Positive reactions poured in after The Daily Wire dropped a trailer for “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/lady-ballers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lady Ballers</a>,” a new feature-length comedy that mocks the recent phenomenon of men competing in women’s sports.
The film, directed by Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing, will follow the story of a down-on-his-luck former high school basketball coach, Rob, who will do anything to win — which in this case means teaching his team of men radical modern gender theory and leading them to identify as women in order to brutally dominate multiple women’s sports. Boreing stars in the film alongside Daily Wire sports show “Crain &amp; Co.” hosts.
“This looks sooo goood. Can’t wait to watch!” Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik reacted to the trailer, which has been viewed over 10.5 million times on X.
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This looks sooo goood 😂. Can’t wait to watch! <a href="https://t.co/lE0Aha7mIi">https://t.co/lE0Aha7mIi</a>
&mdash; Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChayaRaichik10/status/1729205278191862101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“When and where can I see this?!” comedian Roseanne Barr said responding to the trailer’s drop on Monday. The film will be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/lady-ballers">available</a> to DailyWire+ members beginning this Friday, December 1, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
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When and where can I see this?! <a href="https://t.co/MKWA9kTpEf">https://t.co/MKWA9kTpEf</a>
&mdash; Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) <a href="https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1729231859266338818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Paula Scanlan, a spokeswoman for the Independent Women’s Forum and advocate for keeping men out of women’s sports, <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulaYScanlan/status/1729200125048770751">said</a> she was pleased the absurdity of men participating in women’s sports was being highlighted by film.
“While most days it’s frustrating or upsetting that so many people defend men playing in women sports, we have to admit it is hilarious that they do … I’m glad the absurdity (and humor) of the situation is being highlighted by this film. I can’t wait to see it. I am so glad non woke people are entering the comedy space again!” she said.
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who has a cameo in the film, shared the trailer for the film on X, taking aim at comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
[Jimmy Kimmel], this is how you make basketball comedy that is actually funny. Take notes,” Cruz said, referring to their basketball rivalry.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JimmyKimmelLive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimmyKimmelLive</a>, this is how you make basketball comedy that is actually funny. Take notes. <a href="https://t.co/0n0w28bRdC">https://t.co/0n0w28bRdC</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1729225997403251138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“This is what we have all been craving for so long. Actual comedy. Lady Ballers is going to be one of the top blockbusters of the year. Mark my words,” conservative X account End Wokeness <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1729207923732303945" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The trailer reveals a who’s who of conservative personalities — including Daily Wire stars Ben Shapiro, Brett Cooper, Michael Knowles, and Andrew Klavan, plus college women’s swim champ Riley Gaines, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, with even more to be revealed in the film.
“I think it&#8217;s fair to say this trailer is the pinnacle of my acting career,” Klavan <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewklavan/status/1729216899404468224" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, sharing the trailer.
Gaines, who was forced to race against male swimmer Lia Thomas during her collegiate career, said she was very excited for the film’s release.
“Highlighting the absurdity of allowing men into women&#8217;s sports through comedy &amp; what&#8217;s supposed to be satire. This is the way Sooooo excited for this! Make sure to watch &#8216;LADY BALLERS&#8217; ft me and some of the most influential people in the conservative movement on 12/1,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1729188903381524752" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Other prominent reactions included:
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🤣 AWESOME! <a href="https://t.co/4B7JZlWjwq">https://t.co/4B7JZlWjwq</a>
&mdash; PragerU (@prageru) <a href="https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1729202270997524595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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lol omg <a href="https://t.co/PL5sVWwXl2">https://t.co/PL5sVWwXl2</a>
&mdash; Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1729189876313272548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Yes. The madness must be mocked.
Well done, Jeremy. You&#39;ll get a mention when I win Best Supporting Actor for my part in this. <a href="https://t.co/5RZKdvqqzC">https://t.co/5RZKdvqqzC</a>
&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1729195288940978329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Lady Ballers

‘Where Can I See This?’: Excitement Builds After DailyWire+ Drops Trailer For New Comedy Mocking Men In Women’s Sports

