Roseanne Barr is enraged by the ‘morbid’ way ‘The Conners’ killed off her character
The new spin-off from the cancelled reboot of her ‘Roseanne’ show premieres, with Barr’s absence ‘clearly permanent’
Roseanne Barr’s character was killed off on The Conners, the spin-off TV show created after she was fired for a racist tweet – and she is not pleased.
“I AIN’T DEAD BITCHES!!!!” the actress, known for her frankness, wrote on Twitter after the premiere of the new sitcom on ABC.
Barr sparked controversy in late May when she took aim at Valerie Jarrett, a black former adviser to ex-president Barack Obama, by calling her an “ape.” Barr, 65, apologised but it was too late.
ABC swiftly cancelled the reboot of Roseanne, a sitcom about a working-class family that has returned to broadcast television after more than two decades off the air, scoring huge ratings and generally positive reviews.
Less than a month later the show was revived, but without its controversial star and creator, who is a supporter of US President Donald Trump in real life and retooled her own character to reflect that view.