Roseanne Barr's sitcom was cancelled by ABC after she posted a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former aide to President Obama. The network called the remark 'abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values'.
Comedian Kathy Griffin was dropped from CNN's New Year's Eve programme after posing with a fake decapitated head of Donald Trump. She lost several other jobs and apologised, but later retracted her apology.
YouTuber Jack Maynard left I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! after three days when offensive tweets, including racist and homophobic comments and a request for nude pictures from a 14-year-old fan, were published. He apologised, citing his youth.
Singer James Arthur was dropped from Simon Cowell's Syco label after a Twitter meltdown in 2013, during which he used homophobic language and advised a musician to shoot himself. He later apologised.
Rapper Azealia Banks was dropped by her UK booking agency and lost a headline slot at a festival after posting racist and homophobic tweets to Zayn Malik. She later apologised for using homophobic language.
Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie was dropped by Disney and lost his YouTube Red series after using the N-word in a video and being accused of anti-Semitism. He apologised for the racial slur but defended himself against the anti-Semitism claims.