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/candace-owens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Candace Owens</a> appeared on “The Roseanne Barr Podcast” Thursday and discussed various topics, including her explosive new documentary “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/convicting-a-murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Convicting a Murderer</a>.”
&#8220;Making a Murderer&#8221; was a hit for Netflix when it premiered in 2015. It explored the details of Steven Avery being found guilty of murdering photographer Teresa Halbach, casting doubt on Avery&#8217;s guilt by omitting key details from the investigation and trial.
Owens described her new series as “apolitical” and noted how people on both the left and right fell for the documentary makers’ deceptive tactics that made Avery look innocent of the murder he was found guilty of committing.
The podcast host told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roseanne-barr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roseanne Barr</a> how audiences were “manipulated” into believing Avery was innocent because “Making a Murderer” filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos “didn’t give you enough facts.”
Owens mentioned how not only does Avery have superfans and romantic interests as a result of the Netflix documentary, but also the family of murder victim Teresa Halbach have been “harassed” following its release. 
The Netflix series created a national obsession with the case and did so without presenting a lot of the key details, which is why Owens felt compelled to expose those truths in “Convicting a Murderer.”
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Barr’s co-host and producer Jake Pentland said he was a “huge Steven Avery fan” and believed he and his nephew Brendan Dassey were wrongly convicted and “railroaded” because they were low-income. He watched several episodes of “CAM” and said what the series exposed has caused him to question everything he thought he knew.
“It’s brilliant. I mean, I’m rethinking everything,” Pentland told Owens of the series. 
“Netflix is a big old brainwasher,” Barr agreed. 
Barr’s producer isn’t the only one loving “Convicting a Murderer.” The series has a 92% audience rating on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/convicting_a_murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rotten Tomatoes</a> and despite not being reviewed by any mainstream media outlets, it’s also been trending on the site.
“It is mind boggling how Netflix got away with making millions of dollars lying about Steven Avery,” one viewer wrote. “One episode is all I needed to see, (I have seen the first 3) to know this man is pure evil and guilty! Thank you [Candace Owens] for always digging deep to reveal the TRUTH!!”
“This documentary sheds an entirely new light on the Steven Avery saga &amp; depicts a much different story than the skewed version we were given on Making a Murderer,” echoed another viewer. 
“It’s baffling that the documentarians who made that series could withhold pertinent details that paint Steven as an innocent man being framed by law enforcement when he was not and is not by any stretch. The first 3 episodes have been eye opening and riveting and I’m chomping at the bit for the rest of the series to see what’s to come!”
You can catch up on the first four episodes of &#8220;Convicting a Murderer&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/convicting-a-murderer#">here</a>. The remaining six episodes will debut weekly on <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus?utm_campaign=dwplus&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=googlesearch&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;mid=g&amp;cid=dailywire&amp;xid=0&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwjOunBhB4EiwA94JWsB3o_20mc7tvU_nGQk04fumfhj0eBXQhNdrhFJH4hAhBlkXoYZLehhoCr4AQAvD_BwE&amp;_gl=1*2g0s2j*_ga*NTk0OTM2MjUwLjE2ODk4MDQ5MDU.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY5NDUzOTYyOS4xMDguMS4xNjk0NTQwMTg3LjU3LjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">DailyWire+</a> every Thursday.

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‘Rethinking Everything’: Candace Owens Talks With Steven Avery Fan On Roseanne Barr Podcast

'Rethinking Everything': Candace Owens Talks With Steven Avery Fan On Roseanne Barr Podcast

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Roseanne Barr says she was independent decades before it became cool.
The “domestic goddess” who revolutionized TV with her blue-collar hit “Roseanne” says success gave her the freedom to do almost anything she pleased in the 1990s. And she ruffled plenty of feathers at ABC during her turbulent times on the sitcom.
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Now, she’s calling the shots again but in a new marketplace and for a radically different reason.
Barr is back after one awful, racially-charged tweet targeting Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett ended her “Roseanne” reboot. She returned to the stage earlier this year via Fox Nation’s “Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!” The fiery stand-up special featured her take on the ABC dismissal, the current state of politics, and more.
“It was the end of my blacklisting … I wasn’t offered any paying jobs for five years,” says Barr, who once ran for the Green Party’s presidential ticket, a campaign captured in 2015’s “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3791268/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roseanne for President!”</a> but now supports former President Donald Trump. And the 70-year-old comic is just warming up.
“The Roseanne Barr Podcast” taps into her decades of stand-up experience, ability to spark debate and, of course, lets her share that signature cackle. Recent “Roseanne Barr Podcast” guests include “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams, comedian Ron White, and author Michael Malice.
“I like talking to people, finding out about them,” says Barr, who still mourns the loss of her short-lived talk show in 2000. She often has an ulterior motive on the podcast, though, one that clashes with the divisive zeitgeist.
“My role right now is to remind people as much as I can that we agree on far more than we disagree. We’d be doing a lot better if we took that to heart,” she says. “That’s what I really like doing, finding some agreement in the middle of some disagreement.”
Ironically, her canceled “Roseanne” reboot pitted Trump and Hillary supporters against each other, only to embrace what united them more than political squabbles.
She learned it from the best in the business.
“The greatest television comic was Johnny Carson, and that’s what he did. He kept it right down the middle,” she says. “That’s where all the power is, straight down mainstream.”
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Barr is blunt and open in conversation, not willing to pre-package her thoughts. 
Her envelope-shredding style still generates blowback. YouTube recently pulled an episode of her appearance on Theo Von’s “This Past Weekend” podcast after she cracked about <a href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-removes-roseanne-barr-holocaust-denial-joke-video-1235659288/">Holocaust denial</a>.
Barr will be forever stained in the public square by the infamous tweet, but a former colleague shed light on the matter that got little attention at the time. Norm Macdonald worked as a writer on the original “Roseanne” show and shared how Barr <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-norm-macdonalds-new-talk-show-wont-target-trump-2-1141832/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went out of her way to hire minority scribes</a> for the show.
Barr adds context to Macdonald’s anecdote.
“I had to force that network that called me a racist to have an integrated crew,” Barr says. “I threatened to leave the show.”
“Roseanne” 2.0 ended with the star’s dismissal, but the show’s remaining players reunited for “The Conners,” which was renewed for a sixth season earlier this year. Barr has had harsh words for former co-stars like Sara Gilbert, who attacked Barr following the infamous tweet.
Co-star John Goodman, who played her husband on the original series and continues via “The Conners,” has defended Barr in the past. The “Raising Arizona” star claimed she’s not a racist and praised their professional bond.
Except Goodman said it long after her ABC dismissal, the moment when it could have saved both Barr’s Hollywood career and her sitcom. 
The distinction isn’t lost on Barr.
“I just want him to keep my name out of his mouth. I don’t want him to say one word about me,” she says.
Feminists were similarly silent in the immediate aftermath of the Twitter controversy, but Barr wasn’t surprised by that turn of events.
“They never had my back, ever. They would come up to me at parties and whisper, ‘thank you,’” she says, referring to her work breaking barriers for women in Hollywood. “None of them are really for women.”
Barr craves the ability to speak her mind, which makes podcasting such a snug fit for her brand of humor. She’s also plugged into the emerging Austin comedy scene, buoyed by Joe Rogan and his Comedy Mothership.
“I found I have complete freedom here in a blue city,” she says, adding Austin residents embrace edgy material. “They’re liberal yet they’re thinkers and they like it when you stretch their minds &#8230; I say things now that I can‘t say on YouTube. I’m finding that it’s more freedom than I’ve ever had on stage.”
“Austin is gonna end up as the center of the whole new comedy universe, and it’s all because of Joe Rogan,” the Texas resident says.
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Barr will soon share her comic stylings on Elon Musk’s X platform, formerly known as Twitter. The untitled show comes via a partnership with Publicsq, an online marketplace dedicated to Right-leaning consumers.
“They came and said they wanted to hire me to push the envelope. I love doing that … bringing up subjects that other people stay away from, to tie things together and connect dots that people should be looking at,” she says. “It’ll be funny but also have some undercurrent of alarm.”
Barr’s legacy, notwithstanding TwitterGate, is secure given her decades on TV, movies and stand-up stages. Retirement isn’t an option, for now.
“Part of me being a comic is a desire to set it right in a joke, to explain or turn it upside down or look at it deeply,” she says of her craft. “I’m not done yet … it’s so important to laugh right now.”
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For better and sometimes worse, Barr has been famous for more than 35 years. Being such a recognizable star, let alone someone associated with blue-collar values, has been complicated for Barr.
“There were times in my life where it was kinda scary [being recognized in public] or I didn’t like it sometimes, and sometimes it was nice,” she says. “Now, after everything that happened to me, I’ve changed. I’m just so appreciative of it because it’s different now … it’s how you’d greet some family members you haven’t seen for a long time. It’s very loving. They’re so nice to me after all this time.”
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Roseanne Barr Visits “Gutfeld!”

