Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 10:15 a.m. EDT: Earlier this morning, The Root reached out to drug manufacturer Sanofi, the company behind Ambien, to ask what it thought about the fact that Roseanne Barr blamed her racism on its sleep aid. Ashleigh Koss, head of media relations, had this to say:
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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.
Basically, Sanofi is like, โKeep Ambien out of your racism.โ
Earlier:
On Tuesday, Roseanne Barr said that she was leaving Twitter after she compared former presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett to a primate. And that was before Barrโs show was canceled by ABC. Apparently, like crack, Twitter keeps calling her and calling her, because on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Barrโs Twitter fingers were back at it.
In addition to retweeting every follower who showed support for her, Barr alleged that she didnโt even know Jarrett was black when she compared her to a monkey from the Planet of the Apes. Barr tweeted that she thought Jarrett was โSaudiโ and didnโt realize the racist implications of her post.
โDonโt feel sorry for me, guys!!โ she wrote. โI just want to apologize to the hundreds of people, and wonderful writers (all liberal) and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet.โ
And then Barr strangely blamed her racism on the sleep aid Ambien.
โIt was 2 in the morning and I was ambien tweeting-it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended-it was egregious Indefensible,โ Barr tweeted. โI made a mistake I wish I hadnโt but...donโt defend it please. ty.โ
Letโs see the side effects of Ambien:
Yeah, notice racism is not listed. Barr definitely must have had one of those unreported side effects only 0.00 percent of Ambienโs users experience.
Since Barrโs life has come to a screeching halt, her co-stars have been distancing themselves from her, but it hasnโt stopped her from hitting back at them:
Now that sheโs unemployed, Barr is prepping to tell her story to Joe Rogan on Friday, because two assholes are better than one.
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