Roseanne Barr was fired because of a racist tweet she posted about Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama. In the tweet, Barr wrote that Jarrett looked like a cross between the "Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes." This tweet was widely condemned as racist, and ABC responded by canceling the reboot of Barr’s hit show "Roseanne" just hours after the tweet was posted. Barr later apologized, saying she was "Ambien tweeting" at 2 a.m. and that she believed Jarrett was of Middle Eastern descent rather than Black. Despite her apologies, ABC Entertainment's president called the tweet "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values," leading to the show's cancellation. Barr's tweet caused significant backlash, including her talent agency dropping her and colleagues expressing disappointment.