Roseanne Barr has just given a masterclass on how not to apologize for a massive public flameout.
Appearing on Fox News pundit Sean Hannity's show Thursday, Barr claimed the backlash over the widely condemned racist tweet which led to ABC canceling her show was a huge misunderstanding.
The tweet implied senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and an ape. Barr's defense? She didn't know Jarrett — who was born in Iran to American parents — was an African-American woman.
"You could have knocked me over with a feather when they said she was African-American," Barr told Hannity of the moment when executives from ABC asked her to explain the posting. "I thought she was Middle Eastern."
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Valerie Jarrett's own DNA test revealed she was 49% European, 46% African and 5% Native American. Does that make her African-American? Not in my book. I mean, John Kerry's wife was born and raised in South Africa of South African parents and she is white as a snowflake but she is more African-American than Jarrett. Valerie Jarrett just loves to play the victim part.
ReplyDeleteIn today's society, it takes a lot longer to forgive/forget. Sorry Roseanne - you really blew it this time!
ReplyDeleteNice knowin ya, buh bye!