Wanda Sykes Quits Roseanne Following Barr's Racist Tweet
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Wanda Sykes is done with ABC's Roseanne.
The comedian confirmed the news via Twitter in the aftermath of Roseanne Barr's racist comments.
"I will not be returning to @RoseanneOnABC," Sykes shared with her near 350k followers, confirming that she was leaving her Consulting Producer role on the rebooted comedy series behind.
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Barr sent Twitter into meltdown when she took aim at Barack Obama's advisor, who is black, before quickly deleting her tweet.
“Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” Barr shared on social media.
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“ISLAM is not a RACE, lefties. Islam includes EVERY RACE of people.”
With the reaction to the tweet not being positive, Roseanne later returned to the social media site to apologize for her actions.
"I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans," she began in her apology.
"I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste."
Roseanne has been known to take to social media with her strong opinions, and generally feels the ire of the internet as a result.
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The only surprising thing about all of this was that Roseanne ultimately issued an apology after the reaction to her tweets.
Sykes is not the only person leaving Roseanne ahead of Season 11.
Co-Showrunner Whitney Cummings confirmed she was leaving the comedy series.
"Working on Roseanne was a surreal, incredible experience," Cummings shared on social media earlier this month.
"Due to work commitments and my tour schedule, I'm gonna have to watch the Conners from the sidelines next season."
"It was an honor to work with such an incredibly talented group of actors, writers, and crew. Harvey Levin, you can stop calling my cell phone now."
Roseanne returned to the air in March after a 20-year hiatus and was a monster in the ratings. Roseanne Season 10 averaged 13.5 million viewers and a 3.5 rating among adults 18-49 in live + same day measures.
It emerged as the second-highest rated scripted series of the season, behind only This Is Us.
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