Drugmaker Sanofi slapped back at comedian Roseanne Barr after she blamed the sleep aid Ambien for her tweet comparing a black Obama administration adviser to an ape, with the company saying "racism is not a known side effect" of its products. Barr sparked widespread anger, including at ABC, with a since-deleted tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett, an adviser to President Barack Obama, to an ape. Barr wrote that if the Islamist political movement "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby = vj." "While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication." — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 30, 2018Jarrett, 61, said on Tuesday that Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger called her before ABC announced the show's cancellation.

Source: dna May 31, 2018 03:27 UTC