Roseanne Barr Talks ‘Roseanne’ Cancellation, Says Sara Gilbert 'She Destroyed the Show' | THR News - video Dailymotion

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“She destroyed the show and my life with that tweet,” Barr told The Washington Post about her TV daughter condemning the actress' racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett.

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00:00Just as The Conners was renewed for a second season on ABC,

00:10Roseanne Barr is blaming Sarah Gilbert for the cancellation of the Roseanne revival.

00:14If you can believe it, it's been 10 months since Roseanne was axed by ABC,

00:18after Barr tweeted a racist remark about President Obama's former aide Valerie Jarrett.

00:23And now the comedian is blaming Gilbert for the cancellation in a new interview with The Washington Post.

00:28Back when Barr posted her offensive tweet in May 2018, Gilbert, who starred on the show

00:33as Barr's on-screen daughter Darlene, quickly responded, saying,

00:48The show was canceled just 27 minutes after Gilbert published her tweet.

00:51Barr told The Washington Post in a story published Thursday,

00:54The second comment was a reference, of course, to Hannibal Lecter's famous line in Silence of the Lambs.

01:06A rep for Gilbert did not immediately respond to The Hollywood Reporter's request for comment,

01:10but she did share a brief statement with The Washington Post, saying,

01:13Barr also revealed during the interview that she was suicidal following the show's cancellation.

01:25She credited Rabbi Shmuley Boteik for saving her life, saying,

01:28For more on this story, go to THR.com.

01:32Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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