Roseanne Barr Pleaded For ABC To Keep The Show On Air

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This week, Roseanne Barr said that she “begged” with ABC executives not to cancel her show, and even offered to do an apology tour in exchange.

“I begged Ben Sherwood at ABC 2 let me apologize & make amends. I begged them not to cancel the show,” she tweeted. “I told them I was willing to do anything & asked 4 help in making things right. I’d worked doing publicity4 them 4free for weeks, traveling, thru bronchitis. I begged4 ppls jobs.”

She continued: “He said: what were you thinking when you did this? I said: I thought she was white, she looks like my family! He scoffed & said: “what u have done is egregious, and unforgivable.’ I begged 4 my crews jobs. Will I ever recover from this pain? Omg.”

Roseanne’s tweet cost about 200 actors, writers and crew members their job, reports Page Six.