Roseanne Barr has a bone to choose with ABC following the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Final week, the community quickly suspended Kimmel’s present after the host’s feedback about Charlie Kirk’s killing drew the ire of conservatives and the Trump administration. However the present returned Tuesday, drawing a huge 6.3 million viewers to the published and extra on-line.
The comeback didn’t sit nicely with Barr — whose revival of her personal present was canceled in 2018 after she posted a racist comment about former Obama White Home adviser Valerie Jarrett on social media.
“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 advised NewsNation in a Tuesday interview forward of Kimmel’s return to late evening tv. “It just shows how they think. It’s a double standard.”
Through the interview, Barr was requested what she anticipated he may say throughout his comeback.
“I think he’ll cheer himself on,” she mentioned.
She went on to mock the dimensions of Kimmel’s fan base, claiming that every one “2,000” of his supporters would “feel heartened … like they won another battle against Trump and the people of the United States.” Barr added that viewers would seemingly see Kimmel’s returns as a “big celebration” and predicted the host would “double down” — viewing it as a “victory.”
Barr mentioned that after her personal controversy made headlines, she was “erased from history.”
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She then claimed this case would have “never happened” to Kimmel if he had “defended” her when she was within the sizzling seat. The comic went on to reward Nexstar for its resolution to not air Kimmel on its affiliate stations even after the present’s return. (Sinclair equally has mentioned it is not going to air the present on its stations.)
“I just love independent media,” Barr mentioned.
On Wednesday, throughout his second episode again, Kimmel additionally addressed his long-standing criticism of President Donald Trump.
“I talk about Trump more than anything because he’s a bully. I don’t like bullies,” he mentioned. “I played the clarinet in high school, OK? So I just don’t like him.”
