Tom Arnold – known for many things including being the ex-husband of Roseanne Barr – joined the string of celebrities reacting to his ex-wife’s racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett. According to PEOPLE, Arnold not only slammed his ex-wife for her racist comment, he applauded Disney CEO Bob Iger for the decision to cancel the Roseanne reboot.
This intense firestorm started after Barr tweeted a racist Twitter rant overnight on Monday attacking Valerie Jarrett, former Barack Obama advisor. While the tweet has since been deleted, several media outlets captured screenshots of the racist Twitter rant.
“Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby = vj.”
Roseanne used “VJ” the initials of Valerie Jarrett as she responded to a conspiracy theory regarding the Barack Obama administration.
Arnold – also known for his role as Arnie in Roseanne– claimed on social media that he had previously warned the ABC network about the toxic and “dangerous” tweets of his ex-wife. He claimed the network “shut down” his attempts to call attention to the tweets.
“ABC execs figured out a way to control me. They blocked me from promoting anything on ABC because I called out Roseanne Barr & her dangerous tweets.”
Barr’s ex-husband did, however, take time to commend Bob Iger on his decision to cancel the show. He – and many others – imagine it was an especially hard decision considering the series had already been previously renewed for another season.
“Ton of respect for Bob Iger. Tough decision with financial consequences for his company but right for America….umm…now don’t bug Bob but maybe someone else find out if I’m still banned from all of @ABCNetwork for calling Roseanne Barr out first on her racist conspiracy tweets?”
Arnold acknowledged, financially, cancelling the Roseanne reboot was unlikely to be in the best interest of Bob and his company, but he did believe it was the right decision for America.