Roseanne bore the brunt of a stupid tweet, resulting in the cancellation of her show by ABC, but the network continues to employ Jimmy Kimmel despite a past that includes skits in which he mocked a prominent athlete by using blackface.
In canceling Roseanne’s incredibly popular pro-Trump comedy, ABC issued a statement describing her tweet comparing Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to ‘Planet of the Apes’ as “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.” (RELATED: ‘Roseanne’ Canceled on ABC After Crude Tweets).
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Abhorrent.
Repugnant.
Inconsistent with our values.
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Now think of those phrases as you watch this old clip of Jimmy Kimmel, current late night talk show host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
While we’re talking about ABC firing Roseanne for being racist…
Did Jimmy Kimmel ever have to apologize for this blackface Karl Malone impersonation? pic.twitter.com/LCFsIueWUL— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 29, 2018
Kimmel did multiple skits in which he mocked NBA Hall of Famer and member of the famed Dream Team, Karl Malone, by donning blackface and proceeding to butcher the English language in an attempt to portray ‘The Mailman’ as ignorant.
Is this in line with your precious moral values ABC?
In one skit Kimmel as Malone talks “about white people getting deducted by alien.” He sports blackface, a black bald cap, and apparently spray for his arms and legs.
In another episode, Kimmel speaks as Malone promoting Mardi Gras.
“Ya’ll love them naked boobies, so Karl Malone tell you about Mardi Gras in New Orleans,” he says.
While In Black Face, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Insulted The Intelligence of African-American Athletes https://t.co/LJ0ZiDQKgW pic.twitter.com/XA52u7hxMm
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 30, 2018
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Lovely. But hey, that’s totally cool because he now pushes a progressive agenda, right?
According to President Trump, Bob Iger, CEO of Disney which owns ABC, called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr.
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Instead, he tolerates the racist past antics of Kimmel. Tolerance, you see, is only reserved for dumb things leftists say and do in Hollywood. That’s why Roseanne never really had a chance.
Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
For his part, Kimmel took a shot at Roseanne during his own show saying her comments “did not sit well with ABC management — or anyone with a brain, really.”
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What do the folks at his network – those with brains anyway – think of Kimmel’s blackface skits? We’d sure like to know.
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I would have never said something like what Rosanne said but was it really that horrible? I mean really, it is the liberals who are always claiming that man came from the apes… The stupidity of these democrats and liberals is beyond my comprehension.
Roseanne needs to be “reinstated” under the FREEDOM OF SPEECH act! With people like Kathy Griffin, Jimmy Kimmel, and heaven knows how many others getting by with whatever they want, what ABC did to Roseanne is a travesty. I’ve had no use for Disney for years. They are gouging their patrons any way they can, continually raising prices at their parks, even charging people to PAY to park when they come to their hotels! OMG! How much money is enough??? The only two shows left to watch on ABC are Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Too bad they will suffer the consequences of Disney’s actions, too.
The entire Obama Administration appeared to be a Planet of the Apes episode to me,
At least Roseanne wasn’t arrested, given a one hour trial, and sentenced to a year in prison. Things are getting bad. Not long ago; an apology meant something. We all slip up and do and say stupid things. It’s almost like it’s not acceptable to be human any more. We all fall short of being perfect. I hate hypocritical actions worse than almost anything. I still believe in a thing called “forgiveness”.
I assumed “Roseanne” was just playing a parody of a conservative, to begin with.
Rosie’s condescending “Archie Bunker” style is a parody. I certainly never felt represented by Rosie.
I thought She made conserves look insular and sophomoric for Trump and the Islamophobic bit
was over the top smh! But that was the intention.
The fact Rosie liked Trump was just the hook. Not sure why anyone swallowed the line and sinkers, pole and fisherwoman and all along with it. Kind of think it was lib wishful thinking and the greedy media’s, Fox [shepard smith] included ran with it like was the gold standard of conservatism smh…Guilt by parody association to make a week-long news cycle when Hawaii & Gaza are on fire, Korean summit back on ..yeah..Ring around that ol Rosie? She’s as conservative as Pelosi…
LIBERALS ARE TOTAL HYPOCRITES!!
Kimmel mocked Melania’s accent.
Joy Behar called Pence mentally ill for having faith in God.
Bill Maher makes countless racist comments.
Keith Olbermann calls Trump “a F*cking NAZI!”
