Comedian/actress Roseanne Barr lost her Roseanne reboot on Tuesday (May 29) after she fired off a racist tweet aimed at former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.
After issuing what many deemed an insincere apology, Barr deleted it and suggested her actions were influenced by the sleep medication Ambien.
TMZ caught up with T.I. in West Hollywood on Tuesday night. When asked if Barr deserved to get her show cancelled, he replied, “If she said what she said, hell yeah. If she really said what she said, hell yeah she did.”
The Grand Hustle boss was then asked if she gets a pass for being on Ambien.
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“No more than crack dealers for a robbery,” he said. “If somebody can go commit a robbery and say, ‘Hey I was high on crack that night.’ If not, you’re always going to be held accountable for your actions.”
The pharmaceutical company that produces Ambien also replied to Barr’s tweet and reminded her “racism is not a known side effect.”
The incident set off a firestorm of debates. Some argued that because Barr is a comedian, she should be able to make jokes, while others were adamant her “joke” was unacceptable.
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It also had her Roseanne co-stars fuming and embarrassed on Twitter.
Thanks to Barr’s tweet, it closed the chapter on the groundbreaking sitcom that began 30 years ago and was only recently resurrected.
With ABC’s decision to pull the plug on Roseanne — the network’s highest rated sitcom since its return in March — Sara Gilbert (Darlene), Micheal Fishman (DJ), Laurie Metcalf (Jackie Harris), John Goodman (Dan), and the rest of the cast and crew are out of a job.
Gilbert and Fishman took to Twitter to express their sadness over the entire situation, while Barr chided them for being disloyal.
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