‘I’m Not Done Yet’: Roseanne Barr On Cancel Culture, Podcasting, And A New ‘Comedy Universe’

'I'm Not Done Yet': Roseanne Barr On Cancel Culture, Podcasting, And A New 'Comedy Universe'

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Comedienne Roseanne Barr gave a definitive answer to the question that has baffled leftists and left them befuddled and unable to speak: What is a woman?
Barr, 70, spoke to Piers Morgan on his show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” to promote her “81 Million Jokes” tour.
“Now listen, Roseanne: Let me ask you the most difficult question in the world, apparently: What is a woman?” Morgan asked.
Barr acted as if she hadn’t heard the question clearly, replying, “How much do I weigh?”
“No. What is a woman?” Morgan repeated, laughing.
“A woman is me,” Barr declared. “A woman is somebody whose breasts hang down to her stomach, and who has a prolapsed uterus from giving birth to five ungrateful little bastards who have never had to work for a thing in their goddamn lives. That’s what a woman is.”
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In March 2022, during the confirmation process after she was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Biden, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2022/03/24/marsha-blackburn-asked-ketanji-jackson-define-woman-science/7152439001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> by GOP Tennessee senator Marsha Blackburn, “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?”
“Can I provide a definition? No. I can’t,” Jackson answered.
“You can’t?” Blackburn said, surprised.
“Not in this context. I’m not a biologist,” Jackson persisted.
“Do you believe the meaning of the word ‘woman’ is so unclear and controversial that you can’t give me a definition?” Blackburn pressed.
“Senator, in my work as a judge what I do is I address disputes. If there’s a dispute about a definition, people make arguments and I look at the law and I decide,” Jackson dodged.
“The fact that you can’t give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kinds of progressive education that we are hearing about,” Blackburn asserted.
The failure of leftists to answer the simple question of what a woman is intrigued so many people that The Daily Wire’s documentary “What Is A Woman” <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254508/what-is-a-woman-documentary-passes-177m-views-on-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed 177 million views</a> on Twitter in one week in June.
This week, Rikkie Valerie Kollé, a man who identifies as a woman, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/post-truth-world-man-wins-miss-netherlands-sparking-outrage-on-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">named</a> Miss Netherlands and thus will be eligible to participate in the Miss Universe pageant.
“I DID IT !!!!!” Kollé, 22, wrote in an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cue2PV6tuvo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>. “Yes I’m trans and I want to share my story but I’m also Rikkie and that’s what matters to me. I did this on my own strength and enjoyed every moment.”

Roseanne Barr Gives Definitive Answer To ‘What Is A Woman.‘ It’s Hilarious.

