Roseanne Barr was terrified being on an 'island full of brown people' while living in mother's basement in Hawaii

After her racist comments on Twitter against Valerie Jarrett, Roseanne Barr claims that she, and all those who voted for Trump, are not racist
PUBLISHED JUL 28, 2018

Roseanne Barr has opened up about the weeks that she had spent in hiding following her racist Twitter rant during her first interview since the scandal with Fox News' Sean Hannity. After the interview on Thursday, the former 'Roseanne' star made it to New York’s “Stand Up” Comedy Club where she reportedly spoke to her close friend Rabbi Schmuley Boteach. 

Barr spoke about the backlash that she received following her racist Twitter post against the former senior advisor to Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett. The 65-year-old comedian had to reside in her mother's basement in Hawaii for almost two months and she described the stay as "terrifying". She said, "I was afraid to go out, and also because when you’re called a racist and you live on an island full of brown people, it’s kind of terrifying... It was the end of the world and my life’s work. But I lived through it and God has shown me great love, and so have people. And that’s very healing."

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