--- title: Trump: Why Isn't Samantha Bee Fired For Ivanka Comment? description: President Trump took to Twitter to ask why the comedian Samantha Bee hasn't been fired by TBS for calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless c***". canonical: https://time.com/5298333/trump-samantha-bee-tweet/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-01T12:01:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T11:38:39.509Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Implies It's a Total 'Double Standard' That Roseanne Was Fired and Samantha Bee Wasn't og:description: Bee called Ivanka Trump a "feckless c--t" og:url: https://time.com/5298333/trump-samantha-bee-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c05df483876c89/698932184ee2624343311fc9/gettyimages-962249336.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4772 og:image:height: 2684 og:image:alt: TBS' "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" FYC Event - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Implies It's a Total 'Double Standard' That Roseanne Was Fired and Samantha Bee Wasn't twitter:description: Bee called Ivanka Trump a "feckless c--t" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c05df483876c89/698932184ee2624343311fc9/gettyimages-962249336.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Implies It's a Total 'Double Standard' That Roseanne Was Fired and Samantha Bee Wasn't > Sponsored content. 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Samantha Bee attends TBS' "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" FYC Event at the Writers Guild Theater on May 24, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.Amanda Edwards—Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Jun 1, 2018 12:01 PM UTC President Donald Trump took to Twitter Friday, questioning why comedian Samantha Bee hasn’t been fired by TBS for [calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c\*\*\*”](http://time.com/5297645/samantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka/) during a monologue earlier this week _Full Frontal with Samantha Bee_ show. Trump seemed to suggest it was a “total double standard” that Bee hadn’t been fired when [Roseanne Barr’s show was cancelled by ABC](http://time.com/5295239/jimmy-kimmel-roseanne-cancelled/) following her racist tweet. Barr posted a tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett, a former President Barack Obama adviser, to an ape. “A total double standard but that’s O.K., we are Winning, and will be doing so for a long time to come!” Trump tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002508937445478402) While Trump has not directly addressed _Roseanne’s_ cancellation, he did criticize Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger shortly after ABC axed the show. “Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that ‘ABC does not tolerate comments like those’ made by Roseanne Barr,” Trump tweeted Wednesday. “Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001848460881035265) On Thursday, [Bee apologized to the First Daughter](http://time.com/5297645/samantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka/) after White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called [her profane comment “vile and vicious.” ](http://time.com/5297303/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ivanka-trump-samantha-bee/) “I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night. It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it,” Bee wrote on Twitter. Shortly after Bee’s apology, TBS issued a statement accepting that it had been a mistake to air the comedian’s words. “Samantha Bee has taken the right action in apologizing for the vile and inappropriate language she used about Ivanka Trump last night. Those words should not have been aired. 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