Bill Maher makes comparisons to Trump being a gorilla all the time referencing the “color of his hair and the color of an orange orangutan.”
They get classified as “jokes” by the media and he is of course allowed to keep his show and not have his life ruined. The difference?
Bill Maher is a liberal, Roseanne is a free-thinking Trump supporter.
[ABC- Angry Bolshevik Channel] Bit duplicitous as one would expect..I recall some very raunchy skits… When Comrade Kimmel is not requesting to be groped by random teen & adult women on the street or having them jump on a trampoline in a bikini you may find he is in blackface or, making an ape of the POTUS on what a “misogynist, and prejudiced loose cannon’, he is. ???
All the virtue signalling outrage is probably proactive damage control for covering Jarrett and Obama for new allegations about to come to light…#Boycott the Bolshavics XD
When did they call off the Boycott? I wasnt informed it was over.
If you think we still have free speech rights, whether spoken or written, you’re kidding yourself. Used to be only actions were punishable by laws. Then came the term “hate speech” which seems to be totally defined and controlled by the Left. They even appear to be trying to figure out how to go after a person’s thoughts.
Time to boycott again! Make them feel the heat! Hey abc, ever hear of *freedom of speech*. It’s not important what she said, it’s her right to say it! Who are you to say what others can or cannot say?
However ABC did appear to cancel the popular Last Man Standing for no reason other than Tim Allen’s politics reflected in the show. Again, with no regard to the many people who would lose their job or the financial loss to their company. Thank goodness Fox had the good sense to pick it up.
Will & Grace is NBC — can’t hold ABC responsible for that. My bad!!
The truth is that ABC wanted Roseanne to cut the pro-Trump comments from the show in the next season and she refused so they were looking for a reason to get rid of her. And she gave them one in spades! And they apparently have no regard for the hundreds of people that they just put out of work in this process. Too bad they don’t seem to have any problem with Will & Grace Trump bashing in their show. But then Will & Grace doesn’t have the phenomenal ratings of Roseanne. Guess it shows just how much ABC is willing to work against it’s own interests to disassociate themselves from President Trump.
Hey! We all laughed when Roseanne put on a Hitler mustache and posed in front of a stove with burnt cookies for HEB Magazine.
Great grammar Stupid Sue, got brains much?
I LOVE how conservatives are twisting in the wind. You heads are spinning. LOL
So done with ABC!!!
Time to cancel ABC. It is okay to compare Trump with apes, but not Jarrett?
ABC is playing favorites
Not total BS from ABC. Total left-wing conspiracy, and wickedness.
Time to treat ABC like the NFL.
Typical liberal hypocrisy! If it’s a liberal (Jimmy Kibbel-n-bits, Kathy Griffin, Colbert, Michelle Wolf-face) it’s okay for them to bash Trump but let a Trump supporter like Roseanne take a crack at Jarrett (not her smartest move) & she immediately gets her show cancelled. Why aren’t they canceling The View, Kimmel’s show & others? Total BS!!
Diddo! His whole cold demeanor is one who has disdain for the human race – talk about racist.
Diddo! His whole cold demeanor is one who has disdain for the human race – talk about racist.
I don’t understand why people watch Jimmy Kimmell late night show. I always found him revolting.
or anyone with a brain………….that leaves Kimmel out, if he had one ,he’d take it out and play with it.
I would have never said something like what Rosanne said but was it really that horrible? I mean really, it is the liberals who are always claiming that man came from the apes… The stupidity of these democrats and liberals is beyond my comprehension.
Roseanne needs to be “reinstated” under the FREEDOM OF SPEECH act! With people like Kathy Griffin, Jimmy Kimmel, and heaven knows how many others getting by with whatever they want, what ABC did to Roseanne is a travesty. I’ve had no use for Disney for years. They are gouging their patrons any way they can, continually raising prices at their parks, even charging people to PAY to park when they come to their hotels! OMG! How much money is enough??? The only two shows left to watch on ABC are Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Too bad they will suffer the consequences of Disney’s actions, too.
The entire Obama Administration appeared to be a Planet of the Apes episode to me,
At least Roseanne wasn’t arrested, given a one hour trial, and sentenced to a year in prison. Things are getting bad. Not long ago; an apology meant something. We all slip up and do and say stupid things. It’s almost like it’s not acceptable to be human any more. We all fall short of being perfect. I hate hypocritical actions worse than almost anything. I still believe in a thing called “forgiveness”.
