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Daily Mail
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Roseanne Barr reveals ABC's humiliating final insult after ending her career
's new documentary Roseanne Is America debuted on Tuesday, where she revealed how ABC asked her back on The Conners after she was killed off. ABC revived the 72-year-old comedienne's iconic 1980s/1990s sitcom Roseanne back in 2018, bringing back the original cast of characters in the fictional Lanford, IL. The original show ran nine seasons from 1988 to 1997, and is widely considered one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. ABC brought the show back for a 10th season in 2018, and while it was renewed for an 11th, the network quickly reversed their decision after Barr tweeted that former Barack Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett was an 'ape.' After ABC called the tweet, 'abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values,' they ultimately cancelled Roseanne and brought forth a new show, The Conners, which revealed in the series premiere that Roseanne's character had died from a drug overdose. Now Barr is revealing in her Roseanne Is America documentary - available on DVD and digital formats - that ABC actually wanted to bring her back as a 'ghost' guest star at some point during The Conners' run. 'They called me and asked me if I would like to come back as a guest star. You're coming back as a ghost,' Barr revealed. The comedienne added, 'You're asking me to come back to the show that you f***ing stole from me and killed my a**, and now you want me to show up because you got s**t f***ing ratings and play a ghost?' She added in the film that she turned down the request by telling the network, 'I'm gonna be bowling that f***ing week.' Barr also commented on how her character was killed off in the show mirrors the real-life death of Glenn Quinn, who played Becky's (Alicia Goranson) husband Mark Healy on the original show, and died from an accidental overdose in 2002. 'Within three weeks, they revived the show as The Conners, and of course they killed off my character Roseanne in an opioid overdose,' Barr said in the documentary. 'Which was staggering because Glenn Quinn, who played Becky's husband, actually died of an opioid overdose,' she added. The show would go on to reveal that her overdose came as she was struggling with addiction that was exacerbated by knee pain and insufficient medical coverage. The Conners ran for seven seasons on ABC, coming to a close in late April with the finale, which surprised many fans since it didn't include any footage of Roseanne at all, despite multiple clips from the original show with other characters. Roseanne Is America, from director Joel Gilbert (The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America, above left) is available to purchase on DVD or video on demand formats at . Executive producer Dave Caplan explained to Deadline, 'It was contractual,' regarding Roseanne's absence in the finale. Another executive producer, Bruce Helford, added, 'She was very gracious in allowing us to continue the show because she had a say in that.' He added of her exit from the show, 'When she realized it would be putting 300 people out of work when the initial reboot was canceled, she gracefully allowed us to continue without her.' 'It really was about these people. This show was really about the lives of these other people in the family, the Conners, and we wanted to focus on them,' he added. Roseanne Is America, from director Joel Gilbert (The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America) is available to purchase on DVD or video on demand formats at
Fox News
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Roseanne Barr claims she rejected offer to return as a ghost on 'The Conners' after firing
Years after being fired from her spinoff show, Roseanne Barr claims that she was once asked to return to the sitcom as a "ghost." In her documentary, "Roseanne Barr is America," the comedian, 72, opened up about the downfall that stemmed from her controversial 2018 tweets and explained why she turned down ABC's alleged offer to return to "The Conners" after being fired. "They called me and asked me if I would like to come back as a guest star. You're coming back as a ghost," Barr said in the documentary. "You're asking me to come back to the show that you f---ing stole from me and killed my a--, and now you want me to show up because you got s--- f---ing ratings and play a ghost?" Barr said she immediately turned down the offer. "I'm gonna be bowling that f---ing week," she recalled saying. Representatives for ABC and Barr did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. People has reported that Barr's claims about the offer are false. After playing Dan and Roseanne Conner on "Roseanne" from 1988 to 1998, John Goodman and Barr agreed to do a reboot of the show with the same name. The nine-episode first season aired from March through May 2018, but that summer, Barr made a series of questionable comments about Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to President Obama, and she was fired from the show. Barr disputed the claims and apologized for making a "bad joke." Because the reboot was successful, the network made the decision to change the