Bob Iger: ‘Roseanne’ Cancellation “The Right Thing”
May 29, 2018
Bob Iger: ‘Roseanne’ Cancellation “The Right Thing”
ABC moved quickly to cancel its hit mega-hit revival Roseanne today, after the sitcom’s star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about former President Barack Obama’s key adviser Valerie Jarrett created a firestorm.
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After ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey announced the cancellation, Disney CEO Bob Iger weighed in on Twitter.
“There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing,” Iger tweeted below Dungey’s statement.
From Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."
There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.— Robert Iger (@RobertIger) May 29, 2018
ABC’s cancellation announcement came hours after Barr said she was “leaving” Twitter after apologizing for calling Jarrett an offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”
Reaction was swift, with the show’s stars including executive producer Sara Gilbert calling Barr’s tweets “abhorrent” and Wanda Sykes, who served as a writer and consulting producer, saying she wouldn’t return for the new season.