Just minutes after tweeting she was planning to make ‘restitution for the pain’ she’d caused with her racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, Roseanne Barr was back on Twitter sharing another attack on the former Barack Obama adviser.
Barr, who is Jewish, retweeted multiple posts defending the actress on Tuesday, including one that read: ‘You didn’t cause any pain. Those people always hated you. Valerie Jarrett wants Israelis and Jews chased into the sea, and she’ll celebrate.’
The controversial tweet came just five minutes after the Roseanne star wrote: ‘I’m making restitution for the pain I have caused.’
Barr retweeted multiple posts defending the actress on Tuesday, including one that read: ‘You didn’t cause any pain. Those people always hated you. Valerie Jarrett wants Israelis and Jews chased into the sea, and she’ll celebrate’
After initially saying she was taking a break from Twitter, Roseanne Barr returned late Tuesday with a cryptic tweet promising to make ‘restitution for the pain’ she has caused
Barr, whose eponymous show was cancelled after she compared Jarrett, who is African American, to an ape on Twitter last month, was raised Jewish and has previously said that she felt like Israel was home.
In fact, Jarrett has spoken about her own Jewish ancestry in the past, revealing that her great-grandfather was Jewish and that she had attended Passover seder as a child.
On Tuesday, Barr also shared a tweet from another Twitter user who insisted that the 65-year-old hadn’t been ‘bullying’ Jarrett.
‘Do you not know what VJ has done?’ wrote the user, referencing Jarrett. ‘Her tweet is nothing in comparison. And her tweet wasn’t bullying.’
Barr shared the tweet and replied: ‘They know not.’
After initially saying she was taking a break from Twitter, the disgraced TV star returned late Tuesday with her initial cryptic tweet: ‘I’m making restitution for the pain I have caused.’
It is not exactly clear what Barr is referring to and she did not elaborate in further tweets.
The 65-year-old retreated to Utah where she has been spotted in recent days following the cancellation of her ‘Roseanne’ show
She had earlier posted: ‘Deplatforming-read about it’.
The comedian has been widely condemned ever since she compared former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape on Twitter last month.
Following the fallout, Barr apologized for the tweet about Jarrett and to her colleagues but has repeatedly insisted she is not racist.
She then retreated to Utah where she has been pictured in recent days looking disheveled.
ABC swiftly canceled ‘Roseanne’ in the wake of the racist tweet scandal.
The comedian has been widely condemned ever since she compared former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape on Twitter last month
Sara Gilbert, who played Roseanne’s on-screen daughter Darlene, appeared on The Talk on Monday saying she was saddened about how ‘Roseanne’ ended but supported the cancellation
Barr served as a star and executive producer on the show, which was a ratings phenomenon when it returned to US television earlier this year for a 10th series, after its original run came to an end in May 1997.
Rumors of a possible spin-off show are now circulating with producers reportedly in talks about how to create a show without Barr’s leading character.
One possible suggestion is a spin-off focusing on Barr’s on-screen daughter Darlene, played by Sara Gilbert.
Gilbert appeared on The Talk on Monday saying she was saddened about how ‘Roseanne’ ended, but still supported ABC’s decision to cancel the program.
Gilbert, an executive producer on the rebooted series, said the show ‘has always been about diversity, love and inclusion’.
Difficult day: Sara Gilbert (above) spoke out about the Roseanne scandal on The Talk Monday in her first time addressing the racist tweet that got the show cancelled