What To Do WHEN Roseanne Barr Goes Batshit Crazy Racist

So Roseanne has been cancelled. 

Valerie Jarrett is black and a former advisor to former President Obama and was the subject of a tweet from Roseanne Barr who compared Ms. Jarrett to an ape. 

Roseanne Barr’s tweet was subject to immediate indignation and outrage for the racist garbage it was.  Barr has tried to walk back the tweet, apologizing for it, claiming it was a bad joke posted in an Ambien haze. 

Let me and lots of other people call bullshit on that.  

Roseanne Barr has a long history of saying reprehensible things in public, of acting badly towards other people.  How long have you been on Ambien, Roseanne?

The backlash was quick and overwhelming. Wanda Sykes,  a black, gay comedian and writer who was part of the Roseanne TV series reboot immediately tweeted she was quitting the show. A few hours later, there was no show to quit.  ABC made it clear that Roseanne Barr’s behavior was reprehensible and would not be tolerated at the network, immediately cancelling the show.

While ABC deserves kudos for taking quick, decisive action in response to Roseanne Barr’s racist conduct, her actions should not come as a surprise to the network. ABC knew exactly who they were doing business with. I wonder if ABC had a file ready, labeled “What to do WHEN Roseanne Barr goes batshit crazy racist”, a file containing a pre-written statement condemning whatever Roseanne said and legal forms already filled out to cancel the show.