Roseanne Barr Slams The Conners Premiere That Had Her Character Killed Off
Posted on Wed Oct 17th, 2018 8:15am PDT By X17 Staff
You didn't expect her to stay silent, did you?
Shortly after the Roseanne reboot The Conners aired on East Coast, the former main character Roseanne Barr released a statement on her friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's Facebook page.
"We regret that ABC chose to cancel Roseanne by killing off the Roseanne Conner character. That it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show. This was a choice the network did not have to make," Barr and Boteach said in the statement.
"After repeated and heartfelt apologies, the network was unwilling to look past a regrettable mistake, thereby denying the twin American values of both repentance and forgiveness. In a hyper-partisan climate, people will sometimes make the mistake of speaking with words that do not truly reflect who they are. However, it is the power of forgiveness that defines our humanity," it continued.
"What better way for healing than a shared moment, once a week, where we could have all enjoyed a compelling storyline featuring a witty character – a woman - who America connected with, not in spite of her flaws, but because of them. The cancellation of Roseanne is an opportunity squandered due in equal parts to fear, hubris, and a refusal to forgive," it concluded.
The comedienne just couldn't let it end there, though!
"I AIN’T DEAD, BITCHES!!!!" she tweeted.
Barr was fired from the show after sending out a racist tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, in which she compared her looks to Planet of the Apes.
This is the perfect example of the fact your actions always have consequences!