Ambien Manufacturer Responds to Roseanne Barr for Blaming Her Racism on Its Drug [Updated]

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: Suggested Reading Three Friends…

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, โ€œKeep 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 Barrโ€™s show was canceled by ABC. Apparently, like crack, Twitter keeps calling her and calling her, because on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Barrโ€™s Twitter fingers were back at it.

In addition to retweeting every follower who showed support for her, Barr alleged that she didnโ€™t 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 โ€œSaudiโ€ and didnโ€™t realize the racist implications of her post.

https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001695354939682816

โ€œDonโ€™t feel sorry for me, guys!!โ€ she wrote. โ€œI 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.

โ€œIt 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. โ€œI made a mistake I wish I hadnโ€™t but...donโ€™t defend it please. ty.โ€

Letโ€™s 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 Ambienโ€™s users experience.

Since Barrโ€™s life has come to a screeching halt, her co-stars have been distancing themselves from her, but it hasnโ€™t stopped her from hitting back at them:

https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001750109984468992
https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001752258546028544

Now that sheโ€™s unemployed, Barr is prepping to tell her story to Joe Rogan on Friday, because two assholes are better than one.

https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001700361151840256

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