Roseanne Barr 'disgusted' over support for James Gunn

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

The former 'Roseanne' star, was 'disgusted' by people's support for 'Guardians of the Galaxy' James Gunn, who was fired by Disney's for his controversial tweets.

Taking to Twitter, wrote, "I'm disgusted to read all of the support for James Gunn's paedophile jokes-as the same people supported blacklisting me for a joke they didn't even understand."

Gunn was terminated by Walt Studios last week after conservative personalities resurfaced old tweets in which the filmmaker joked about controversial topics such as paedophilia and rape.

Whereas, earlier posted a racist tweet about of the former US Barack Obama, Her remark was met with swift action from and the network then cancelled her show after just one season.

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First Published: Wed, July 25 2018. 15:25 IST