Roseanne Barr has claimed she turned down a visitor star position on The Conners, saying that present bosses wished her to look as a “ghost.”
The comic made the declare in her new documentary, Roseanne is America, which is obtainable to buy on demand. She mentioned that after ABC canceled the Roseanne revival in 2018 and reworked it into the spinoff collection The Conners, she was known as as much as come again.
“They known as me and requested me if I wish to come again as a visitor star,” Barr claimed, per Individuals. “You’re coming again as a ghost.”
The actress expressed shock on the request, including, “You’re asking me to return again to the present that you just f****** stole from me and killed my ass, and now you need me to indicate up since you bought s**t f****** rankings and play a ghost?”
Barr finally rejected the supply, saying, “I’m gonna be bowling that f****** week.”
The Conners premiered on October 16, 2018, as a continuation of the hit collection Roseanne. This got here after the Roseanne revival was canceled after one season resulting from controversial feedback Barr made on X (then Twitter). As an alternative, the present spun off into The Conners, the place Barr’s titular character was killed off in an unintentional opioid overdose.
Talking of the cancelation and subsequent spinoff, Barr acknowledged, “Inside three weeks, they revived the present as The Conners, and naturally, they killed off my character Roseanne in an opioid overdose. Which was staggering as a result of Glenn Quinn, who performed Becky’s husband, really died of an opioid overdose.”
The Conners wrapped up its seven-season run again in April with an emotional collection finale that paid tribute to Barr’s character. The collection finale noticed the present’s fundamental characters visiting Roseanne’s grave and John Goodman’s patriarch, Dan Conner, reflecting on his relationship along with his late spouse.
Roseanne is America, directed by Joel Gilbert, paperwork Barr’s early years, her profession in comedy and tv, her private struggles, and public controversies. The doc additionally particulars her reunion along with her daughter, who she positioned for adoption as an toddler.