title from "Roseanne" to "The Conners," and Barr's disappearance was explained by an off-screen death. After the tweet scandal, Barr sat down with Fox News' Sean Hannity. "I feel like I have apologized and explained and asked for forgiveness and made recompense, that's part of my religion," she said at the time. "I was so sad, and I'm so sad that anyone thinks that of me," she added. "I never meant to hurt anybody or say anything negative about an entire race of people." During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Barr said that she doesn't keep in touch with her former co-stars. "No, I'm not friends with none of them. They're all in the past. I have pleasant memories of what fun we had – wish them all the best. And no, we don't talk. I've moved on from that horrendous ending and chapter of my life, but you know, I don't hold any bitterness or nothing to them, but my God, what fun we had on that show. "And I was sorry they f---ed it all up with their greed and ridiculous stupidity to f--- all that up. F--- them, but I wish them well," she said. WATCH: ROSEANNE BAR LIVES OUT HER TEXAS DREAMS DESPITE TRACTOR ACCIDENT In her new documentary, Barr "recounts the untold story of her unusual upbringing and her extraordinarily successful career in comedy and television," according to a press release. Barr told Fox News Digital that her life is a representation of the American experience. "I went from poverty to wealth through comedy. That's a typical Jewish-American experience in my generation and a few other generations for minority people that are funny. I think it's typical, you know," she said. Fox News Digital's Emily Trainham and Larry Fink contributed to this post.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Roseanne Barr Claims The Conners Wanted Her Back — Here's What the EPs Told Us About a Possible Cameo
In a new documentary chronicling her career in comedy and television, Roseanne Barr alleges that she was asked to appear on The Conners as a ghost, after her family matriarch landed six feet under. 'They called me and asked me if I would like to come back as a guest star,' the Emmy winner claims in Roseanne Is America, according to People. 'You're asking me to come back to the show that you f—king stole from me and killed my a—, and now you want me to show up because you got s—t f—king ratings and play a ghost.' More from TVLine The Conners Was a Good Revival — But If They'd Honored Roseanne History, It Could've Been Great The Conners Series Finale: EPs Reflect on Roseanne's Absence, Fourth Wall Break and Parallels to Original Ending Casting News: Felicity Huffman Joins Doc, Jen Garner Drama Adds Chloë Sevigny and More Barr insists that she turned down the request, telling producers, 'I'm gonna be bowling that f—king week.' But a source tells TVLine that Barr's claims are 'inaccurate.' TVLine reached out to Barr's rep for further clarification on when, exactly, she received the invite. Barr declined comment. Barr was famously fired by ABC in 2018 after she hit send on a bigoted tweet that nearly took her sitcom family down with her. But the beloved series, not unlike the working-class family at its center, persevered: Three weeks after Roseanne was cancelled, Barr reached a financial settlement with Werner Entertainment that allowed the production company to move forward with a spinoff without her participation. That agreement also forbade The Conners from using her likeness — hence the offshoot never showing Roseanne Conner in pictures or in flashbacks. When the agreement was reached, Barr put out the following statement: 'I regret the circumstances that have caused me to be removed from Roseanne. I agreed to the settlement in order that 200 jobs of beloved cast and crew could be saved, and I wish the best for everyone involved.' Seven years later, ahead of The Conners' series finale, TVLine spoke with executive producers Bruce Helford, Bruce Rasmussen and Dave Caplan, and asked if they considered having Barr make a cameo. At the time, Helford was quick to remind me, 'We pulled a Newhart the first time!' (He was referring to 2018's Roseanne revival, which kicked off with the resurrection of John Goodman's Dan Conner, who was killed off in the original series' 1997 finale.) To do it again, this time with Dan's late wife, 'would have felt to us like a rug pull,' Rasmussen said. According to Helford, the only conversation they ever had was about preserving the memory of Barr's character, 'and we felt we did that. People loved her, her family loved her, and we wanted to make sure that this was something that honored that.' Added Caplan: 'We never ran away from, or disrespected her character. That was a conscious decision on all our parts.' Disney/ABC also declined comment for this story, while reps for the EPs have not responded as of press time. The Conners Series Finale Explained View List Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
Daily Mail
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Roseanne Barr says she was LIVID when The Conners offered her a bizarre role to help boost ratings
