A tearful Roseanne Barr has admitted “I lost everything” because of the racist tweet which caused ABC to cancel the Roseanne reboot.

In her first interview since her career imploded, Barr said her now-infamous words were misinterpreted and repeated she was “impaired” by Ambien when she made the remark.

She also said when she signed with the giant US network “they asked me to get off Twitter because I’m always saying things.”

“I’ve made myself a hate magnet. It’s just horrible,” Barr said.

The interview, with her longtime friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s podcast, was recorded a day after her sacking but only broadcast on Sunday.

“It’s really hard to say this, but I didn’t mean what they think I meant,” she said.

“But I have to face that it hurt people.

“I don’t want to run off and blather on with excuses, but I apologise to anyone who thought or felt offended and who thought that I meant something that I, in fact, did not mean.

“It was my own ignorance, and there’s no excuse for that ignorance,” said Barr, 65, speaking through tears.

“I definitely feel remorse.”

Podcast from day after show cancelation. Written transcript can be found in my pinned tweet: https://t.co/EzMd929juU

— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) June 24, 2018

On May 29, the US network pulled the plug on its high-rating Roseanne sitcom after its creator and star, Barr, shared a now-deleted tweet comparing former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to a person created by the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.

Barr’s tweeted defence was that she “mistakenly thought [Jarrett] was white”.

She expanded on that explanation on the podcast.

“I’m a lot of things, I’m a loud mouth and all that stuff, but I’m not stupid, for God’s sake,” an emotional Barr said.

“I never would have wittingly called any black person … a monkey.”

On June 21, after weeks of negotiation, it was announced the ABC had given the nod to a 10-part spinoff show called The Conners.

Barr, whose tweet was described by the ABC as “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values”, will not be involved, reportedly after getting a “walk away” payout.

In a statement issued by the show’s producer, she said she agreed to the settlement to save the jobs of 200 cast and crew members.

The star said her pleas to ABC to let her “make amends” fell on deaf ears amid the scandal.

“I ask people if you look at my tweet don’t defend me. I’ve done something egregious and I don’t want to be defended,” she said.

“I don’t want to get any more racism going from what I did, I don’t want that. I don’t want to be defended.”

Barr lamented that some people don’t accept or understand what she meant initially when she blamed “Ambien tweeting” for her ape comment.

“I was impaired, you know,” she said.

“I horribly regret it. Are you kidding? I lost everything, and I regretted it before I lost everything.”

Barr said she is “willing to accept consequences” but that the consequences “don’t ever stop.”

Her podcast interview drew a mostly positive response on Twitter:

I’m a liberal AND I didn’t like your tweet. However I absolutely believe you are sincerely sorry. I think ABC should have fined you but they should have not fired you. Your show should have not been canceled. I wish you the best and I hope you will do another sitcom. I have ideas

— Whitneyfan39 (@Whitneyfan90) June 24, 2018

I know u are not racist Ive done things taken ambien too. Fine u yes but fire u no. The show will not be the same without u. Ive loved and admired your work since u began I wish u the best and will continue to always be a fan and admirer of u. Much love💛💙

— Kim Melton (@KimMelt54119238) June 24, 2018

A source previously told People magazine at Barr is “in deep darkness” following the scandal.