What did Roseanne Barr say? 2018 tweet explored as comedian claims racist post came from god

Roseanne Barr reportedly defends her controversial 2018 tweet about former Senior Advisor of Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, and shares that she did what God told her. The tweet, widely regarded as racist, sparked outrage and ABC cancelled the revival of Barr's hit show, Roseanne.

According to US Weekly, Barr explained her action by saying that,

“The way I feel about it is that God told me to do what I did, and it was a nuclear bomb.”

According to Variety, not only does Barr claim she had no idea that Jarrett was black, but she further goes on to share that it was "the perfect caption" to accompany the photo. She further shared that after her tweet, about 2 million Americans searched for Valerie Jarrett and the Iran deal, and that was her intent.

Valerie Jarrett was one of former American President Obama's most influential aides. Jarrett, born in Iran, reportedly played a significant role in the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015. Roseanne Barr, 72, is an American comedian and actress who appeared in shows like She-Devil, Roseanne, etc. For the show, Roseanne, Barr won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for best actress.

In 2018, Barr reportedly referred to Jarrett as the baby of "Muslim Brotherhood" and "Planet of the Apes" in her tweet.

More about Roseanne Barr's controversial tweet.

According to Variety, in 2018, Roseanne Barr posted on her X (formerly Twitter) handle a photo of Valerie Jarrett next to actress Helena Bonham Carter and captioned it,

“muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”

At the time, as per CNBC, Barr apologized for her tweet and said that it was a "bad joke."The publication also stated that many criticised Barr's tweet as racist and further noted that racists often liken Black people to apes to insult or attack them.

According to the recent Variety article, the comedian reportedly shared how she came to post that tweet. Barr, who was reportedly in an alcohol- Ambien driven haze when she tweeted the controversial caption, shared that,

“I was already having nightmares about never going back to that show, and God woke me up. I had my laptop there in bed, as always, and I opened it, and there was [an X post with] a picture of Valerie Jarrett next to Helena Bonham Carter in full makeup as Ari in ‘Planet of the Apes,’ and they looked like Xerox copies of each other, so I captioned it.”

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Furthermore, Barr shared that, at the time she posted the controversial tweet, she was in the middle of a three-month-long conversation with Journalists in Iran who informed her of the loss of women's rights due to the Iran nuclear deal.

According to Variety, Roseanne Barr finds nothing inappropriate about her tweet and further shares that the way people responded to the tweet was a sign of their racism. The show, Roseanne, which was cancelled, was renewed after killing off the character Roseanne Conner; the show was renamed to The Conners.

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