President Trump on Wednesday accused Disney CEO Bob Iger of exercising a double standard by calling former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett this week to apologize for actress Roseanne Barr’s incendiary comment about her, claiming he never received an apology for “horrible statements” made about him on ABC.
“Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that ‘ABC does not tolerate comments like those’ made by Roseanna Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC,” Trump tweeted.
He added: “Maybe I just didn’t get the call?”
Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
ABC is owned by Disney.
Jarrett told NBC News at a town-hall event Tuesday night that Iger called her shortly after Barr claimed she looked like the “Muslim brotherhood [and] planet of the apes had a baby” in a tweet that was widely seen as having racist undertones since Jarrett is African-American.
“He wanted me to know before he made it public that he was canceling the show,” Jarrett said of Iger, who announced in a statement on Tuesday afternoon that ABC had canceled its reboot of the hit 90s sitcom “Roseanne.”
It was not immediately clear which “horrible statements” Trump was referring to in his tweet on Wednesday, though he has previously criticized ABC News for refusing to fire anchor Brian Ross following his erroneous reporting on the Russia investigation.
Barr, whose avid support of Trump was on display in her show, has since apologized for the tweet and encouraged her fans not to defend the comment. She claimed in a statement Tuesday night that she was on the sedative Ambien when her controversial tweet was posted.
[Also read: Ambien maker to Roseanne: Racism isn’t a known side effect]
