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Ambien responds to Roseanne: ‘Racism is not a known side effect’

ABC canceled the hit comedy "Roseanne" after its star Roseanne Barr aimed a racist tweet at a former advisor to President Obama.
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Roseanne Barr is partly blaming Ambien for the tweet that led to her show’s cancellation, but the maker of the insomnia drug quickly retorted that “racism is not a known side effect.”

Hours after ABC axed her show for her offensive tweet about former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett — and quickly breaking a promise to stay off Twitter — the comedian was back on the social media platform.

She urged people not to defend her and said of her Jarrett tweet that she was “ambien tweeting” at 2 a.m.

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That led to the response on Twitter by the drug maker Sanofi.

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