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*Fired racist Roseanne Barr is being offered a lifeline from a former campaign aide to, who else, Donald Trump.
Some 24 hours after ABC severed ties with the actress and her sitcom over a racist tweet, one-time Trump aide Michael Caputo told the Daily Beast that new streaming startup Bond, where he serves as chief marketing officer, is reaching out to Barr in hopes of including her in the venture.
Bond will be aimed at providing content largely ignored by major networks and the “Hollywood gods,” as Caputo calls them, which could include shows that resonate with middle America.
“In flyover country, three-fourths of the stuff they put on television is unwatchable,” he said. “Suddenly, we get a ‘Roseanne,’ a show we can enjoy, and then a decision of a Hollywood mogul determines what we can and cannot watch.” He said that the content will not necessarily have a conservative bent, but will try to fill what he sees as an underserved audience.
He’s not condoning the tweet that got Barr’s show canceled: a comment calling former Obama administration adviser Valerie Jarrett the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes.”
“She has admitted it was reprehensible,” Caputo said. “She has expressed regret. But the fact that the Hollywood gods don’t accept that doesn’t mean [her career] needs to end at all.”
Caputo has been a familiar face on cable news recently, as he has talked about being questioned by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election.
