Roseanne Barr: My Tweet was political, not racist

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Actress Roseanne Barr spoke with Sean Hannity, host of Fox News, on Thursday, July 26, in her first television interview since an offensive tweet prompted ABC to cancel his popular sitcom. In the tweet, Barr referred to the former aide of Obama Valerie Jarrett, who is African American, as a monkey. Before the broadcast of the interview, Hannity told Variety: "Nothing came out of the table. I think it's an opportunity for Roseanne to explain what happened. Hannity dedicated her entire program to Roseanne Barr's interview.

In the first part of the conversation, she argued that Valerie Jarrett's tweet was political. . She said that she was amazed that so many people considered her racist. Barr told Hannity: "I will always defend Israel … The tweet was about to call for accountability from the previous administration about the agreement with Iran. Barr pointed out that it hurt her to think that some people considered her racist, especially because she had African-American family members.

Hannity has brought the interview several times in the tweet of May 29th. , asking how she did not know that it was a bad idea to post it. Barr replied, "I made a mistake, of course. That always cost me everything. I paid the price for that. "

Hannity then asked Barr to go directly to Jarrett." Barr said, "Let's talk about it. Let's make it a good time for learning. Let's talk about race … Do not assume that you know what I meant … Let's try to find a common ground. Barr reiterated that she did not know that Jarrett was African-American.Bar said she was focusing on Jarrett's Iranian heritage, and that the aggressiveness of the tweet had to see with anger about politics in Iran and defensive for Israel.

Hannity asked Barr if she wanted to apologize directly to Jarrett, and seemed to encourage the actress to do so. Barr finally did, she turned to the camera and said that if Jarrett was listening, "I'm really sorry if you thought I was racist or you thought my tweet was racist because it was It was not the case, it was political … I'm sorry if you felt hurt or hurt, and for that I apologize, I've never had the ## 147 ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Intention to hurt anyone. "

The interview also dealt with Barr's health problems. Hannity asked her if she had already been institutionalized. Barr replied, "Honey, it's like going to the beach for me, I've been hospitalized a lot." During this part of the interview, Barr also stated that she did not "Suffers" no multiple personality disorders, but that she likes it. "I know I'm a creative genius … this part of your brain is very close to madness."

In the second part of the interview, Roseanne Barr said that she wants the Americans to know who she is, and also mentioned President Trump. She told Hannity: "I am someone who cares about civil rights. You call me racist, and I do not accept that. I know who I am … the people who voted for Donald Trump are not racist, any more than Donald Trump.

Roseanne Barr also claims that she had a clause in her contract to protect her when she was making controversial statements. Barr said ABC was supposed to give him 24 hours to correct the mistake, but that the network did not allow this to happen. She acknowledged that she felt bad about having cost her work to other people when Roseanne was canceled, which is why she approved the split of her sitcom .

The appearance of Fox News was an opportunity for the actress to address directly to a massive audience. The Hannity program is the most popular news show on a cable network, averaging about 3.3 million viewers.

On May 29, Barr responded to a post about Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Obama. Another user accused Jarrett of concealing the so-called "misdeeds" of the Obama administration. Barr contributed to the thread:

"The Muslim brotherhood and the planet of the monkeys had a baby = vj."

The backlash was furious and fast. The co-stars of Barr Roseanne were among those who condemned the comment on social media. Hannity himself was among those who publicly criticized Barr for his position.

Barr is excused with another tweet, but the harm was done. ABC called the tweet "obnoxious, disgusting and incompatible with our values." In a few hours, the network announced that it was canceling the second season of the popular restart. In the weeks that followed, the network announced a spin-off called The Conners that did not include Barr.

In the weeks following the dismissal, Roseanne avoided media appearances. Instead, she chose to express herself on her Youtube page. In a video released on July 20, she accused the "biased media filter" of twisting her words. She says the tweet of May 29 was not supposed to be racist, because at the time, she thought Valerie Jarrett was white. Barr says that she told ABC that she wanted to do a media tour to explain, but that the network did not want to give him that opportunity. She claims that all of this happened "because I voted for Donald Trump and that is not allowed in Hollywood."