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Roseanne Barr to Appear on TV for First Time Since Firing

Barr will be a guest on the Fox News show "Hannity" on Thursday at 9 p.m. EDT

Published Jul 24, 2018 at 11:57 PM | Updated at 2:24 AM EDT on Jul 25, 2018

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    In this Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, Roseanne Barr participates in the "Roseanne" panel during the Disney/ABC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Barr will appear on television for the first time since she was fired from ABC and her namesake show was canceled. Barr will be a guest on the Fox News show “Hannity” on Thursday, July 26, 2018, at 9 p.m. EDT.

    Roseanne Barr will appear on television for the first time since she was fired from ABC and her namesake show was canceled.

    Barr will be a guest on the Fox News show "Hannity" on Thursday at 9 p.m. EDT.

    ABC canceled its successful reboot of "Roseanne" in May following the star's racist tweet likening former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and a "Planet of the Apes" actor.

    Barr recorded a podcast interview last month in which she said she feels remorse about the tweet.

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    During the live interview Thursday, she's expected to discuss the tweet as well as President Donald Trump.

    ABC said it ordered 10 episodes of a spinoff called "The Conners" after Barr relinquished any creative or financial participation in it.

      

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