From Rolling Stone · Kory Grow · · 1m
Roseanne Barr's Meemaw Pilot Faces Casting Resistance
Roseanne Barr's new show Meemaw faces Black casting resistance after her 2018 racist tweet.
In brief
Roseanne Barr's new show Meemaw faces Black casting resistance after her 2018 racist tweet. Roseanne Barr's Meemaw pilot, financed by her, faces Black casting resistance due to her 2018 tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape. Originally reported by Rolling Stone.
Roseanne Barr's Meemaw Pilot
Roseanne Barr financed a Meemaw pilot with Just the News founder John Solomon.
Meemaw's Black Casting Resistance
Barr met resistance casting black actors, saying many refused to work with her.
“i met a lot of resistance casting black actors”
2018 Racist Tweet
Barr wrote a 2018 tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape.
“muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj”
Barr's Defense of Tweet
Barr claims her tweet was political, not racist, and she wrote it under Ambien.
ABC Firing After Tweet
ABC fired Barr the next day after her racist tweet.
“i said quote and everyone in the house heard me i said muslim is not a race”
Meemaw's Prepper Family
Meemaw features a mixed-race prepper family in Texas Hill Country.
Barr's Opioid Death Claim
Barr criticized Roseanne's opioid death as grim and morbid.
“i really wanted to talk about the opioid crisis in our country”
The takeaway
Roseanne Barr's Meemaw pilot, financed by her, faces Black casting resistance due to her 2018 tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape.
