--- title: Michael B Jordan Shades Roseanne at 2018 MTV Movie Awards description: While accepting the award for Best Villain at the MTV Movie Awards, Michael B. Jordan joked that he expected the trophy to go to Roseanne. canonical: https://time.com/5315889/michael-b-jordan-roseanne-best-villain-mtv-movie-awards/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-19T15:10:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:48.643Z og:title: Michael B. 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ABC has canceled Roseanne._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 19, 2018 3:10 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 19, 2018 3:10 PM UTC Leave it to [Killmonger](http://time.com/5173651/michael-b-jordan-defends-anime-twitter/) to deliver a devastating one-liner when you least expect it. After taking the stage to accept the award for Best Villain at Monday night’s [MTV Movie Awards](http://time.com/5315536/mtv-movie-tv-awards-tiffany-haddish/), Michael B. Jordan—who won for playing the fan-favorite rival of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa in [_Black_ _Panther_](http://time.com/5133882/black-panther-review/)—joked that he never expected to go home with the Golden Popcorn trophy. “I’m shocked that I won this award for Best Villain,” he opened his speech. “I thought for sure Roseanne had that in the bag.” [Roseanne Barr](http://time.com/5295281/ambien-defense-history/) recently came under fire for posting a racist tweet that compared former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett to _Planet of the Apes_. ABC cancelled its _Roseanne_ reboot in the wake of the tweet which stated that if “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby,” it would be Jarrett, who is black and was born in Iran. 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