Comedian and Oscar Winner Monique said @therealroseanne is her sister and we should not label her racist and throw her away. This is the best interview ever. Monique is currently blacklisted in Hollywood for keeping it real. Please RT I want everyone to see this clip! So real pic.twitter.com/3XLNFjpNBO
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) July 27, 2018
Mo’Nique, who won a 2009 Academy Award for her role in “Precious,” was making an appearance on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, where she told Barr that “you have a friend in me.”
“I remember when I had the ‘Mo’Nique Show,’ and there was big, major black superstar talent that had white representatives, and they told their talent, ‘That show is too black, and we really don’t want you to go on there,’” Mo’Nique said.
“But there was a white woman named Roseanne Barr that showed up for me. … And they didn’t hear the conversation when the cameras weren’t rolling. … That woman was giving me some beautiful words.”
Mo’Nique said that she would not “put (Barr) on the racist list.” – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]Roseanne Barr says she was fired from ABC for one reason: “It’s because I voted for Donald Trump.”
In a new video, Barr says she was willing to go on any show of ABC’s choosing to explain what happened with “egregious and unforgivable” to her audience.
“Instead what happened was about 40 minutes after that, my show was canceled before even one advertiser pulled out and I was labeled a racist.”
She then explains, “Why, you ask? Well, the answer is simple, it’s because I voted for Donald Trump.” – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]Roseanne Barr claimed in a new interview that she has received multiple offers to return to television following the racist tweet that prompted ABC to cancel her show.
Barr made the comment while appearing on her friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s podcast, ABC News first reported.
“Inside every bad thing is a good thing waiting to happen and I feel very excited because I’ve already been offered so many things and I almost already accepted one really good offer to go back on TV and I might do it,” she told Boteach. “But we’ll see.”
The podcast episode, recorded last week, was released Saturday night.- READ MORE
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