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If you thought Big Tech might take a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-to-appeal-judges-order-blocking-contact-with-social-media-companies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censorial knee</a> following the pandemic’s end, think again.
The same platforms that restricted debates over vaccines, the virus’ origins and possible treatments are doubling down on telling us what to say, think and share. And, at times, the creators who make us howl.
Comedians — people tasked with distracting us from our woes — are among the most persecuted creators, now forced to navigate a digital landscape with few hard and fast rules. 
It’s not surprising then that a comic canceled by Hollywood became the latest victim of censorship.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roseanne-barr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roseanne Barr</a>, the superstar who lost her ABC series after firing off a racially-charged tweet in 2018, saw her recent chat with comic Theo Von go down the digital memory hole over a so-called “hate speech” violation.
The conversation found Von and Barr exploring “misinformation” and Big Tech censorship, ironically enough, when Barr sarcastically mentioned truth versus fiction, including references to the 2020 presidential election results.
<blockquote>“There’s such a thing as the truth and facts, and we have to stick to them … And nobody died in the Holocaust, either, that’s the truth. It should happen — six million Jews should die right now, because they cause all the problems in the world. But it never happened.”</blockquote>
Barr, who is Jewish, is known for her outrageous sense of humor and her battles with mental health woes. She was riffing here, and the results are admittedly spotty. Podcasts invite experimentation, another reason comedians dominate the audio space.
Von saw no malice in Barr’s comments, neither did Daily Wire’s editor emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-responds-to-roseanne-barrs-comments-on-the-holocaust" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a>. Von supported her by re-posting the clip on Twitter, a platform now run by &#8216;freer&#8217; speech advocate Elon Musk after years of severe censorship exposed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-twitter-files-show-fbi-paid-twitter-millions-influenced-execs-to-censor-hunter-biden-laptop-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Twitter Files</a>.
Hate speech isn’t a legal concept, but at least one Big Tech platform specified the reasons for the punishment. Often creators try in vain to learn why a particular piece of content got erased or punished.
Von’s channel couldn’t upload new videos for a week as punishment, plus it goes against the channel’s record. More strikes mean more punishments and possible channel termination. 
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/medias-desperation-to-silence-rfk-jr-reveal-fear-over-his-white-house-bid-says-tucker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat fighting his own battles</a> with Big Tech suppression, recently said Von wanted to invite him back on his comedy podcast but feared it would inspire <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DQfcTY4viyXsIXQ89NXvg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another round of Big Tech censorship.</a>
The Barr imbroglio meant Von&#8217;s channel is barred from uploading videos for a one-week period. Under YouTube’s three-strikes system, if Von’s channel runs afoul of YouTube policies again — in the next 90 days — it will be blocked for two weeks. A third violation could result in channel termination.
Comedienne Jocelyn Chia also <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/comedian-canceled-joke-1809220" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ran afoul</a> of Big Tech censors for a viral video that nearly capsized her career. An April comedy club snippet found Chia, a Singaporean stand-up, poking fun at the cultural divide between Singapore and Malaysia and the 2014 <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Malaysia-Airlines-flight-370-disappearance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Malaysian flight</a> that went missing, presumably killing 227 passengers and 12 crew members.
The overlords at both Instagram and TikTok appeared to bow to the mob’s demands and suspended her Instagram account and took down the video on TikTok.
Earlier this year, rising star comic <a href="https://twitter.com/sammorril/status/1616507520331153408">Sam Morril raged on Twitter</a> about how Instagram silenced one of his routines.
<blockquote>You spend all this time building a following on these apps and they keep moving the goal post in. An inoffensive joke pulled for “bullying and harassment.” Bulls*** apps that get rich off of our free content then act like hall monitors.</blockquote>
Morril didn’t share the nature of the banned bit, but he’s generally a traditional comic who occasionally veers into R-rated material. He’s not aggressively political, and he’s wise enough to make his more outrageous bits land with purpose.
Today’s comedians rely extensively on social media to build brand awareness, promote tours, share cutting-edge humor and connect with new and existing fans. Now, many self-censor rather than run afoul of vague censorial boards.
The censorship issue facing comedians is hardly new.
Comic/”Terror on the Prairie” actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tyler-fischer-has-a-new-comedy-special-and-he-aint-holding-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tyler Fischer</a> forged his fame, in part, by his withering comic impressions. His videos parodying Dr. Anthony Fauci draw sizable view counts across social media. Yet Fisher says that impression and his take on Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been hit by <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/tyler-fischer-interview-fauci-cuomo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok and Instagram censors</a> over time.
He says Facebook temporarily banned his <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/tyler-fischer-revives-podcast-big-tech-censorship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dylan Mulvaney impression</a> and TikTok won’t let him poke fun at the trans social media star.
Canadian comic Ryan Long prides himself on mocking woke culture, done from an aggressively apolitical lens. That didn’t stop Instagram and TikTok from <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/tiktok-instagram-ryan-longs-hating-white-men-big-tech-censorship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deleting his video sketch</a> torching liberal racists.
“White Women Say Go Back To Hating White Men” shows white women decrying news outlets that are starting to target them for society’s ills.
The joke is on woke liberals who weaponize race, ignoring their blaring hypocrisy. Tell that to censors at two of the bigger social media platforms who couldn’t see the humor in it or determined it targeted the “wrong” demographic.
Comedian Chrissie Mayr loves poking the cultural bear with projects like her comedy album “Live from Jan. 6th.” At the start of the pandemic she gathered an array of comedians from diverse ethnic backgrounds for a cover of Carl Douglas’ disco-era ditty “Kung Foo Fighting” called “Kung Flu Fighting” due to the virus’ Chinese origins.
Instagram took it down, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/coronavirus-leaders-asian-community-hollywood-call-out-anti-asian-attacks-discrimination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dubbing it “hate speech</a>” despite the diversity of the singers in question and the fact that the virus did, mostly likely, spring from the Wuhan Lab in China.
Tasteless? Perhaps. Funny? It’s in the ear of the beholder, assuming they get to hear it at all.
Twitter and Rumble are banking on their social media peers doubling down on censorship. Both vowed to be more forgiving of outrageous or controversial material, letting audiences have the final say.
YouTube, along with long-standing digital platforms, make no such promises even if someone just wants to make viewers laugh.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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‘They Keep Moving The Goal Post In’: Big Tech’s War On Comedy

