Roseanne Barr has just given a master class 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 a widely condemned racist tweet that led to ABC canceling her show was a huge misunderstanding.
The tweet implied that 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.
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