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Roseanne Cherrie Barr is an American actress, comedian, writer, and television producer. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy at clubs before gaining critical and popular acclaim in the television sitcom Roseanne . She won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the show.

Barr was born into a Jewish family living in Salt Lake City, Utah. She became a standup comedian in 1980. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she began to emerge as a celebrity through her role in Roseanne and other public performances. Barr sparked controversy when performing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a nationally aired baseball game on July 25, 1990. After singing the anthem in what many perceived to be a deliberately disrespectful manner, Barr grabbed her crotch and spat. This performance was met with condemnation from baseball fans and sportswriters, and was called "disgraceful" by then-President George H. W. Bush.Barr has been active and outspoken on political issues. She won nearly 70,000 votes for president in the general election of 2012, as the presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party. After Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president in 2015, Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast wrote that Barr "veered right" in her politics. After Roseanne was revived, Trump called her to congratulate her on her show's ratings and thank her for her support. She has frequently defended her support of Trump, and has been criticized for her extensive use of personal attacks, conspiracy theories, and fake news.Roseanne was revived in 2018 on ABC. A ratings success, the revival was initially renewed for an additional season, but was then abruptly canceled on May 29, due to Barr making a controversial tweet, which many called "racist" and she later called a "bad joke".

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“Hi, this is Roseanne Barr and I'd like to welcome you to my own studio, where I'm able to speak for myself to my fellow and sister Americans without the filter of the biased media," she said. "This was my statement from the very beginning and it will continue to be forever because it is the truth. When ABC called and asked me to explain my 'egregious and unforgivable tweet,' I told them I thought Valerie Jarrett was white. And I also said, 'I'm willing to go on The View, Jimmy Kimmel, or whatever other show you want me to go on and explain that to my audience.'”

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YouTube dialogue, July 2018 per Entertainment Tonight https://www.etonline.com/roseanne-barr-attempts-to-explain-racist-tweet-in-expletive-filled-rant-106417.
2018

“Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj”

Roseanne Barr

Responding to a tweet about Valerie Jarrett, reported in Ryan Parker, When users pointed out that the tweet seemed racist, Barr replied, "Muslims r NOT a race." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-barr-targets-obama-adviser-racially-charged-planet-apes-tweet-1115319, Hollywood Reporter, (May 29, 2018).
2018

“guys I did something unforgivable so do not defend me. It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting-it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended-it was egregious Indefensible. I made a mistake I wish I hadn’t but…don’t defend it please. ty”

Roseanne Barr

30 May 2018 per GlobalNews https://globalnews.ca/news/4241445/roseanne-barr-racist-tweet-ambien-donald-trump/.
2018

“@ValerieJarrett i don't know if u saw it, but I wanted2 apologize to u 4 hurting and upsetting u with an insensitive & tasteless tweet. I am truly sorry-my whole life has been about fighting racism. I made a terrible mistake wh caused hundreds of ppl 2 lose their jobs. so sorry!”

Roseanne Barr

29 May 2018 tweet https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001674489250402305 to Valerie Jarrett.
2018

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power, You just take it.”

Roseanne Barr

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/26434-the-thing-women-have-yet-to-learn-is-nobody-gives
cited in; Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

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