Roseanne Barr blames Michelle Obama for getting fired
17 March 2019 |
2:09 pm
The reboot of 'Roseanne' was infamously canceled in May 2018 after a series of racist and Islamophobic tweets by the comedian. Barr compared Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama's aide, to the Muslim Brotherhood and someone from 'Planet of the Apes.'
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