A spurned Roseanne Barr has branded Jimmy Kimmel’s return to ABC a “double standard,” claiming the TV network “ruined” her life.
Barr’s eponymous sitcom had a brief revival in 2018 on ABC, which ended abruptly when the controversial star called former Barack Obama aide Valerie Jett, a Black woman, the product of “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes.”
The 72-year-old deleted the post, calling it a “joke” she made “in bad taste,” though it was far from the first time Barr made racist comments on social media.
“I got my whole life ruined, no forgiveness and all of my work stolen and called a racist for time and eternity, for racially misgendering someone,” Barr told NewsNation on Tuesday when asked about Kimmel’s lifeline from ABC.
“It just shows how they think. It’s a double standa