Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr's character was written off 'The Conners' in October 2018 after sharing racist remarks via social media — read more.

[killed my character](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/shocking-tv-deaths-2014229/) … Roseanne was [canceled that May after Barr’s allegedly racist Twitter remark](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/roseanne-canceled-by-abc-after-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweet/) received widespread backlash. I had always wanted a 10th season of the show to tie up everything, to tell the full story of this family as I wanted to tell it,” the She-Devil actress told the Los Angeles Times. And, we know the stories that we want to tell this season, and this is the same family – the Conner family – and I’m really looking forward to telling more of their stories and their lives.” So I started thinking about all the positives of it, my work and the contribution I made to pop culture and television, its portrayal of a woman and her working-class family. “When they killed my character off, that was a message to me, [knowing that I’m mentally ill or have mental health issues](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/stars-whove-battled-mental-health-issues-2013136/), that they did want me to commit suicide.” … It was a happy moment seeing everyone again, and I’m really happy that we’re all back together, and I know everyone has each other’s backs.” “I’m really grateful that it came together the way it did, and I’m really excited for the stories that we’re telling this season. The Utah native, who deleted her initial comment, [has since apologized for making a “bad joke”](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/roseanne-barr-im-not-against-valerie-jarrett-personally/) about White House aide [Valerie Jarrett’s appearance and politics](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/roseanne-barr-valerie-jarrett-needs-a-new-haircut/). [Emma Kenney](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/emma-kenney/), who plays Darlene’s daughter, [exclusively gushed to ](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/emma-kenney-the-conners-are-the-same-family-without-roseanne/) [Us](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/emma-kenney-the-conners-are-the-same-family-without-roseanne/) of returning to The Conners post-cancellation. [The Conners](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/the-conners-first-look-at-the-new-family-photos/), which premiered that October, returned with the Conner family [mourning the death of matriarch Roseanne after a fatal overdose](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/the-conners-how-roseanne-was-killed-off/). [The Conners](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/the-conners-first-photo-from-the-roseanne-spinoff/) killed off [Roseanne Barr](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/roseanne-barr/)’s eponymous character in 2018, the comedian [is not interested in watching the sitcom](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/stars-who-havent-seen-their-own-tv-shows-and-movies/).

Roseanne Barr is mounting a comeback attempt, five years after she was unceremoniously fired over a tweet joking that former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett ...

I can’t believe what they did, with all the pain that I went through to bring the show back. Asked if she felt “betrayed” by the producers and cast of “Roseanne”, she responded, “I can’t know what they think or feel. admitted in 2017 that he repeatedly masturbated in front of women associates, and his FX show “Louie” was canceled.] And Dave Chappelle was protected by Netflix. They killed my character… I said I would go on my show and explain it,” Barr said. I don’t know why they did what they did. They hate me because I have talent, because I have an opinion. “They didn’t do it to anyone else in Hollywood, although they always throw in Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. And it was terrifying.” Now, Barr is returning to the standup comedy stage for “Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!,” a new special that will stream Monday, Feb. “I would die many times. I had never known that they hated me like that.

Roseanne Barr returns to screens on Monday with a new standup special on Fox Nation, entitled: Roseanne Barr: Cancel This! She said she decided to return to ...

That's what a woman is,' she said. Ask a - what is a woman? Asking questions have nothing to do with the real world,' she said. 'That's what a woman is, okay? What is a woman? What is my gender?' she joked, 'Your gender is, get a job. A woman is me.' 'I just cannot let these a**holes win!' Roseanne Barr uses comedy comeback in Fox special Cancel This! They killed her,' she explains. 'What is my gender, mom? 'These people, they have no concept of reality. And not only that, but they killed my – they killed Roseanne.

Roseanne Barr, whose sitcom was canceled by ABC after her allegedly racist tweet, says in stand-up special, "Cancel This," that the network is hypocritical.

“That helped,” she said, “And it got easier and easier. I was kind of overwhelmed by that.” Kimmel has apologized for impersonating NBA player Karl Malone in blackface in the 1990s. I was really afraid because I didn’t know how people were going to respond. I was afraid to even go outside for a while [after the Jarret scandal.]” where [the hosts have] been in blackface.”

I grew up in the South during a time in which beating your child was not frowned upon. Before my parents divorced, we got the crap beat out of us on the ...

[Celebrity](https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/) [that is being promoted during the Super Bowl](https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/roseanne-barr-makes-her-return-to-standup-on-fox-nation.php). [Dustin Rowles](https://www.pajiba.com/staff/dustin-rowles-1.php) [The Wrap](https://www.thewrap.com/roseanne-barr-cancel-this-comedy-special-fox-clip/) has obtained a clip from the special, and woo boy. Of course, beating children isn’t a thing anymore. I grew up in the South during a time in which beating your child was not frowned upon.

Comedian Roseanne Barr joined "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to rip into cancel culture in the country and discuss why she is coming back for a standup special on ...

"You've got to be so offensive to offend the most offensive thing that is on earth right now. "And I'm so happy because you've got to be more offensive when the culture is so offensive that it makes absolutely no sense that it's anti-life, anti-human, anti-culture, anti-citizen," said Barr. It also was an avenue to "discuss cancel culture itself and how horrible it is." Barr said that after she had been fired, she was not even "allowed" to apologize for what had happened. I love laughing it to scorn because it deserves to be laughed, to scorn. And it was in response to being, you know, fired.