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The media is trying to dishonestly “re-cancel” comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roseanne-barr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roseanne Barr</a> over a podcast appearance where she made sarcastic comments related to the Holocaust, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> said Wednesday.
Barr made the comments on an appearance on Theo Von&#8217;s podcast this week in an effort to express her belief that the 2020 election was stolen and that President Joe Biden did not fairly defeat former President Donald Trump. 
“There&#8217;s such a thing as the truth and facts, and we have to stick to it, and that is the truth,&#8221; the onetime TV star and stand-up comic <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/06/27/roseanne-barr-criticized-for-reprehensible-holocaust-comments/70362521007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after a series of comments declaring the 2020 election free of corruption. &#8220;Nobody died in the Holocaust, either. That&#8217;s the truth. It should happen. Six million Jews should die right now because they cause all the problems in the world, but it never happened.&#8221;
Shapiro said on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1756-rise-of-the-pagans-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his podcast</a> that, in context, Barr’s comments were obviously sarcastic, and that the media was just attempting to further destroy Barr’s career. He added that almost any comedian, like Dave Chappelle or Louis C.K., could easily be canceled by just reading their monologues out of context. 
“And the entire media ran with this as though she actually was calling for a new Holocaust, which she clearly is not. And I&#8217;ve got to say, like Roseanne says, crazy stuff sometimes and bad stuff sometimes. But this is obviously a media attempt to re-cancel Roseanne Barr,” Shapiro said. “You can hear she’s being sarcastic. It&#8217;s a failed attempt at sarcasm, but it&#8217;s clearly sarcasm.”
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The Daily Wire co-founder explained that Barr was framing her statements in a way to pair two things she didn’t actually believe. 
“She&#8217;s taking the position of the YouTube censors and she&#8217;s saying in the same category of things that are false,” Shapiro said. “These are two things are false, she is saying: Biden won 81 million votes and the Holocaust didn&#8217;t happen. She&#8217;s saying both those things are false. Right. That&#8217;s what she&#8217;s actually saying.”
Shapiro said that the media and the Left did this to him all the time, taking comments meant to be comedic and treating them seriously. 
“They&#8217;re doing it to make fun of me, which is totally fine. They&#8217;re doing it to Roseanne to try and destroy whatever&#8217;s left of her career, which is really not fine,” he said.

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Ben Shapiro Responds To Roseanne Barr’s Comments On The Holocaust

Ben Shapiro Responds To Roseanne Barr's Comments On The Holocaust

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Comedienne Roseanne Barr, making a comeback on the comedy stage in a new TV special, railed against woke agendas and cancel culture.
Barr was fired from the reboot of her hit sitcom “Roseanne” in 2018 — which boasted the <a href="https://twitter.com/koblin/status/980818757793779714" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highest ratings</a> of a new TV series in years — after posting a tweet about powerful Obama White House advisor Valerie Jarrett that stated, “muslim brotherhood &amp; planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” Barr later apologized, saying, “I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. 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,” but ABC still fired her.
“Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!,” which is Barr’s first new TV stand-up special in nearly two decades, and airs on Fox Nation on Monday, February 13,  <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11734061/Roseanne-Barr-belts-jokes-comedy-comeback-Fox-special-Cancel-This.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">features</a> her back to her no-holds-barred comedy, pronouncing, “My pronouns are, kiss my ass.”
Barr, 70, takes on the trend of asking children what their gender is, quipping, “What is my gender, mom? What is my gender? Your gender is, get a job. That&#8217;s your gender.”
“What are they thinking? Ask a — what is a woman?” she continues. “They don&#8217;t know that? That one they&#8217;re asking all the time. What is a woman? I&#8217;ll tell you what a woman is. A woman is me. That&#8217;s what a woman is, okay? A woman is someone who cleans up everybody else&#8217;s s***. That&#8217;s what a woman is.”
&#8220;A woman is somebody whose boobs hang down to her knees with a prolapsed uterus from giving birth to five ungrateful little privileged b*******s that have never had to work for anything in their whole damn life,” she jokes.
Barr, who supported former President Trump, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7461735/Roseanne-Barrs-reveals-big-comeback-shunned-shock-tweets-Trump-support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in 2019 that her support may have been a factor in ABC’s decision to fire her. “All of Hollywood, they just hate him and they hate those of us who like him. There is no way around it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So, yeah, I think they took me off because I liked him and I like him because I&#8217;m a Jew and he likes Israel.”
This week, she discussed her 2018 firing with <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-02-09/roseanne-barr-fox-nation-cancel-this" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Los Angeles Times</a>. “It was a witch-burning. And it was terrifying,” she recalled. “I would die many times. I guess you would call it the dark night of the soul. I felt like the devil himself was coming against me to try to tear me apart, to punish me for believing in God.&#8221;
“They didn’t do it to anyone else in Hollywood, although they always throw in Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K.,” she continued. “Well, Louis C.K. did lose everything, but he committed an actual [offense]. And Dave Chappelle was protected by Netflix. &#8230; I’m the only person who’s lost everything, whose life’s work was stolen, stolen by people who I thought loved me. And there was silence.”
She said that she forgave those involved and believed that everyone that had happened was part of God&#8217;s plan.
“I don’t think they’ll ever stop trying to come after me, particularly now that I am getting the last laugh on their a**. That’s why I’m coming back. I never would have that last laugh unless I’m strong enough to stand on two feet, and although I do have to wear adult diapers while doing it, I am not ever going to stop making fun of power and its arrogance, and I don’t give a f*** what color it is. I’ll be there. Make the most f***ing fun of it that I can before I croak,” she concluded.

