--- description: After a racist tweet prompted ABC to cancel her show, Roseanne Barr apologized to cast members who lost their jobs title: Roseanne Barr Tweets Apology to Cast of Her Canceled Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a0fa02c50edcb4b/69892c50db2987462025f3ec/roseanne-barr-trump-ratings.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Roseanne Barr Apologizes to Writers and Actors Who Lost Jobs on Her Show Over Her Racist Tweet ## Video: 'We Have to Turn it Into a Teaching Moment.' Valerie Jarrett Responds to Roseanne Barr's Racist Tweet [Watch (HLS stream): 'We Have to Turn it Into a Teaching Moment.' Valerie Jarrett Responds to Roseanne Barr's Racist Tweet](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EMlEGI52.m3u8) (0:22)  _Published 2018-05-30. Former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said ABC made the correct choice by canceling Roseanne after the comedian Roseanne Barr compared her to an “ape” on Tuesday, adding that the controversy should be a “teaching moment.”_ by [Laignee Barron](/author/laignee-barron/) ## Laignee Barron Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2018 4:01 AM CUT  Roseanne Barr attends the premiere of ABC's "Roseanne" at Walt Disney Studio Lot in Burbank, Calif. on March 23, 2018. Roseanne Barr attends the premiere of ABC's "Roseanne" at Walt Disney Studio Lot in Burbank, Calif. on March 23, 2018.Alberto E. Rodriguez—Getty Images by [Laignee Barron](/author/laignee-barron/) ## Laignee Barron Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2018 4:01 AM CUT After a racist tweet prompted ABC to cancel her show, Roseanne Barr jumped back on social media to apologize to cast members who lost their jobs. “I just want to apologize to the hundreds of people, and wonderful writers (all liberal) and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet,” she wrote on Tuesday night. > [](https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001660453506830336) Earlier Tuesday, the controversial 65-year-old actress tweeted that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, who is black, was the product of a combination of _Planet of the Apes_ and Muslim Brotherhood. “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” she wrote in the since-deleted tweet. Barr later [apologized](http://time.com/5294151/roseanne-barr-apologizes-bad-joke/ "undefined") for “making a bad joke” and said she was going to leave Twitter. Barr’s racist remark provoked outrage online and led ABC, which produces Barr’s show, “Roseanne,” to [abruptly cancel](http://time.com/5294313/roseanne-cancelled-abc/ "undefined") the recently renewed second season. 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