Roseanne Barr says she 'begged' ABC not to cancel her show
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She's tweeting again.
Roseanne Barr has dominated the news cycle this week after tweeting a racist tirade early Tuesday morning, which quickly led ABC to cancel the reboot of her popular sitcom, Roseanne. Now, Barr has revealed that she "begged" Disney/ABC Television Group President Ben Sherwood not to cancel the show.
"I begged them not to cancel the show. I told them I was willing to do anything & asked 4 help in making things right," Barr tweeted Thursday. After her show was canceled, she said she tweeted racist remarks about Valerie Jarrett, a top adviser for former President Barack Obama when he was in the White House, while on Ambien.
I begged Ben Sherwood at ABC 2 let me apologize & make amends. I begged them not to cancel the show. I told them I was willing to do anything & asked 4 help in making things right. I'd worked doing publicity4 them 4free for weeks, traveling, thru bronchitis. I begged4 ppls jobs.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 31, 2018
Barr also stated Thursday that she begged for the jobs of the crew working on the show.
"Will I ever recover from this pain? omg," she wrote.
He said: what were you thinking when you did this? I said: I thought she was white, she looks like my family! He scoffed & said: "what u have done is egregious, and unforgivable.' I begged 4 my crews jobs. Will I ever recover from this pain? omg
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 31, 2018
Barr also admitted that she was "ashamed" that black child actor, Jayden Rey, who plays Mary Conner on the show, would think that she does "not love her" after she tweeted "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj."
"It's the most god awful painful thing," she wrote.
I think I'll b better tomorrow. The saddest part of all is 4 Jayden Rey on the show whom I grew2 love so much & am so ashamed of myself that she would ever think I do not love her bc she is African American. It's the most gawd awful painful thing. I can't let myself cave in tho
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 1, 2018
they wont stop til i die, i fear-pray for me!
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 1, 2018
While Barr has since apologized to Jarrett, she also offered the world another apology via Twitter.
I end by offering everyone involved one more apology and prayers for healing of our divided nation. Tomorrow is Shabbat and I will continue to pray that everything for everyone goes forward & ends well for all. signing off twitter for a while. love u guys!
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 1, 2018
It should be noted here, that this isn't even close to the first time Barr has said something offensive, and given her outspoken nature on Twitter, it probably won't be the last.