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‘My Pronouns Are Kiss My A**’: Roseanne Barr Releases First Stand-Up Special In Nearly 20 Years

Roseanne's First TV Special In Nearly 20 Years

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Roseanne Barr is set to produce and then star in a new comedy special for Fox Nation — her first comedy stand-up special in 16 years.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roseanne-barr">69-year-old</a> actress and comedian&#8217;s show will be titled, &#8220;A Roseanne Comedy Special&#8221; and it is set to debut early in 2023 on the Fox News subscription streaming platform, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/roseanne-barr-fox-nation-comedy-special-1235378023/">Variety reported</a> in a piece published Tuesday.
&#8220;Roseanne is a comedy icon whose humor connects with the American audience like no other,&#8221; Jason Klarman, president of Fox Nation, shared in a statement. &#8220;Her ability to channel the challenges of everyday people and find the humor in it all has earned her the passionate following of millions of dedicated fans.&#8221;
&#8220;We are thrilled to add her comedy special exclusively to the Fox Nation catalog,&#8221; the statement added.
A statement from Fox Nation to <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/09/roseanne-barr-fox-nation-special-1235122921/">Deadline magazine</a> about the special read that it, &#8220;will feature Ms. Barr&#8217;s signature comedic take on a variety of topics, with no subject off limits.&#8221;
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Roseanne Barr has announced her comeback special, “A Roseanne Comedy Special,” will debut in early 2023 on Fox News&#39; subscription streaming platform Fox Nation. <a href="https://t.co/ROqZYJmwjU">https://t.co/ROqZYJmwjU</a>
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In 2018, Barr was fired from the reboot of her incredibly popular ABC series &#8220;Roseanne,&#8221; following a tweet that was quickly labeled racist. The show was canceled and the series later came back to the network without her, retitled &#8220;The Conners.&#8221;
She recently spoke about that tweet — which read, &#8220;muslim brotherhood &amp; planet of the apes had a baby&#8221; — and was aimed at former White House senior adviser to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/any-tweet-that-was-not-i-love-hillary-clinton-i-got-a-call-for-roseanne-barr-documentary-explores-how-she-was-canceled">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;I shoulda not did it, but by God, I was really pissed that day,&#8221; Barr explained. &#8220;I did something I wouldn&#8217;t do if I hadn&#8217;t been on that Ambien. It makes you do a lot of crazy s***.&#8221;
She later issued an apology on Twitter, but the show was still taken off the air.
&#8220;I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans,&#8221; Barr tweeted at the time. &#8220;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.&#8221;
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/any-tweet-that-was-not-i-love-hillary-clinton-i-got-a-call-for-roseanne-barr-documentary-explores-how-she-was-canceled">&#8216;Any Tweet That Was Not &#8216;I Love Hillary Clinton,&#8217; I Got A Call For&#8217;: Roseanne Barr Documentary Explores How She Was Canceled</a>

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Roseanne Barr is back, and she has some strong feelings about getting canceled from Hollywood.
The 69-year-old comedian is promoting a new documentary explaining her fall from public favor called &#8220;Roseanne: Kicked Out of Hollywood.” It debuts on <a href="https://www.reelz.com/show/kicked-out-of-hollywood/">Reelz</a> on April 24.
&#8220;Any tweet that was not ‘I love Hillary Clinton,&#8217; I got a call for,&#8221; Barr claimed in the expose, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/roseanne-barr-abc-fired-show-documentary">Fox News</a>.
The “Roseanne” alum also discussed how her family begged her to stop tweeting, but she refused because she loved it too much. 
&#8220;Everyone was begging me to give up my Twitter. Everyone,&#8221; the comedian said. &#8220;My kids were trying to lock me out, but I wouldn&#8217;t because it&#8217;s like I just couldn&#8217;t.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m a g**damn American and I&#8217;m not going to do it,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m a comic. I&#8217;m a bad girl. I&#8217;m too rock and roll. I&#8217;m going to say f*** it and f*** you until I take my last breath.&#8221;
Barr also addressed the tweet that led to her getting fired. The tweet read, “muslim brotherhood &amp; planet of the apes had a baby” and was aimed at former White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.
“I shoulda not did it, but by God, I was really pissed that day,” Barr said of the incident. “I did something I wouldn’t do if I hadn’t been on that Ambien. It makes you do a lot of crazy sh**.”
Barr released an apology on Twitter at the time. “I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans,” the actress wrote. “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.”
However, her words weren’t enough to keep ABC from canceling “Roseanne” in response to the original comment, according to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/roseanne-apologizes-for-planet-of-the-apes-tweet-about-obama-aide-jarrett.html">CNBC</a>. They called Barr’s “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.”
In the new documentary, Barr says she wasn’t given a chance to properly apologize and try to redeem herself. 
&#8220;When they called me up they were like, ‘What possible excuse have you got for why you did this? Why you did such an egregious, unforgivable thing?’ And I said, &#8216;I have no excuse. The only thing is, I thought she was white. And they said nothing back,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;And then I said, ‘Let me go on &#8216;The View&#8217; tomorrow and explain it and apologize. I made a mistake.’&#8221;
Ultimately, Barr sees herself being unfairly targeted for making a mistake.
&#8220;Witch-burning is what it is,&#8221; Barr said of getting fired and canceled. &#8220;Intellectual witch-burning. And arrogance and ignorance. All of the press of the United States, and the world and how they interpreted my tweet without any knowledge of the fact that I was sending it to a journalist in Iran about what was happening to the people in Iran. We were under such terrible censorship and it&#8217;s just terrible and frightening.&#8221;
The documentary includes statements from Mo’Nique, Howie Mandel, and &#8220;Roseanne&#8221; executive producer Allan Stephan, who all insist Barr is not actually racist.

