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Just three months after the reboot of her eponymous show became a ratings smash for the network,  Roseanne  has been canceled following a now-deleted tweet by the star early Tuesday that read "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." The tweet was in reference to Valerie Jarrett, a top former aide to President Obama, who is black. The consequences for Barr were swift. ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey denounced the star's words and announced that they network would no longer be a platform for the show. Robert Iger ✔ @RobertIger From Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show." There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. 2:01 PM - May 29, 2018 47.7K 15.5K people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy I

ABC announced Tuesday that it canceled “Roseanne” after the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic Twitter rant.                                         'Roseanne' reboot gets political ABC’s “Roseanne” returned to television after more than two decades on March 27.  The reboot’s first episode didn’t shy away from politics.   “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment said in a statement released just hours after the comedian’s offensive social media rant. The cancellation capped a day of online furor over a Twitter rant by Barr in which the actress/comedian spewed false conspiracy theories, went after former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and attacked a former adviser to President Obama with a racist insult. After intense backlash and calls for ABC to fire the comedian and cancel her show, Barr i