Roseanne Barr‘s ex-husbandTom Arnoldhas spoken out against the actress’racist tweetthat prompted ABC tocanceltheRoseannerevival.
The backlash has been fierce since Barr tweeted a since-deleted attack on formerBarack Obamaadvisor Valerie Jarrett, who is black, during a racist Twitter rant overnight Monday.
Arnold, 59, condemned Barr, 65, on social media and claimed that ABC executives shut down his previous attempts to call attention to the actress’ “dangerous tweets.”
“ABC execs figured out a way to control me,” he tweeted. “They blocked me from promoting anything on ABC because I called outRoseanne Barr& her dangerous tweets.”
Arnold also praised Disney CEO Bob Iger after ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey announced the cancellation.
“Ton of respect for Bob Iger,” he wrote. “Tough decision with financial consequences for his company but right for America….umm…now don’t bug Bob but maybe someone else find out if I’m still banned from all of @ABCNetwork for callingRoseanne Barrout first on her racist conspiracy tweets?”
Arnold, who is working on a Viceland series attempting to unearth incriminating tapes ofPresident Donald Trump, also invited Barr — an active Trump supporter — to appear on the show.
“Roseanne has an open invitation to join me on #TheHuntForTheTrumpTapes,” he tweeted. “I warned her about that Trump guy.”
Earlier this year, Arnold sat down and reviewed the reboot forThe HollywoodReporter,slamming Barrfor going from a “feminist-pacifist voice for the working folks” to a “far-right Trump-loving troll who’s gone hard against liberals and Hillary supporters and even #MeToo women.”
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Barr’s costars Michael Fishman, Emma Kenney and Sara Gilbert are standing behind the network.
Others in the industry flooded Twitter to applaud ABC’s swift decision to cancel the show.
“Well done,” tweetedGoldbergsstarWendi McLendon-Covey.
“Thank you, Channing. Thank you @ABCNetwork,” tweetedScandalalumBellamy Young.
“ABC > GOP,” tweeted Young’s former costarJosh Malina.
“Honestly she got what she deserved,” tweetedScandalcreatorShonda Rhimes. “As I tell my 4 year old, one makes a choice with one’s actions. Roseanne made a choice. A racist one. ABC made a choice. A human one.”
SpeechlessstarMinnie Driversuggested fans tune in to her show instead.
“So proud of @ABCNetwork for having the ethical compunction to cancel #Roseanne despite the show’s huge numbers,” she tweeted. “We too make a show about a middle class family, come and watch us instead #speechless @Speechless_ABC.”
Debra Messingtweeted that she was in “tears” when she found out the news of the cancellation.
“I am so relieved and grateful,” she wrote. “The hate that has been spewing from those in Trump’s orbit has really taken a toll on all of our souls and psyches. I didn’t believe it would happen. I had lost faith. Thank you @abc.”
source: people.com
