Roseanne Barr



Roseanne Cherrie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and television producer.

Quotes

 * Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj
 * Responding to a tweet about Valerie Jarrett, reported in Ryan Parker, When users pointed out that the tweet seemed racist, Barr replied, "Muslims r NOT a race.", The Hollywood Reporter, (May 29, 2018).
 * This tweet led to the cancellation of the revival of Roseanne by the ABC network.


 * I'm not sure, but I think I spent the last 24 hours watching the party of inclusion, diversity, understanding, and acceptance, lynch a Jew.
 * "Hey Lefties ... I'm a Jew, Quit Lynching Me!" TMZ (May 31, 2018).


 * @ValerieJarrett i don't know if u saw it, but I wanted2 apologize to u 4 hurting and upsetting u with an insensitive & tasteless tweet. I am truly sorry-my whole life has been about fighting racism. I made a terrible mistake wh caused hundreds of ppl 2 lose their jobs. so sorry!
 * tweet to Valerie Jarrett (May 29, 2018)


 * guys I did something unforgivable so do not defend me. It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting-it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended-it was egregious Indefensible. I made a mistake I wish I hadn’t but ... don’t defend it please. ty
 * As cited by GlobalNews (May 30, 2018).


 * Hi, this is Roseanne Barr and I'd like to welcome you to my own studio, where I'm able to speak for myself to my fellow and sister Americans without the filter of the biased media [...] This was my statement from the very beginning and it will continue to be forever because it is the truth. When ABC called and asked me to explain my 'egregious and unforgivable tweet,' I told them I thought Valerie Jarrett was white. And I also said, 'I'm willing to go on The View, Jimmy Kimmel, or whatever other show you want me to go on and explain that to my audience.
 * YouTube dialogue, per Entertainment Tonight (July 2018).


 * The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power, You just take it.
 * 
 * As cited in Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.


 * There's such a thing as the truth and facts, and we have to stick to it.
 * And nobody died in the Holocaust, either. That's the truth. It should happen. Six million Jews should die right now because they cause all the problems in the world. But it never happened.
 * This Past Weekend podcast with Theo Von (June 14, 2023), as cited in "Roseanne Barr condemned by Anti-Defamation League CEO for ‘reprehensible’ Holocaust comments" The Independent (June 28, 2023)
 * Von, defending Barr, later said she was "obviously using sarcasm and satire" and "is a mensch [a Yiddish term for a person of integrity and morality] and one of the funniest people I’ve ever met."


 * [Jews started Hollywood and have since run it like] an organized crime network.
 * If Jews were not controlling Hollywood, all you'd have is fucking fishing shows.
 * This Past Weekend podcast with Theo Von (June 14, 2023), as cited in "In Bizarre Antisemitic Rant, Roseanne Barr Claims Holocaust 'Never Happened'" Haaretz (June 28, 2023)

Quotes about Barr

 * I wish some of these so-called defenders of liberty would start to understand what freedom of speech is AND isn’t. Roseanne is allowed to say whatever she wants. It doesn’t mean @ABCNetwork needs to continue funding her TV show if her words are considered abhorrent.
 * May 20, 2018 tweet (later deleted) on Twitter by James Gunn highlighted in same-day Variety article 30