's new documentary Roseanne Is America debuted on Tuesday, where she revealed how ABC asked her back on The Conners after she was killed off. ABC revived the 72-year-old comedienne's iconic 1980s/1990s sitcom Roseanne back in 2018, bringing back the original cast of characters in the fictional Lanford, IL. The original show ran nine seasons from 1988 to 1997, and is widely considered one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. ABC brought the show back for a 10th season in 2018, and while it was renewed for an 11th, the network quickly reversed their decision after Barr tweeted that former Barack Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett was an 'ape.' After ABC called the tweet, 'abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values,' they ultimately cancelled Roseanne and brought forth a new show, The Conners, which revealed in the series premiere that Roseanne's character had died from a drug overdose. Now Barr is revealing in her Roseanne Is America documentary - available on DVD and digital formats - that ABC actually wanted to bring her back as a 'ghost' guest star at some point during The Conners' run. 'They called me and asked me if I would like to come back as a guest star. You're coming back as a ghost,' Barr revealed. The comedienne added, 'You're asking me to come back to the show that you f***ing stole from me and killed my a**, and now you want me to show up because you got s**t f***ing ratings and play a ghost?' She added in the film that she turned down the request by telling the network, 'I'm gonna be bowling that f***ing week.' Barr also commented on how her character was killed off in the show mirrors the real-life death of Glenn Quinn, who played Becky's (Alicia Goranson) husband Mark Healy on the original show, and died from an accidental overdose in 2002. 'Within three weeks, they revived the show as The Conners, and of course they killed off my character Roseanne in an opioid overdose,' Barr said in the documentary. 'Which was staggering because Glenn Quinn, who played Becky's husband, actually died of an opioid overdose,' she added. The show would go on to reveal that her overdose came as she was struggling with addiction that was exacerbated by knee pain and insufficient medical coverage. The Conners ran for seven seasons on ABC, coming to a close in late April with the finale, which surprised many fans since it didn't include any footage of Roseanne at all, despite multiple clips from the original show with other characters. Executive producer Dave Caplan explained to Deadline, 'It was contractual,' regarding Roseanne's absence in the finale. Another executive producer, Bruce Helford, added, 'She was very gracious in allowing us to continue the show because she had a say in that.' He added of her exit from the show, 'When she realized it would be putting 300 people out of work when the initial reboot was canceled, she gracefully allowed us to continue without her.' 'It really was about these people. This show was really about the lives of these other people in the family, the Conners, and we wanted to focus on them,' he added.
Perth Now
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Roseanne Barr claims she was asked to appear on The Conners
Roseanne Barr has claimed she was asked appear on The Conners as a ghost. The 72-year-old actress had the plug pulled on the Roseanne revival after just one season in 2018 after she sent a tweet which compared former presidential aide Valerie Jarrett to an ape, and the spin-off show was launched instead with a number of her castmates shortly afterwards. And after her alter ego was killed off from a drug overdose, Roseanne was outraged when she was invited by ABC to guest star on The Conners. Speaking in new documentary Roseanne is America, she said: "They called me and asked me if I would like to come back as a guest star. 'You're coming back as a ghost.' "You're asking me to come back to the show that you f****** stole from me and killed my ass, and now you want me to show up because you got s*** f****** ratings and play a ghost? I'm gonna be bowling that f****** week." And Roseanne found the way her character was killed off "staggering". She said: "Within three weeks, they revived the show as The Conners, and of course they killed off my character Roseanne in an opioid overdose. "Which was staggering because Glenn Quinn, who played Becky's husband, actually died of an opioid overdose." Roseanne previously criticised ABC for the way the handled the fallout from her tweet, which she had clamed was written late at night when she had taken Ambien. Roseanne - who also claimed she had no idea Valerie was black when she posted - told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: 'It was a witch-burning. They denied me the right to apologise. Oh my God, they just hated me so badly. "I had never known that they hated me like that. They hate me because I have talent, because I have an opinion. "Even though Roseanne became their Number one show, they'd rather not have a number one show … When they killed my character off, that was a message to me – knowing that I'm mentally ill or have mental health issues – that they did want me to commit suicide.' The comic co-created Roseanne with wwriter and producer Matt Williams and the show - which also starred the likes of John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert - ran from 1988 to 1997 before being revived for a season in 2018. The Conners aired for seven seasons before coming to an end in April 2025.
