ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey annoucened Tuesday that the network would be canceling "Roseanne" in the fallout over a racially charged tweet from the show's star, Roseanne Barr.
"Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," the statement from ABC read.
ABC has canceled #Roseanne. pic.twitter.com/UaEITxZ1Rw
— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) May 29, 2018
Barr was under fire Tuesday for a tweet insulting former President Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes" film franchise. Bar tweeted, "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj," in response to a story about WikiLeaks' Julian Assange and Obama's CIA.
The show's star later apologized, saying the tweet was a "bad joke" and that she was leaving Twitter.
I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
Before ABC made the decision to cancel the show, Wanda Sykes, who was a consulting producer on the show's reboot, confirmed she would not return to the show.
In March, ABC had renewed "Roseanne" for a 13-episode second season.