Roseanne Barr is crying foul.
The comedian called out ABC for reinstating Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after a brief suspension, comparing it to her own experience with the network when they cancelled her “Roseanne” reboot in 2018 following her racist tweets about Valerie Jarrett.
Barr, 72, said the network showed unfair treatment toward her compared to Kimmel, 57.
“I got my whole life ruined, no forgiveness and all of my work stolen and called a racist for time and eternity, for racially misgendering someone,” Barr told NewsNation Tuesday. “It just shows how they think. It’s a double standard.”
Barr, an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, also criticized Kimmel.
“I think he’ll cheer himself on and his fans, all what is it, 2,000 of them,” she said. “They’ll feel heartened and, you know, like they won another battle against Trump and the people of the United States.”
The controversial comedian said her entire legacy was “erased” following her sitcom’s cancellation.
“I’ve been erased from history, from the history of feminism, which that cracks me up,” she said. “I’m never mentioned in anything about women who are pioneers in media. I’m never mentioned in anything anymore.”
ABC canceled “Roseanne” due to Barr’s inflammatory tweets in May 2018 that likened Jarrett, who was a senior advisor to then-President Barack Obama, to the “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes.”
She later apologized for the comments, and she also claimed she thought Jarrett was white.
“I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans,” Barr wrote at the time. “I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.”
Barr previously called out ABC in 2023 for what she felt was unfair treatment compared to Kimmel and “The View” co-host Joy Behar. In her Fox Nation stand-up special, “Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!,” she brought up their past scandals.
“I’ll tell you what, just put me on the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Show’ and on ‘The View’ and a lot of your other shows you’ve got on the ABC channel, you know, where people they’ve been in blackface and everything, I’ll go on there and surely, they’ll understand my mistake,” she said.
Kimmel has apologized for using blackface to impersonate celebrities like NBA player Karl Malone on “The Man Show.”
Behar has denied wearing blackface as part of an old Halloween costume, saying the look was “an homage.”