Herman Cain: ABC used Roseanne Barr’s Twitter rant as ‘excuse’ to cancel show

Herman Cain, a businessman and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, said ABC used actor Roseanne Barr’s tweet about a former Obama adviser being a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes” as an “excuse” to cancel Barr’s sitcom, “Roseanne,” in which she portrayed a supporter of President Trump.

“I understand them using this as an excuse,” Cain said in an interview Tuesday with Fox Business. “Yes, it was racist. Yes, it was distasteful. And she vehemently apologized.”