Ambien Doesn’t Cause Racism
Roseanne Barr suggested that the drug prompted her to tweet racist remarks, but is that possible?
by Olga Khazan
May 30, 2018
3 minutes
Taking a page, perhaps, from Jamie Foxx and T-Pain, Roseanne Barr blamed it on the a-a-a-a-Ambien.
On Tuesday, the controversial TV star tweeted, regarding the Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, an African American woman, that “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” (The tweet was soon deleted.)
When her show was canceled as a result, Barr attributed the remark to the sedative sleep drug Ambien.
“Guys I did something unforgiveable so do not defend me. It was. She added, “Not giving excuses for what I did (tweeted) but I’ve done weird stuff while on ambien—cracked eggs on the wall at 2am etc.”
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