Roseanne Barr blames God for racist 2018 tweet that ended career
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Rosanne Barr refuses to take accountability for the tweet that ended her career, seven years later.

The actress attributed a higher entity’s influence to the controversial tweet she posted on X, previously known as Twitter, which referenced Valerie Jarrett, a former Senior Advisor to President Obama, back in 2018.

In an interview with Variety released on Friday, the former “Roseanne” star expressed, “I believe that I was guided by God to do what I did, and it resulted in a significant impact, almost like a nuclear bomb.”

The 72-year-old claimed she had been “having nightmares” about reprising her role on the ABC show until “God woke [her] up.”

She recounted, “As usual, I was in bed with my laptop, and upon opening it, I saw a post featuring Valerie Jarrett and a photo of Helena Bonham Carter fully dressed as Ari from ‘Planet of the Apes.’ The resemblance made them appear as identical twins, prompting me to add a caption.”

At the time, she wrote, “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”

Barr stood by what she referred to as a “perfect caption,” telling the outlet she did not know Jarrett, who played a role in Obama’s 2015 Iran nuclear deal, is black.

She denied, as she has in the past, that the tweet was racist.

“[Other people] were so racist that they thought my tweet said Black people look like monkeys when it was about ‘Planet of the Apes,’ which is a movie about fascism,” the comedian said.

“[Screenwriter] Rod Serling himself said it’s about the Jews in Germany,” she continued. “It is not a movie about Black people.”

Barr has maintained that she was drinking and on Ambien when she posted that and other headline-making tweets before quitting the platform altogether.

She pointed out on Friday that “over 2 million Americans Googled Valerie Jarrett and the Iran deal” afterward.

She added, “That was my intent. So whatever.”

After the tweet went viral, “Roseanne” was canceled — only for it to eventually air without Barr as “The Conners.”

Barr’s eponymous character was killed off by an opioid overdose.

She railed against this “stupid and shortsighted” creative choice in last week’s interview, saying, “I felt very pissed off that they stole my rights and killed me.

“I don’t know how they answer to their shareholders for canceling me before even one sponsor pulled out,” Barr told the outlet.

She also explained why she regrets once apologizing for her social media activity, claiming her situation “only got worse” when she expressed remorse.

Six years before Barr pointed the finger at God, she blamed “Roseanne” co-star Sara Gilbert for the collapse of her career.

Gilbert, who played Darlene Conner on the show, blasted Barr’s tweet as “abhorrent” in 2018.

The following year, Barr quipped to the Washington Post, “She destroyed the show and my life with that tweet.”

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