Almost five years after her fall from grace after a 2 a.m. post on Twitter that sent shockwaves through the nation, Roseanne Barr has returned to the comedy scene with a stand up special called “Cancel this!”
On last Friday’s episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Roseanne said she wished to have her say after being totally cancelled in 2018, and use the opportunity to talk about cancel culture, which she deems “horrible” and “fascist.”
Another prime target of her show will be the Biden administration: “Jokes are a great way to, you know, scorn power,” she said. “And my jokes are so great. They’re the most offensive.”
In 2018, Barr was fired from her N° 1 show over a tweet in which she stated that former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett was what would have resulted if the “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.”
Barr was accused of racism and her network, ABC, immediately cancelled her show. Viacom, Hulu, and others pulled the sitcom from their networks entirely, including the old episodes from its first run in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
Roseanne immediately apologized to Jarret and “all Americans” on Twitter, but later wrote on Twitter to her fans: “Hey guys, don’t defend me, it’s sweet of you 2 try, but ... losing my show is 0 compared 2 being labelled a racist over one tweet—that I regret even more.”
Roseanne Barr’s special airs Monday, Feb. 13, on Fox Nation.