable thing?\u2019 And I said, \u2018I have no excuse. The only thing is, I thought she was white. And they said nothing back,\u201d she stated. \u201cAnd then I said, \u2018Let me go on \u2018The View\u2019 tomorrow and explain it and apologize. I made a mistake.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2020\/11\/comedian-whitney-cummings-defies-hollywood-to-defend-roseanne-barr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comedian Whitney Cummings Defies Hollywood To Defend Roseanne Barr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Barr\u2019s Firing Was \u2018Witch-Burning\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Nearly four years later, Barr is still livid over her firing, saying that it was \u201cwitch-burning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWitch-burning is what it is,\u201d Barr said of her firing. \u201cIntellectual witch-burning. And arrogance and ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the press of the United States, and the world and how they interpreted my tweet without any knowledge of the fact that I was sending it to a journalist in Iran about what was happening to the people in Iran,\u201d she added. \u201cWe were under such terrible censorship and it\u2019s just terrible and frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.net\/2020\/04\/rosanne-barr-plots-her-revenge-wants-to-take-down-everyone-involved-with-the-conners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roseanne Barr Plots Her Revenge, Wants To Take Down Everyone Involved With \u2018The Conners\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barr is also upset that her firing left her with the label of being a racist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not a racist bone in this woman\u2019s body,\u201d said her longtime boyfriend, Johnny Argent, with Barr adding, \u201cI was called a racist. It was politically expedient for them to s\u2014 on my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liberal stars are typically allowed to make whatever ignorant political statements that they want to without any repercussions whatsoever, yet conservative stars are often censored and blacklisted when they dare to speak their minds. What happened to Barr was deeply unfair, and we\u2019re glad to see that she is reemerging to call out the people and the network that tried to silence her forever.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary comedian Roseanne Barr has reemerged to blast ABC for firing her back in 2018 over a tweet about Barack Obama\u2019s former advisor Valerie Jarrett that was deemed to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1448675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1448675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1448675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}