ROSEANNE DUMPED ON GLOBAL SCALE

ROSEANNE Barr’s sitcom Roseanne has been cancelled over the comedian’s racist tweets, despite huge ratings for the reboot.

A statement by TV network ABC Entertainment slammed the comedian’s comments.

“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC president Channing Dungey said in a statement.

The axe fell on Roseanne despite the reboot of the sitcom being the highest rated show in the US this season. Re-runs of the original have also been axed.

Australian networks Channel Ten and Eleven have cut the show effective immediately, despite not all episodes of the revival having aired yet.

The fallout started after the comedian went off on a bizarre Twitter rant attacking people including Barack Obama’s for- mer senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, who is African-American.

She said the long-time, well respected political figure was what you would get if Islamist organisation Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes “had a baby”.

Barr’s tweet was in response to a news article about Jarrett’s alleged involvement in helping cover up CIA spying on the President of France.

Barr has since apologised for the offensive tweet.