Donald Trump makes ‘Roseanne’ cancellation about him as maker of Ambien denounces actress’s excuse for racist tweet
Trump complains that while ABC apologised to ex-Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett for Roseanne Barr’s tweet, he’d never received a similar call for ‘HORRIBLE’ remarks made about him on the network
As the media world shook on Wednesday in the wake of ABC’s surprise cancellation of its hit sitcom Roseanne, US President Donald Trump took the opportunity to turn the spotlight on him.
The rebooted sitcom, created by Roseanne Barr, the Trump-supporting comedian and actress, was dropped on Tuesday after Barr in a tweet likened Valerie Jarrett, a former special adviser to Barack Obama throughout his presidency, to a character from Planet of the Apes.
“Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that ‘ABC does not tolerate comments like those’ made by Roseanne Barr,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday, referring to Robert Iger, chairman of the Walt Disney Company, ABC’s corporate parent.
“Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?”
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders later clarified that Trump was not defending Barr, but intended to point out alleged media bias against him.