Roseanne Barr says she ‘begged’ ABC not to cancel her show

She’s tweeting again.

Roseanne Barr has dominated the news cycle this week after tweeting a racist tirade early Tuesday morning, which quickly led ABC to cancel the reboot of her popular sitcom, Roseanne. Now, Barr has revealed that she “begged” Disney/ABC Television Group President Ben Sherwood not to cancel the show.

“I begged them not to cancel the show. I told them I was willing to do anything & asked 4 help in making things right,” Barr tweeted Thursday. After her show was canceled, she said she tweeted racist remarks about Valerie Jarrett, a top adviser for former President Barack Obama when he was in the White House, while on Ambien.  Read more…

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