Getty Images.
It’s been a whirlwind month for Roseanne Barr, and not in a good way. After she tweeted a racist remark about Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett, Barr’s eponymous sitcom has been canceled by ABC and picked back up again — without Barr. Now, in a podcast with longtime friend Rabbi Schmuley Boteach, the comedian opened up for the first time since being fired. She feels deeply remorseful, she said.
Seemingly overcome with emotion throughout the interview, Barr insisted, “I lost everything, and I regretted it before I lost everything.” However, she stands by her assertion that the words she said weren’t racist, just misunderstood and ill-conceived.
“I never would have wittingly called any black person… a monkey,” she said. “I just wouldn’t do that. I didn’t do that.” Barr said that despite being “a loud mouth and all that stuff,” she wasn’t “stupid.”
So, how does she explain her choice of words? Well, there’s the Ambien defense, which Barr doubled down on. She expressed frustration over people’s disbelief that the sleep drug could have caused her to tweet out the description of Jarrett as someone created by the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.
What it all boils down to, Barr claimed, is that the tweet “didn’t mean what they think I meant.”
“But I have to face that it hurt people. When you hurt people, even unwillingly, there’s no excuse. I don’t want to run off and blather on with excuses. But I apologize to anyone who thought or felt offended and who thought that I meant something that I, in fact, did not mean. It was my own ignorance, and there’s no excuse for that ignorance,” she said, which sort of sounds like an apology.
Regardless, Barr revealed that she’s paying a steep price now: the ire of the internet.
Ultimately, Barr seems to understand that she’s in a hell of her own making — even admitting that ABC asked her to give up Twitter when the network rebooted Roseanne.
“And I told them, I promise I will get off Twitter,” she revealed, adding, “They said, ‘‘Cause you’ll shoot yourself in the foot if you’re on there.’”
News
Travis Kelce’s Dad Ends Kanye West’s Career with Five-Word Social Media Message Over Offensive Lyrics About Taylor Swift and His Son-nhung
Taylor Swift and Kanye West (Photos via Getty Images) The father of Travis Kelce is piping hot mad. He took to Facebook to post a Daily Mail article…
Third Person Taken Into Custody in Foiled Plot Targeting Now-Canceled Taylor Swift Shows in Vienna-nhung
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts, even as disappointed fans…
WATCH: Will Smith, Morgan Cooper, and Carla Banks Discuss ‘Bel-Air’s Cultural Impact and Los Angeles’ Crucial Role in the Show’s Remarkable Success and Popularity-nhung
In anticipation of the highly-awaited third season of Bel-Air, we sat down with executive producers Will Smith, Morgan Cooper, and showrunner Carla Banks Waddles to delve into the popular…
Chris Tucker Amused by Mix-Up with ‘Chris Rock’ Following Infamous Will Smith Slap-nhung
Chris Tucker is cursing again in his stand up. Ya’ll knew that? Ha, the “Rush Hour” star had people in stitches during a recent standup routine. He…
‘Will Smith with His Masters in Rizzology’: How Will Smith Can Outshine Tom Cruise in an Unexpected Arena That Goes Beyond Stardom and Superstardom-nhung
For over 35 years of his acting career, Will Smith has been the quintessential likable character, whether donning a multi-colored silk shirt or a well-tailored suit. Indeed, the actor…
Kelsey Mitchell Weighs In on Caitlin Clark’s In-Game Altercation with Natasha Cloud, Emphasizing the Need to ‘Get a Little Dirty’ on the Court for Competitive Edge-nhung
A third-quarter skirmish against Natasha Cloud didn’t prevent Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark from leading the Indiana Fever to a 98-89 win over the Phoenix Mercury [Image…
End of content
No more pages to load