"I wish I had it better wording"

LOS ANGELES – In Roseanne Barr's first television interview since her ABC sitcom was canceled for a racist tweet, the actress excused herself for her "poorly worded" message and During her one-hour interview on Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel on Thursday, Barr lamented the damage done to her by her tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Barack Obama.

"It cost me everything," Barr said. "I wish I made it better."

Hannity repeatedly asked Barr to apologize to Jarrett on the air. The comedian finally did, saying that she was sorry for the poorly drafted tweet. She said that she would say to Jarrett, "I'm sorry you feel hurt, I never meant that, I never wanted to hurt anyone."

She's repeated that she did not know that Jarrett was black when she compared Jarrett to a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and an actor from the "Planet of the Apes".

Barr repeatedly stated on Thursday that his tweet was meant to address US-Middle East politics and had no racial overtones. She said she was stunned by the negative reaction to the tweet, which, according to Hannity, was almost universal.

"I'm a creative genius, and it's not a good idea for an artist to be treated that way."

Although she sometimes apologized Barr also stated that she felt that the tweet was being misinterpreted and that she felt that she had apologized enough for her actions [19659010] "I felt like I apologized and explained and asked for forgiveness and made the reward," she said at the beginning of the interview. At another point, just before addressing Jarrett directly, Barr said, "I've already said I'm sorry for two months."

Barr, a supporter of President Donald Trump, I brought him briefly into conversation

I am not a racist and people who voted for Trump, they are not racist either, and Trump is not a racist, sorry, we just have a different opinion, "she said.

Beat ABC on her shot, but that she left the hit reboot because she did not want anyone else to She said that her contract was supposed to allow her to correct the inaccuracies she had made within 24 hours, but she did not have the opportunity

The new version of "Roseanne" was a real crush on ABC's Walt Disney Co. and was counting on leading the network's fortune next season. [19659004] His first episode last March was seen by more than 25 million people with a lagging visualization counted, increasingly rare numbers in network television.

ABC announced that it will produce a spinoff "Roseanne" called "The Conners" which includes John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert.