Roseanne Barr has lived for decades in California, where she owns multiple homes. But the comedian, whose racist tweet about former President Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett got her fired from ABC and the revival of "Roseanne" canceled, says she is leaving the Golden State, at least temporarily.
Why? "I'm sure it's going to fall into the sea soon," she joked during a recent podcast interview with her friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
Barr will spend some time in Israel, she told Boteach. One goal, she said, is be far from Hollywood when "The Conners" _ ABC's "Roseanne" spinoff _ premieres without her on Oct. 16.
Barr said she was sorry for her Twitter remarks but told Boteach that she didn't like Hollywood and that her public apology had been a mistake.
"My friends told me at the beginning, 'Oh my God, you made a fatal mistake, and that is you apologized to the left and once you apologize they never forgive, they just try to beat you down until you don't exist,'" she said.
Barr said she struggled with depression and the cancellation of the "Roseanne" reboot "was a death to me."
She will go to Israel for a few months and "study with my favorite teachers over there," she said, adding, "I have saved a few pennies and I'm so lucky I can go. It's my great joy and privilege to be a Jewish woman."