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‘Any Tweet That Was Not ‘I Love Hillary Clinton,’ I Got A Call For’: Roseanne Barr Documentary Explores How She Was Canceled

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Donald Trump Jr. called out ABC on Tuesday morning for the different way that it has responded to Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s &#8220;N-word&#8221; scandal vs. how it responded to a controversial tweet from Roseanne Barr when Barr had a show with the network.
Fox News Editor Gregg Re exclusively <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-n-word-snoop-dogg-imitation-george-wallace-comic-podcast">reported</a> on Monday about a Christmas album that Kimmel recorded in 1996 which featured a song where Kimmel impersonated rapper Snoop Dogg and repeatedly used the &#8220;N-word&#8221; throughout the track. Kimmel is also facing renewed pressure over his past blackface skits. ABC did not respond to requests for comment on the matter.
Kimmel announced last week that he was taking a leave of absence from the show so he could &#8220;spend even more time with my family.&#8221;
Trump Jr. called out the network for how it has handled the situation vs. how executives handled the situation with Barr in 2018. ABC needs to either cancel Kimmel&#8217;s show or give Barr her show back, Trump said.
&#8220;I don’t think [Jimmy Kimmel] should be fired for inappropriate jokes, but please remind me, how long did it take for [ABC Network]/[Disney] to cancel [Roseanne Barr]?&#8221; Trump Jr. tweeted.
&#8220;I&#8217;m simply anti-double standards for conservatives [and] libs, so either cancel Kimmel or give Roseanne her show back,&#8221; he added.
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I don’t think <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jimmykimmel</a> should be fired for inappropriate jokes, but please remind me, how long did it take for <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABCNetwork</a>/<a href="https://twitter.com/Disney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Disney</a> to cancel <a href="https://twitter.com/therealroseanne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@therealroseanne</a>?
I&#39;m simply anti-double standards for conservatives &amp; libs, so either cancel Kimmel or give Roseanne her show back. <a href="https://t.co/VtQgP7zZqk">https://t.co/VtQgP7zZqk</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1275427289623379968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In May 2018, Barr, who had returned to the network earlier in the year after being gone since the 1990s, had her show &#8220;Roseanne&#8221; canceled within hours of her tweeting something that was controversial.
In reference to former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, who is black, Barr wrote that if the “muslim brotherhood &amp; planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”
ABC and Disney executives <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/roseanne-cancellation-racist-tweet-sparks-mixed-reactions/story?id=55511602">instantly</a> took action against Barr, who is a Trump supporter, by canceling her show.
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey responded by saying, &#8220;Roseanne&#8217;s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.&#8221;
Disney CEO Bob Iger said, &#8220;There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.&#8221;
Disney is the parent company of ABC Entertainment and ABC News.
Trump Jr. called out ABC yesterday after the Fox News report was published, writing on Twitter: &#8220;To be clear, I’m 100% against punishing comedians for jokes, even bad jokes from unfunny hack comedians like Jimmy Kimmel…but according to the left’s own woke rules that [Jimmy Kimmel] wants to force others to live by, it’s hard to see how [ABC Network] allows him to keep his show.&#8221;
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To be clear, I’m 100% against punishing comedians for jokes, even bad jokes from unfunny hack comedians like Jimmy Kimmel…but according to the left’s own woke rules that <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jimmykimmel</a> wants to force others to live by, it’s hard to see how <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABCNetwork</a> allows him to keep his show. <a href="https://t.co/yYsC065pe1">https://t.co/yYsC065pe1</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1275182463418064896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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What made Kimmel&#8217;s past remarks especially newsworthy was the fact that Kimmel pressed actor Tom Arnold in 2018 to release an &#8220;N-word&#8221; tape on President Donald Trump, which never materialized since there was apparently nothing there.
&#8220;I want to hear this tape! Where is this tape?&#8221; Kimmel asked Arnold. &#8220;You keep saying you will! When? When he&#8217;s retired?&#8221;
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Roseanne Barr has weighed in on a COVID-19 conspiracy theory of her own to add to the legions of COVID-19 conspiracy theories circulating across the web: it&#8217;s all a ploy to kill off baby boomers.
Speaking with comedian Norm Macdonald on his new YouTube series, “Quarantined With Norm Macdonald,” Roseanne Barr laid out her bizarre thesis on massive boomer extinction.
&#8220;Well, you know it&#8217;s all connected in my head, because I&#8217;m on the autism spectrum, so everything has to fit perfectly, or else I&#8217;ll go insane, so I&#8217;m always trying to put things together, but it&#8217;s all interrelated. I think we&#8217;re being forced to evolve,&#8221; Roseanne said at first.
“You know what it is, Norm? I think they&#8217;re just trying to get rid of all my generation,&#8221; Roseanne later added. &#8220;The boomer ladies that, you know, that inherited their, you know, are widows. They inherited the money so they got to go wherever the money is and figure out a way to get it from people.&#8221;
&#8220;Because there&#8217;s so many boomers that have money and do no work,” Macdonald responded. “So if you got them out of society — that would be a good thriller.&#8221;
Barr also said that she was holed up in Hawaii, which she claimed has just one case of coronavirus in complete contradiction of all the available evidence.
&#8220;Although she did not specify which island she was on, the entire state of Hawaii has had much more than one case and has seen four people die due to the coronavirus <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-in-us-state-by-state-breakdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">as of Monday afternoon,&#8221; </a>Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/roseanne-barr-coronavirus-get-rid-generation-planning-lawsuit-cancellation">wrote</a>.
Later in the interview, Roseanne said she is using her time in isolation to conjure up the perfect lawsuit to &#8220;sue everyone&#8221; in Hollywood.
&#8220;Solitude to be able to think about how you’re going to sue everyone on the f***ing – you know, Hollywood,&#8221; Roseanne said. &#8220;I have the time now to research and come up with the perfect lawsuit. The lawsuit I&#8217;m going to wage against Hollywood.&#8221;
When Norm Macdonald asked her to clarify, she reiterated that the lawsuit is against all of Hollywood because all of Hollywood allegedly screwed her over.
&#8220;My situation that happened to me in Hollywood,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;I&#8217;m devising the perfect lawsuit and I am so blessed to have that time to sit here and be able to compile my thoughts. You know, be introspective. So I can figure out how to f– over everybody in the f–ing world over there.&#8221;
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Roseanne Barr was ousted from her own sitcom in 2018 over a racially-charged tweet targeting former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, whom she described as a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes.” Roseanne initially claimed she didn’t realize that Jarrett, who was born to parents of African-American and European descent, was black. At one point, she even claimed her tweet <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/roseanne-my-apes-tweet-was-really-about-anti-paul-bois">was about anti-semitism</a>.
“Rod Serling wrote Planet of The Apes,” Roseanne tweeted. “It was about anti-semitism. That is what my tweet referred to – the anti semitism of the Iran deal. Low IQ ppl can think whatever they want.”

