In Hollywood, money trumps morals – that dirty little secret goes without question.

But following the revelations about some of Hollywood’s power players that surfaced in recent months, the decision to hire those with questionable morals such as actress Roseanne Barr should have raised a red flag. It didn’t. Instead, ABC saw nothing but dollar signs attached to Barr and the audience they believed she would draw — her personal stances and viewpoints over the years aside.

That all backfired recently after Barr was fired by ABC over a racist tweet. Her termination caused stories of other questionable behavior to begin surfacing. An old picture of her dressed as Adolf Hitler and pulling a pan of burnt cookies out of an oven was produced.

Her one-time claim — later discredited and recanted — to have been a victim of incest came up. So did her reprehensible 1990 performance in grabbing at her crotch while she was singing the national anthem before a ball game.

And some people who knew her said her bigotry was no surprise. For her part, Barr continues to insist she is not a racist. She used a tweet to blame her firing last week on “one stupid joke in a lifetime of fighting 4 civil rights 4 all minorities…”

Right.

It has been clear for years that Barr could behave erratically and offensively. So why did ABC bring her back to network television?

Money, of course. Her new show was wildly popular among some. And in Hollywood, past actions are quickly put into the rearview mirror when dollar signs line the highway ahead. ABC obviously knew of her past actions, yet decided making money through the show’s original fanbase outweighed any potential pitfalls Barr could cause in the world of Twitter.

Shame on ABC for that.

Coincidentally, former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was indicted last week on rape and other sex charges in New York. Scores of women have said he assaulted them over a period of many years.

Weinstein’s brutishness was an open secret for a long time in Hollywood — yet the entertainment industry put up with him. Why? He made lots and lots of money for big movie companies.

Barr and Weinstein are not alone. A substantial number of entertainment industry figures have been accused of wrongdoing during the past year — though their proclivities were well known.

Money cannot buy happiness, it is said. Clearly, however, in the movie and television industries, it can buy immunity.

Shame on Hollywood for that.