The Conners solid has been vocal about the place they stand with Roseanne Barr after working along with her for many years earlier than shifting on with the hit sitcom with out her.
Roseanne, which initially aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997, adopted the Conner household as they handled trials and tribulations as a working-class household. Barr starred as Roseanne Conner whereas John Goodman performed her onscreen husband, Dan Conner. Their household was expanded with Roseanne’s sister, Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) and Roseanne and Dan’s children: Darlene (Sara Gilbert), Becky (Lecy Goranson) and D.J. (Michael Fishman).
After the Roseanne sitcom was briefly revived in 2018, it was canceled within the wake of Barr’s controversial social media posts. ABC Leisure President Channing Dungey launched a press release on the time that introduced the community’s determination to drag Roseanne off the air.
“Roseanne’s Twitter assertion is abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values,” Dungey famous after Barr issued an apology. ABC subsequently eliminated all references to the revival sequence on its press web site and Viacom pulled all reruns of the sitcom’s whole run from all of its channels.
As The Conners involves an finish, some characters from the Roseanne universe are anticipated to reprise their roles within the seventh and ultimate season — however which aren’t returning? Roseanne initially aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. After being briefly revived in 2018 — and after star Roseanne Barr’s eventual exit from the […]
Roseanne was remodeled into The Conners, which was a derivative created with out Barr’s involvement. It ran for seven seasons — and even talked about Barr’s character quite a few occasions — however Barr by no means returned on display.
“I simply can’t bear it, so I don’t [watch],” Barr instructed the Los Angeles Occasions in February 2023. “Once they killed my character off, that was a message to me, figuring out that I’m mentally in poor health or have psychological well being points, that they did need me to commit suicide.”
She continued: “They killed my character. … And all of that was to say thanks for bringing 28 million viewers, which they by no means had earlier than and can by no means see once more. As a result of they will kiss my ass.”
Barr has referred to as out how The Conners referenced her character earlier than the 2025 sequence finale. The actress, who moved to Texas, has additionally publicly referred to as out a number of of her former costars — however the place do The Conners stars stand with Barr now?
Maintain scrolling for an replace on what every solid member of The Conners stated about Barr since her exit and numerous controversies:
John Goodman
After taking part in her onscreen husband for 10 seasons, Goodman made a uncommon remark about Barr’s firing.
“I’ll put it this fashion, I used to be stunned on the response,” Goodman stated in 2018 after the aftermath of Barr’s controversial social media posts. “And that’s in all probability all I ought to say about it. … I do know for a indisputable fact that she’s not a racist.”
Goodman addressed the controversy once more years later, telling Selection in 2023, “No [I don’t regret defending her at the time]. I keep in mind attending some type of junket the place they noticed the pilot, after which the interviews, and it simply become an assault. It made me actually uncomfortable witnessing them go after Roseanne.”
He continued: “Yeah, I felt dangerous for her. After which, I simply really feel horrible about the entire thing. , we had a good time. And I really like her. She’s simply her personal individual.”
Goodman admitted he was not sure that he would work with Barr once more. “I don’t know,” he instructed the outlet. “If she’d prefer to … I simply don’t know. I miss her. I want her nicely.”
Goodman instructed The Hollywood Reporter in July 2025 he hasn’t spoken to Barr “for about seven or eight years.”
“I’d slightly doubt if she desires to speak to me,” Goodman added earlier than reflecting on their time collectively on display. “We hit it off from leap avenue. She made me snort, and I made her snort, and wow, it was a lot enjoyable. We’d get so many viewers for the present again then — 20, 30 million individuals. Issues are so totally different now, nevertheless it was a particular time.”
Regardless of Roseanne Barr‘s absence from The Conners, her character was nonetheless entrance and middle on the ultimate season. Roseanne initially aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. After being briefly revived in 2018 — and after Barr’s eventual exit from the sequence amid controversial social media posts — the story remodeled into The Conners. The […]
Laurie Metcalf
Shortly after Roseanne was canceled in 2018, Barr made a pointed present of help for Metcalf and Goodman, writing by way of Twitter, “I simply want ABC had not thrown two of the best actors on the planet out with me — Laurie and John. I’m so sick over this — they’ll by no means have higher character actors on their community.”
Metcalf instructed Individuals later that 12 months that each she and Gilbert reached out to Barr however hadn’t heard again “but” after The Conners was ordered to sequence by ABC.
Sara Gilbert
Talking of Gilbert, the actress instantly referred to as Barr’s on-line feedback “abhorrent” and never a mirrored image of the “solid and crew or anybody related to our present.” Barr subsequently stated on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Present that she felt “stabbed” within the again by Gilbert.
“It was her tweet that canceled the present,” Barr claimed within the 2023 interview. “After which she tweeted, ‘It’s unhappy when one solid member,’ one thing about racist, blah, blah. And I used to be floored. I used to be simply floored.”
Gilbert didn’t publicly deal with Barr’s feedback on the time.
Lecy Goranson
“It was simply so surreal and surprising and unhappy,” Goranson instructed E! Information in 2018 about Roseanne coming to an finish after Barr’s tweets. “No matter you wish to name it, it’s racist, that being stated I don’t suppose Roseanne is a racist, I believe that’s racist.”
She continued: “I nonetheless don’t fairly perceive what she was attempting to say. I don’t perceive what the logic is. Nobody’s defined to me what it was purported to imply, and I felt so confused by that. I actually did.”
Extra lately, Goranson praised The Conners for locating a solution to pay tribute to Barr’s character.
“It’s a very fascinating factor. [The idea of] when to carry her up, the way it has been by means of the sequence is when it appears proper. There’s touches of it with out actually touchdown on it and making it tremendous heavy,” she solely instructed Us Weekly in March 2025. “We’ve had individuals have emotions concerning the present since Roseanne left. However with what we’ve, it’s been actually, actually tasteful and nicely accomplished, so I’m pleased with it.”
Roseanne followers have been maintaining with the Conner household for the reason that Eighties, from the unique sitcom to its short-lived revival and hit spinoff, The Conners. The ABC sequence premiered in October 1988 and adopted the lives of Roseanne (Roseanne Barr), Dan (John Goodman) and Roseanne’s sister, Jackie (Laurie Metcalf), in addition to the couple’s […]
Michael Fishman
“In the present day is likely one of the hardest in my life,” Fishman tweeted in 2018 whereas notably aiming to “condemn” Barr’s posts. “[The Roseanne revival] was designed to characterize the inclusive nature of my views. To characterize parts of society usually marginalized.”
Barr addressed Fishman’s message, replying, “I created the platform for that inclusivity and it. ME. You throw me beneath the bus. Good!”
In response, Fishman stood by his determination to talk out in opposition to Barr’s viewers, writing, “You fought, constructed, and designed Roseanne for inclusiveness. That’s the reason yesterday was so out of character with the final 30 years. It was in your fingers from the start to the tip. Nobody can deny that.”
Emma Kenney
“As I referred to as my supervisor to stop engaged on Roseanne, I used to be instructed it was cancelled,” Kenney tweeted in 2018. “I really feel so empowered by @iamwandasykes, Channing Dungey and anybody at ABC standing up for morals and abuse of energy. Bullies will NEVER win.”
She continued: “I’m damage, embarrassed, and dissatisfied. The racist and distasteful feedback from Roseanne are inexcusable.”
Kenney remained on The Conners till the ultimate season. “I preferred the way in which my character Harris’ story ends and I may undoubtedly envision the remainder of her life if it have been to be on digital camera too,” she instructed Us in March 2025. “[The writers have] recognized all of those characters for thus lengthy now. I knew they have been going to do the entire characters justice.”