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No one understands Cancel Culture’s wrath better than Roseanne Barr.
The woman who helped redefine the modern sitcom with her eponymous show is but a memory in La La Land today.
We all know why. Barr sent out one awful, racially charged Tweet, and her entire legacy got ripped out from under her. It didn’t matter that she gave female comics a valuable role model, or that co-worker Norm Macdonald hailed her <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-norm-macdonalds-new-talk-show-wont-target-trump-1141832">willingness to hire people of color</a>.
That one Tweet, for which Barr swiftly apologized, <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/roseanne-tom-arnold-hypocrisy/">canceled both her show and career</a>.
Bette Midler tells Barr to “hold her beer” on a weekly basis.
The Divine Ms. Me’s Twitter account is a veritable hate emporium. She rails against President Donald Trump first and foremost. It’s how she does it, though, that matters. Even Robert De Niro might blush at her venom.
In the past, she’s joked about someone “shiving” President Trump (<a href="https://newsradiowrva.radio.com/blogs/jeff-katz/will-secret-service-investigate-bette-midlers-comments-about-stabbing-president">she later deleted it</a>), and wrote a poem about the Trump family getting hanged for their crimes.
She deleted that, too.
More importantly, her hate spills over into other public figures. She <a href="https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/08/24/bette-midler-goes-on-a-vile-unhinged-rant-over-david-kochs-death/">cheered on the death</a> of Libertarian philanthropist David Koch for all to see.
When Texas got hammered by Mother Nature, Midler said the <a href="https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/09/05/no-aid-for-them-bette-midler-says-no-federal-money-for-texas-until-their-attitude-improves-or-something/">state didn’t deserve federal aid</a> due to its cynicism over government spending.
She famously praised the man who broke five of Sen. Rand Paul’s ribs and left the Senator close to a life-threatening condition. Midler <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/bette-midler-deletes-tweet-praising-man-who-assaulted-sen-rand-paul_3127567.html">deleted the message later</a>.
Sense a pattern? There’s another Midler pattern, too. She doesn’t apologize for her horrific statements.
This week, Midler sank to a new low. She turned her Twitter fire on conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, recently diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Some prominent liberals, like Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, put down their ideological hammers and wished Limbaugh a speedy recovery.
Not Midler. She shared this message regarding the radio talker mere days after he went public with his diagnosis:
<blockquote><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RushLimbaugh?src=hashtag_click">#RushLimbaugh</a> doesn&#8217;t have lung cancer any more than <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MichaelJFox?src=hashtag_click">#MichaelJFox</a> has Parkinson&#8217;s or <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RBG?src=hashtag_click">#RBG</a> had cancer! He said they were both faking. How abut it, Rush? You&#8217;re faking, right? Trying to gin up your press and media attention, right? Exactly like that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JackassTrump?src=hashtag_click">#JackassTrump</a>!</blockquote>
She also Tweeted this:
<blockquote>Poor Rush. Poor, fat, stupid, sick, hypocritical, drug addicted Rush. Back when he was using, he admitted to taking over 30,000 OxyContin. You know what that means? He’s not just a moron, he’s an Oxymoron!</blockquote>
Barr claimed she didn’t know that the target of her Tweet, former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, is black. She also blamed using the drug Ambien for the Tweet. Her mea culpa was swift and without any strings.
Midler makes no such claims about her targets. Nor does she apologize for the hate she spews on a regular basis.
And why should she?
The media, outside of conservative sites, mostly ignore her rage. Her Hollywood peers apparently don’t care, either. They keep hiring her. She co-stars in the Sundance Film Festival entry “The Glorias,” provided a voice for the recent “The Addams Family” animated film, and contributed to Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series “The Politician.”
Team Cancel Culture can’t be bothered to so much as acknowledge her hate, let alone sic the Outrage Mob on her.
Why?
Because Cancel Culture isn’t about being kind to one another. Nor does it genuinely protect people from nasty attacks.
Cancel Culture exists to promote progressive groupthink, smite conservatives whenever possible, and ensure debate is no longer part of the American equation.
None of those goals overlap with Midler’s theatrics, so she gets a pass.
Now, if Midler scorched a liberal icon with similar gusto, that could change things. For now, the Tony winner is free to Tweet to her heart’s content, knowing Cancel Culture will look the other way.

Bette Midler

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