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On Thursday night, Sean Hannity gave comedian Roseanne Barr a chance to explain a racist tweet about former Obama administration staffer Valerie Jarrett that got her fired from her eponymous ABC show.

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00:00That is a tweet asking for accountability from the previous administration about the

00:05Iran deal. The first thing was shock that they were saying it was racial.

00:10On Thursday night, Fox News' Sean Hannity gave comedian Roseanne Barr a chance to

00:14explain her racist tweet about former Obama administration adviser Valerie Jarrett

00:18that got her fired from her rebooted ABC show. During her appearance, Barr reiterated

00:23that she did not know Jarrett was African-American when she posted the tweet

00:27in which she compared Jarrett to an ape. The disgraced comedian said she thought Jarrett,

00:31who was born in Iran, was Iranian. Hannity asked Barr several times to address Jarrett,

00:35with the actress eventually issuing a tepid apology. She then took a dig at Jarrett,

00:39however, saying that she needs a new haircut.

00:42"'I've apologized a lot. It's been two months,' Barr said.

00:44"'I've apologized and explained and asked for forgiveness. I was so sad that people thought

00:48the tweet was racist.'"

00:50"'And then I went into the whole thing about the whole discussion of racism and that blew my mind

00:55because it's so much a part of what the show I was doing was about.'"

01:00The host seemed skeptical initially about Barr's excuses for the tweet, saying,

01:04"'There are still a lot of people who look at that comment and they cannot

01:07believe that you didn't know better.'"

01:10Barr responded with this.

01:11"'You know, I made a mistake, obviously. It cost me everything.

01:15My life's work, everything. I made a mistake and I've paid the price for it.'"

01:19Barr's appearance with Hannity aired the same night as she recorded a live podcast with friend

01:23Rabbi Shmuley Bataik at the New York Comedy Club, where she said she believes she has been

01:28forgiven for the tweet.

01:29About 20 minutes into the podcast, Bataik shared that he was bothered by his feeling

01:33that Barr wasn't forgiven for her tweet after her apology.

01:37"'Well, I kind of think I am,' she responded.

01:39"'I think people in America are very forgiving and I think if you put 30 years of what I've

01:43accomplished and you put it on a scale, I think the balance is more toward the good.'"

01:47Never before in my career of 30-some years have I ever felt the love and support of just people

01:56on the street than I do now.

01:59Bataik then told the assembled audience that Barr didn't leave social media after ABC

02:03canceled the Roseanne reboot because she wanted to utilize the platform to advance the interests

02:08of the Jewish people, an assessment with which Barr agreed.

02:11Jarrett made an appearance on Wednesday's episode of The View in which she said,

02:15Roseanne who? When asked about the tweet and backlash, she went on to add,

02:18"'In all seriousness, as I've said before, I'm fine.'"

02:21Barr had some harsh words about Jarrett's response.

02:24She said she invited Jarrett on Hannity but that she didn't succeed because she's into

02:28teachable moments, referring to Jarrett's original response to Barr's slur.

02:32Barr also addressed the Roseanne spinoff The Conners that will be moving forward at ABC

02:36without her, saying,

02:37"'I have mixed emotions and I go up and down with it. Sometimes I'm good with it, sometimes I'm not.

02:41I'm human.'"

02:42When asked if the show will succeed without her, Barr replied,

02:45"'Well, it is going to be interesting to see a bunch of really privileged people who grew up in

02:49Hollywood writing for the working class,' but added that,

02:52"'She doesn't wish anyone bad.'"

02:53To watch and listen to full clips of Roseanne Barr speaking to Sean Hannity and Rabbi Shmuley Bataik,

02:58head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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