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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 07:24 PM Jul 2018

Roseanne Barr: I Was 'Terrified' Living on an 'Island Full of Brown People' After Racist Tweet

n her first public appearance since her show was canceled due to her racist tweet, Roseanne Barr spoke candidly about the weeks she spent in hiding.

On Thursday night, following her interview with Sean Hannity, the former Roseanne star made her way to New York’s “Stand Up” Comedy Club, a frequent host of contentious right-wing guests like Milo Yiannopoulos and Ann Coulter, for Barr’d with Roseanne Barr, where she spoke with close friend Rabbi Schmuley Boteach.

Touching on topics that ranged from Barr’s devout Zionism to her incentives behind voting for President Donald Trump, the actress and comedian, 65, detailed her feelings amid the public backlash, receding to her mother’s basement in Hawaii, where she spent two months.

“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,” she told the rabbi. (Ten percent of Hawaii’s population is “Native Hawaiian,” meaning of Polynesian descent. The majority of Hawaii’s population is Asian and white.)

“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,” she continued.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/roseanne-barr-i-was-terrified-living-on-an-island-full-of-brown-people-after-racist-tweet/ar-BBL9pfv?li=BBnb7Kz

God didn't have nothing to do with your clueless idiocy Blowzan.

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Roseanne Barr: I Was 'Terrified' Living on an 'Island Full of Brown People' After Racist Tweet (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2018 OP
Always the victim, hu Roseanne. SummerSnow Jul 2018 #1
If you're fucking terrified while living in Hawaii it's your own damned fault bettyellen Jul 2018 #2
"Eek! I see brown people! Whatever shall I do?" struggle4progress Jul 2018 #3
I just got back from a vacation in Hawaii Roland99 Jul 2018 #4
when did she become a zionist ? JI7 Jul 2018 #5
2013 oberliner Jul 2018 #16
She's pathetic, but also (IMHO) seriously mentally unwell. hlthe2b Jul 2018 #6
Bullies have 3 options. A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2018 #7
You Ignorant Twit, roseanne. Hawaii doesn't give Cha Jul 2018 #8
I'm sure the "brown people"... dhill926 Jul 2018 #9
Fake News jayschool2013 Jul 2018 #10
Sounds Like Malignant Narcissism dlk Jul 2018 #11
Isnt god a brown person? stopbush Jul 2018 #12
She just gets better and better at this comedy thing!1 UTUSN Jul 2018 #13
Surprised and happy that the rest of the cast can go on with their lives and careers. Boomerproud Jul 2018 #14
A basement? In a house in Hawai'i? Sorry, that struck me 'cause I never saw one... Hekate Jul 2018 #15

hlthe2b

(102,294 posts)
6. She's pathetic, but also (IMHO) seriously mentally unwell.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 07:53 PM
Jul 2018

Someone who has her best interests at heart needs to step in. She needs to 'go away' from these public events for quite some time

Cha

(297,323 posts)
8. You Ignorant Twit, roseanne. Hawaii doesn't give
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:08 PM
Jul 2018

a SHITE about you. You're "Terrified" in your own little small fucking asshole racist mind.

dhill926

(16,346 posts)
9. I'm sure the "brown people"...
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:20 PM
Jul 2018

were just thrilled to have you on their island....and fuck you talking about god shit, like it's a get out of jail free card.

Boomerproud

(7,955 posts)
14. Surprised and happy that the rest of the cast can go on with their lives and careers.
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 11:37 PM
Jul 2018

She will be left in the dust where she belongs. Keep digging Rosie.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
15. A basement? In a house in Hawai'i? Sorry, that struck me 'cause I never saw one...
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 11:47 PM
Jul 2018

As for the population being "brown people," who did she think was living there? Nearly everybody has been intermarried for generations. Maybe her mom didn't tell her?

Sounds like poor Roseanne had a genuine mental breakdown with paranoid episode and needs more help than Rabbi Boteach can offer.

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