Roseanne Barr was spotted puffing on a cigarette after landing at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday, just a day before her controversial interview with Sean Hannity that Valerie Jarrett ‘will not be watching’.
While in New York City, Barr will also appear on a live podcast talk and comedy show with Rabbi Schmooley.
The disgraced actress was seen covered up in a giant poncho as she smoked the cigarette outside of the terminal.
Roseanne Barr was seen smoking a cigarette at the JFK International Airport on Wednesday, just a day before her controversial interview with Sean Hannity that Valerie Jarrett ‘will not be watching’
Barr showed off her tattoos as she wore a pair of colorful socks with sandals. She was seen talking to a friend before she struck a pose, and gave a big karate kick
Barr showed off her tattoos as she wore a pair of colorful socks with sandals.
She was seen talking to a friend before she struck a pose, and gave a big karate kick.
Barr was later spotted laughing as she got out of a vehicle outside of her hotel.
The actress appeared carefree as she smiled and posed for the cameras before checking into her hotel.
Earlier on Wednesday, Jarrett remained calm and collected during her appearance on The View where she revealed that the racist remarks made by Barr have had little effect on her.
Barr was later spotted laughing as she got out of a vehicle outside of her hotel
The actress appeared carefree as she smiled and posed for the cameras before checking into her hotel
President Obama’s former senior advisor told the panel of ladies: ‘In all seriousness… as I have said before, I am fine.’
Jarrett, 61, spoke about the controversy following the racist tweet: ‘I am just fine. If one of you said something like that about me, it might hurt my feelings, but this isn’t what keeps me up at night.’
The former government official and businesswoman expressed other concerns, however, including policies under the Trump Administration such as immigration and gun laws.
‘What keeps me up at night are those families being separated on the borders or the children going to school wondering whether or not they’re going to be safe or the parents that drop them off.
‘These are the things that keep me up at night… not a racist tweet,’ she went on to say.
Jarrett (right) is seen right during her Wednesday appearance on ABC’s The View. Host Joy Behar is seen (left) on the panel as Jarrett laughs off the Barr controversy
President Obama’s former senior advisor revealed on the panel she would not be tuning into Barr’s Thursday interview with Hannity
Jarrett discussed other concerns such as policies under the Trump Administration like immigration and gun laws
When host Sunny Hostin mentioned Barr’s upcoming Thursday interview with Hannity, Jarrett chuckled.
Barr is set to appear of Hannity’s Fox News show for her first broadcast interview after she was sacked by ABC for the racist tweet aimed at Jarrett that read: ‘muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.’
Hostin asked Jarrett what she hopes the disgraced comedian will say during the anticipated interview.
‘Less is more, don’t you think?’ Jarrett asked Hostin and the audience.
She concluded: ‘I think there are just so many issues more important… I won’t be watching, I hope you all won’t be watching either.’
Barr will react to reports on the tweet and be interviewed about President Donald Trump on the show – which will be broadcast at 9pm ET Thursday.
Barr (left in March) will appear on Sean Hannity’s (right) Fox News show on Thursday for her first broadcast interview since being sacked by ABC
Barr delivered ABC’s biggest hit of the year with her 90s sitcom revival, but saw it canned after she put out a racist tweet about Obama adviser Jarrett
In the tweet, which has since been deleted, Barr said Jarrett looked like the ‘Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby’
The main interview will take place live with additional portions to be broadcast the following evening, according to Fox.
Hannity secured the sit-down despite Barr saying just last week that she wouldn’t do any more TV interviews because they’re too ‘stressful and untrustworthy’.
Barr delivered ABC’s biggest hit of the year when she revived her working-class 90s sitcom Roseanne for the modern political climate earlier this year.
She even won praise from Trump – who told supporters at his rallies to watch the show because ‘it’s about us’.
The network quickly renewed the Roseanne reboot for a second season, but reversed that decision just as quickly after Barr put out her tweet. On May 29, Barr responded to a tweet about Jarrett.
The tweet prompted a storm of criticism and condemnation, including from the show’s own cast and production team.
Barr’s appearance on Hannity comes despite her saying in a YouTube video released last week that she would not be doing TV interviews because they are ‘too stressful and untrustworthy’
In the end, Roseanne was cancelled before reaching the end of its initial season.
ABC subsequently announced it would be making a spin-off show but without the titular character.
Barr later deleted and apologized for the tweet, saying she was impaired by the sleep drug Ambien at the time she was posting.
But she has continued to deny comparing African Americans to apes, saying her words were misconstrued while using her own Jewish heritage to insist the she is also being victimized.
Last week she posted a video to her YouTube channel in which she claimed that she was fired ‘because I voted for Donald Trump and that is not allowed in Hollywood.’
Barr, 65, then repeated claims that her tweet couldn’t be racist because she thought Jarrett was white.
Barr said she told ABC executives that she would go any talk show they wanted and explain the situation to her audience but they fired her.
‘Instead, 40 minutes after that my show was canceled before even one advertiser pulled out and I was labeled a racist,’ Barr says.
Barr said the video is her ‘official statement’ on the incident and it will ‘continue to be forever because it is the truth’.