The maker of popular sleep aid Ambien told Roseanne Barr on Wednesday that she shouldn’t blame the drug for her racist tweet storm that led to the cancellation of her network sitcom.
ABC Entertainment canceled the revival of “Roseanne” on Tuesday after Barr tweeted that former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett was a product of the “Planet of the Apes” and the Muslim Brotherhood. Barr blamed her use of the powerful sleep aid Ambien for her remarks.
Sanofi, the French drugmaker that produces Ambien, said that isn’t among the drug’s side effects.
People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world. While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.
— Sanofi US (@SanofiUS) May 30, 2018
“While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication,” the company’s U.S. division tweeted Wednesday.
Barr has claimed on Twitter that she was joking about Jarrett and apologized for the “bad joke about her politics and her looks.”
I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
