Roseanne Barr is getting some much needed r&r: rest and Rod Serling-inspired excuses!
On Wednesday, the disgraced sitcom star let her Twitter followers know she’s been reflecting on things — and is still sure she’s not racist — in the weeks since ABC canceled her show over a racist tweet she wrote about Valerie Jarrett.
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While the network scrambles to salvage her hit with some form of a Roseanne-less reboot, the comedian is still making excuses for describing Barack Obama‘s former advisor as a cross between “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes.”
And after sitting on it for weeks, Ro-Ro finally realized why her comment was so “misunderstood.” She claims the “apes” descriptor wasn’t about race, but a reference to Rod Serling’s 1968 sci-fi film “about anti-semitism.”
She twitsplained:
Rod Serling wrote Planet of The Apes. It was about anti-semitism. That is what my tweet referred to-the anti semitism of the Iran deal. Low IQ ppl can think whatever they want.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 14, 2018
Hear that, low IQ ppl? Roseanne’s tweet was so nuanced, it took her almost a month to figure it out herself!
Still think she’s racist? Well then you should know Roseanne has also been watching a documentary about Malcolm X, directed by her “dear friend” Thomas Muhammad — who will also apparently tell you she’s not racist.
See what the comedian had to say (below).
1) I want u all2 know I’m fine. I’ve been using this time2 reflect &2 gain insight on what I said & how it was misunderstood.. Needless2 say I’m NOT what people have accused me of! I’ve never practiced “RACISM” in my entire life & never will. Meantime…(next page)
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 14, 2018
2) I’ve been watching this new doc called “Malcolm X: An overwhelming Influence on th Black Power Movement.” Directed by my dear friend Thomas Muhammad (my campaign manager in 2012)who called me immediately when my show was canceled. https://t.co/honkeu54wl
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— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 14, 2018
Thomas Muhammad has agreed to speak for me, as he knows the work I have done in civil rights against racism ALL MY LIFE & understands my tweet was about Iran’s regime, not race-The website is: https://t.co/WdOaZ8C3eY
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 14, 2018
As for what else she’s been up to, Roseanne shared:
guys, I have been planting trees digging in the earth singing and feeling a great deal of relief. I will begin to speak for myself in media soon.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 14, 2018
My mind went into deep shock and my body too. I see clearly now-
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 14, 2018
i’m singing all day. I’m learning amy winehouse songs. Life is great. The hounds bark but the caravan moves on. LAUGH ALL YOU CAN EVERYDAY! love u all.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 14, 2018
Roseanne has previously claimed she had no idea Jarrett was even black. Do U think her tweet really was misunderstood, or is she just rodding for excuses?
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