Roseanne Barr claims she's already been offered 'so many things' for TV return

'I almost already accepted one really good offer'

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Roseanne Barr may have been quickly fired by ABC following a racist rant on Twitter, but apparently other networks are keen to scoop up the controversial figure.

“I’ve already been offered so many things,” Barr told Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on his podcast, ”and I almost already accepted one really good offer to go back on TV and I might do it. But we’ll see.”

The actor had revived the American sitcom Roseanne earlier this year, the first episode drawing over 18 million viewers leading to the show being immediately renewed.

However, after making a racist comment about former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Barr was fired, ABC calling the statement “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.” Since then, the network have begun work on a Roseanne spin-off titled The Conners, which would feature all the main cast, minus Barr.

Speaking on the podcast, Barr called signing off on the upcoming spin-off an act of “penance” and was the “right thing”.

“I thought signing off of my own life’s work and asking for nothing in return I thought that was a penance,” she said, via The Hollywood Reporter.

“Sometimes you ask people what do you think should be done to you, knowing what you’ve done wrong and it seems that people always know what should be done to them. I just knew that was the right thing and I want to do the right thing because I’ve lived my life, most part of it, to do the right thing for all people.”

Barr previously appeared on Shmuley Boteach’s podcast, speaking about how much she regretted making the initial remarks.

“I horribly regret it. I’ve lost everything,” she said. “And I regretted it before I lost everything and I said to God, ‘I am willing to accept whatever consequences this brings, because I know I’ve done wrong. I’m willing to accept what the consequences are.’ And I do. And I have.”