Roseanne Barr stepped in it last week.
The loudmouth comedian went a bit too far, revealing a bit too much of her inner reality, causing ABC (you know, those wholesome Disney folks) to cut the cord on her re-booted “Roseanne” show.
For reasons known only to herself, Roseanne decided to release a tirade of racist, insulting tweets one night.
When the shit hit the fan, she doubled down by disparaging some of her cast mates on her show. Then, she blamed her behavior on Ambien! You know, the “Devil made me do it!” defense.
As a spokesman for Sanofi (the maker of the sleep aid Ambien) said, “Racism is not a known side effect…”
(I have not seen the “Roseanne” re-boot. According to critics, it was a warmed-over replica of the original “Roseanne”, updated with occasional comments on today’s political atmosphere. Of course, the original “Roseanne”, which I did watch occasionally, was a warmed-over replica of “All in the Family”, the 70’s show featuring bigot Archie Bunker. The Roseanne plot simply replaced a male bigot for a female one.)
Roseanne Barr has been know to say and do dumb things. She’s the idiot who purposefully sang a horrible, offensive rendition of the National Anthem at a San Diego Padres game…grabbed her crotch and spit on the ground…and was booed out of the stadium.
(Our supposedly patriotic President (Cadet Bone Spurs?) loves Roseanne, but he detests Colin Kaepernick, the football player who knelt during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. Go figure.)
The only person would could get away with the trumped-up Ambien excuse would be the Liar-in-Chief himself, a big fan of Roseann Barr and her show, which was supported by his political base because of her conservative-based rants.
The President, who seems to have a lot of time to watch TV, was offended by Roseann’s firing because other comedians on ABC, who have made unflattering comments about him, have yet to be fired. “Not fair!”, he said.
Of course, the Prez makes racist, inflammatory, divisive, and insulting comments about celebrities, heads of state, politicians, and common citizens virtually every day…as the leader of the Nation…via his Twitter account.
I’m reminded of the Federal judge who ruled against the Trump University scam. Donald Trump railed publicly about the mistreatment and bias against him that he was receiving from this “Mexican” judge who had it in for him. The judge in question, who happened to have an Hispanic surname, was born and raised in Indiana.
Or, the guy who categorized numerous nations as “shithole countries”.
I guess it’s OK to have a potty mouth when you’re President of the United States: who can fire you?