Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few days, you’ve heard the sordid saga of Roseanne.  She starred in a rebooted version of her old Roseanne show and it was a big hit, landing on the top three of TV shows being seen, according to Nielsen ratings.

And then she threw it all away by tweeting a racist statement regarding ex-Obama official Valerie Jarrett.  (You can read some of the shenanigans here).

Tom Arnold, Roseanne’s ex-husband, appeared on CNN and offered his opinion about this situation, which you can read about here.  In so many words he states that he isn’t surprised by what happened and implies it is his opinion Roseanne is self-destructive person who was bound to blow up the good that was created.

My 0.02 cents?

I feel for Roseanne.

I think there’s something broken within her.  Further, I worry she suffers from either mental problems and/or medication (self or prescribed) problems.  Mind you, I’ve got little more than suspicions regarding this (though her pointing out that she was taking Ambien as an “excuse” -a lame one at that- for her racist tweet indicates she is indeed taking at least one medication).

If she isn’t already, Roseanne needs to see someone, whether it be a psychiatrist or psychologist, and look into what is going on within her.

I’m not a fan of Roseanne’s show.  Indeed, I’ve never seen one full episode of the original or new series and therefore will not miss it now that its gone.

However, as destructive as Roseanne has been to her career, one has to feel sympathy for those who worked on the show, both in front of and behind the cameras, only to suddenly find themselves without work despite being in an incredibly successful show.

A great shame.