Roseanne Barr Fires Back at Co-Stars on Twitter

After ABC swiftly cancelled Roseanne in the wake of a racist tweet by its star, Roseanne Barr, some of the show's other stars spoke out to express their disagreement with Barr's comment (in which she described an African-American woman as something from Planet of the Apes).  Read on to check out what Roseanne has to say about the actors she thought were her friends.

Via Us Weekly.

Roseanne Barr was not happy after reading her former Roseanne costars’ responses about the sitcom’s reboot being canceled in the wake of her racist tweet.

Michael Fishman, who played the title character’s son D.J. Conner, tweeted on Tuesday, May 29, that he was “devastated” that ABC had pulled the plug on the show. He noted that the “cast, crew, writers and production staff strived for inclusiveness,” adding, “The words of one person do not exemplify the thinking of all involved.”

Fishman, 36, then condemned Barr, 65, for calling former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett the child of “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes” in her since-deleted tweet. He called her remarks “reprehensible and intolerable, contradicting my beliefs and outlook on life and society.”

Barr also fired back at Sara Gilbert, who played her daughter Darlene Conner. The Talk creator and cohost, 43, tweeted on Tuesday that Barr’s controversial post about Jarrett, 61, was “abhorrent” and did “not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with the show.”

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