Hours after Roseanne Barr swore off Twitter and her ABC show "Roseanne" was canceled, the star returned to the platform, blaming sleep aid Ambien for her tweet that compared a black former Obama administration official to an ape, a racist remark that sparked a wave of outrage.
She fired off a series of tweets overnight Tuesday.
"Don't feel sorry for me, guys!!" Barr wrote in a tweet. "I just want to apologize to the hundreds of people, and wonderful writers (all liberal) and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet."
She later tweeted: "Guys I did something unforgiveable so do not defend me. It was 2 in the morning and I was ambien tweeting-it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended-it was egregious Indefensible. I made a mistake I wish I hadn't but...don't defend it please. ty"
ABC canceled the revival of "Roseanne" after Barr's posted a racist joke aimed at former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.
She also apologized to Jarrett.
"I want to apologize to you. I am very sorry to have hurt you. I hope you can accept this sincere apology!" she wrote in a tweet to Jarrett.
She followed up later with another apology.
Barr also retweeted numerous messages of support and defenses of her original tweet, including from alt-right figures such as Jack Posobiec and Thomas Wictor.
Barr added that she would be on Joe Rogan's podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience," on Friday.
Barr deleted her tweet about Jarrett not long after posting it. She followed it up with an apology that read, "I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste. I am now leaving Twitter."
ABC released the following statement announcing the cancellation: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."
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