Actor Alec Baldwin, who portrays President Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” has some thoughts about Roseanne Barr’s Twitter activity this week.
“I took some Ambien last night. I got out of bed, covered myself in Nutella and ran naked through my apartment lobby. My doorman said I called him Strawberry jelly,” Baldwin tweeted Wednesday from his AB Foundation Twitter account., referencing Barr’s claim that her racist tweets were spurred by taking the sleep aid drug Ambien.
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I took some Ambien last night.
I got out of bed, covered myself in Nutella and ran naked through my apartment lobby. My doorman said I called him Strawberry jelly.— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) May 30, 2018
After Barr tweeted former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett looked like the “Muslim brotherhood [and] planet of the apes had a baby” — a tweet that was widely seen as having racist undertones since Jarrett is African-American — Channing Dungey, the first black female president of ABC Entertainment, canceled the popular reboot of Barr’s sitcom “Roseanne” on Tuesday.
In a series of tweets, Baldwin suggested an alternative to to canceling the show in which Barr’s character, who is a Trump supporter, experiences the repercussions of what Barr did in real life.
“Re the Roseanne issue, I see it this way: 1- force her 2 come 2 work and shoot a season that deals w what the real Roseanne has done. Her character sends out a racist, offensive tweet and is compelled 2 deal w the consequences,” Baldwin posted to his foundation’s Twitter page. But why not make an example of her? Why not make her go thru a process that countless other ppl might benefit from?”
Re the Roseanne issue, I see it this way:
1- force her 2 come 2 work and shoot a season that deals w what the real Roseanne has done.
Her character sends out a racist, offensive tweet and is compelled 2 deal w the consequences.2- it can be funny. All at her expense, of course.
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) May 30, 2018
3- Roseanne (the actress) agrees to donate 50% of her salary for one full season (in all categories, producer, creator, etc) to the NAACP.
4- Roseanne’s learning curve is her character’s learning curve. And the show maps that growth. And 200 other people don’t lose their jobs.
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) May 30, 2018
5- Bc of what Roseanne wrote, in a single moment, the lives of many people are thrown off balance.
But why not make an example of her?
Why not make her go thru a process that countless other ppl might benefit from?
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) May 30, 2018
