US EditionRoseanne Barr Says ‘The Conners’ Bosses Asked Her to Appear on Show – Here’s What They Had Planned
- Roseanne Barr posted a controversial tweet in 2018 about Valerie Jarrett that went viral and led to the cancellation of her ABC sitcom Roseanne.
- Barr claimed God instructed her to post the tweet, denied it was racist, and said she was unaware of Jarrett's race at the time.
- After the cancellation, the network reworked the show as The Conners without Barr, killing off her character in 2018 and continuing for seven seasons.
- In a 2025 documentary, Barr said The Conners' producers asked her to return as a ghost, a proposal she rejected as insulting since they had killed her character.
- Barr remains unapologetic about the tweet, stating her earlier regret worsened her situation and that killing off her character ended her career.
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Roseanne Barr Says ‘The Conners’ Bosses Asked Her to Appear on Show – Here’s What They Had Planned
Here's what the storyline would have involved.
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Roseanne Barr Claims She Was Asked to Return to ‘Conners’ as a ‘Ghost’
Roseanne Barr claims she was asked to appear on The Conners after her character was killed off the franchise — but ultimately turned down the offer. “They called me and asked me if I would like to come back as a guest star,” Barr, 72, alleged in her new documentary, Roseanne Barr Is America, per People. “You’re coming back as a ghost.” Barr said she was in disbelief that ABC would ask her to return to the franchise after she was fired years earl…
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