I assumed “Roseanne” was just playing a parody of a conservative, to begin with.
Rosie’s condescending “Archie Bunker” style is a parody. I certainly never felt represented by Rosie.
I thought She made conserves look insular and sophomoric for Trump and the Islamophobic bit
was over the top smh! But that was the intention.
The fact Rosie liked Trump was just the hook. Not sure why anyone swallowed the line and sinkers, pole and fisherwoman and all along with it. Kind of think it was lib wishful thinking and the greedy media’s, Fox [shepard smith] included ran with it like was the gold standard of conservatism smh…Guilt by parody association to make a week-long news cycle when Hawaii & Gaza are on fire, Korean summit back on ..yeah..Ring around that ol Rosie? She’s as conservative as Pelosi…
LIBERALS ARE TOTAL HYPOCRITES!!
Kimmel mocked Melania’s accent.
Joy Behar called Pence mentally ill for having faith in God.
Bill Maher makes countless racist comments.
Keith Olbermann calls Trump “a F*cking NAZI!”
Bill Maher makes comparisons to Trump being a gorilla all the time referencing the “color of his hair and the color of an orange orangutan.”
They get classified as “jokes” by the media and he is of course allowed to keep his show and not have his life ruined. The difference?
Bill Maher is a liberal, Roseanne is a free-thinking Trump supporter.
[ABC- Angry Bolshevik Channel] Bit duplicitous as one would expect..I recall some very raunchy skits… When Comrade Kimmel is not requesting to be groped by random teen & adult women on the street or having them jump on a trampoline in a bikini you may find he is in blackface or, making an ape of the POTUS on what a “misogynist, and prejudiced loose cannon’, he is. ???
All the virtue signalling outrage is probably proactive damage control for covering Jarrett and Obama for new allegations about to come to light…#Boycott the Bolshavics XD
Time to boycott again! Make them feel the heat! Hey abc, ever hear of *freedom of speech*. It’s not important what she said, it’s her right to say it! Who are you to say what others can or cannot say?
If you think we still have free speech rights, whether spoken or written, you’re kidding yourself. Used to be only actions were punishable by laws. Then came the term “hate speech” which seems to be totally defined and controlled by the Left. They even appear to be trying to figure out how to go after a person’s thoughts.
When did they call off the Boycott? I wasnt informed it was over.
The truth is that ABC wanted Roseanne to cut the pro-Trump comments from the show in the next season and she refused so they were looking for a reason to get rid of her. And she gave them one in spades! And they apparently have no regard for the hundreds of people that they just put out of work in this process. Too bad they don’t seem to have any problem with Will & Grace Trump bashing in their show. But then Will & Grace doesn’t have the phenomenal ratings of Roseanne. Guess it shows just how much ABC is willing to work against it’s own interests to disassociate themselves from President Trump.
Will & Grace is NBC — can’t hold ABC responsible for that. My bad!!
However ABC did appear to cancel the popular Last Man Standing for no reason other than Tim Allen’s politics reflected in the show. Again, with no regard to the many people who would lose their job or the financial loss to their company. Thank goodness Fox had the good sense to pick it up.
Hey! We all laughed when Roseanne put on a Hitler mustache and posed in front of a stove with burnt cookies for HEB Magazine.
I LOVE how conservatives are twisting in the wind. You heads are spinning. LOL
Great grammar Stupid Sue, got brains much?
So done with ABC!!!
Time to cancel ABC. It is okay to compare Trump with apes, but not Jarrett?
ABC is playing favorites
Typical liberal hypocrisy! If it’s a liberal (Jimmy Kibbel-n-bits, Kathy Griffin, Colbert, Michelle Wolf-face) it’s okay for them to bash Trump but let a Trump supporter like Roseanne take a crack at Jarrett (not her smartest move) & she immediately gets her show cancelled. Why aren’t they canceling The View, Kimmel’s show & others? Total BS!!
Time to treat ABC like the NFL.
Not total BS from ABC. Total left-wing conspiracy, and wickedness.
or anyone with a brain………….that leaves Kimmel out, if he had one ,he’d take it out and play with it.
I don’t understand why people watch Jimmy Kimmell late night show. I always found him revolting.
Diddo! His whole cold demeanor is one who has disdain for the human race – talk about racist.