Roseanne Barr was fired from the TV show "Roseanne" (which led to the spin-off "The Conners") because she posted a series of racist tweets, particularly one targeting Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama. The tweet compared Jarrett to the "Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes," which was widely condemned as racist. Due to the offensive nature of her tweets, ABC canceled the "Roseanne" revival despite its high ratings. Following her dismissal, the character Roseanne Conner was written out of the spin-off show "The Conners" by having her character die offscreen from an opioid overdose. The network and producers chose to sever ties completely with Barr and continue the show without her.