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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoseanne Barr Screams 'I Thought the B*tch Was White' in Video 'Explanation' of Valerie Jarett tweet
https://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-manic-roseanne-barr-screams-i-thought-the-btch-was-white-in-video-explanation-of-valerie-jarett-tweet/Barr promised to release her own explanation after a series of interviews and her apology to Jarrett when the controversy first erupted in May. In this video, she appears frustrated and agitated, going back and forth with the off-camera interviewer before finally unleashing.
I thought the bitch was white! God dammit, I thought the bitch was white! Fuck! she screamed.
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Video at the link, and I'll post the video below as well. No idea how long it will stay up on YouTube.
As if we needed more proof that Roseanne is deranged...
unblock
(51,974 posts)hlthe2b
(101,705 posts)and for that reason, I won't comment further.
Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)
"I haven't been written about in two weeks, God dammit, I need attention!"
Initech
(99,909 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)moriah
(8,311 posts)... someone cataloged the well-known users by differing traits. One was sanity:
**** : You're pretty well sane.
*** : Only a few neuroses.
** : OK, you're sick.
* : If you can't get help at Charter, get help somewhere.
0 : "...and they LAUGHED at me at the Institute!"
I was already going with one star for Barr, but this is getting close to zero. And why on earth did she consent to this interview? She sounds and acts extremely intoxicated if nothing else.
Maybe just intoxicated on Trump Kool-Aid, but still...
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)just like alcohol. So I have no trouble believing her Ambien defense, but that doesn't excuse her behavior. She needs to check herself into rehab.
moriah
(8,311 posts)And like alcohol, anything that lowers inhibitions doesn't make people think things they would never think. It often makes thoughts people would keep their mouths shut about come out, but that doesn't mean they aren't already there. So no, I agree with the makers of Ambien that racism is not one of its many side effects. Saying things you might otherwise keep to yourself, yes, but not the thoughts that encourage the speech.
But also, unless she's taking giant bloody handfuls, she shouldn't be that impaired into the next day. It has a very short half-life of activity. Ambien alone wouldn't be what's causing this kind of interview.
Perhaps GABAnergic withdrawal could cause impulsive and irritable behavior, but that would also mean severe abuse and likely of more GABA-hitting substances than just Ambien.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Also, a lot of people who abuse prescription drugs often take several other legal and illegal drugs without their doctor's knowledge.
jcgoldie
(11,582 posts)spanone
(135,632 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)Whomever is there with her laughed at her raving. It looks broke down af but theres an edge of deliberateness to it that makes me wonder what on earth is she trying to do.
The empressof all
(29,098 posts)She talked about it in her book and reported in the past that she had also been diagnosed as having Dissociative Identity Disorder (multiple personality disorder). I don't know how accurate that diagnosis is but clearly she is not a well woman. It's sad that her decompensations are so hurtful to others and that they need to play out in the media.
Leith
(7,802 posts)Like she had had a hell of a bender the night before and somebody woke her up too early.
Her so-called explanation still doesn't explain why she tweeted that horrible insult.