Jewish actress and comedian Roseanne Barr has defended racist comments about an African-American woman of the Obama administration by saying they were about antisemitism.
Ms Barr, who wrote and starred in the sitcom that recently returned to ABC after 20 years off-screen, tweeted that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett - born in Iran to American parents - has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, and compared her to an ape.
Ms Barr wrote: “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” (Ms Jarrett’s initials).
Her tweets were widely criticised and Ms Barr apologised but stood by her statement, rejecting calls that she is a racist by stating that "Muslims are not a race".
