Roseanne Barris, once again, speaking out again about the cancellation of her titular seriesRoseannein May 2018.
In a new interview with theWashington Post, Barr, 66, blamed the downfall of the show not on herracist tweet, whichABC citedwhen the network canceled the reboot, but on her costar and onscreen daughter,Sara Gilbert.
In May 2018, Barr likened formerBarack ObamaadvisorValerie Jarrettto an “ape” on Twitter. The actress, who deleted her original tweet, has since offered several defenses for her choice of words, including insistingshe was misunderstood,under the influence of Ambien, anddidn’t know Jarrett is black.
After the tweet, Gilbert, 44, publicly denounced her costar.
“She destroyed the show and my life with that tweet,” Barr told thePostin an article published on Thursday. “She will never get enough until she consumes my liver with a fine Chianti.”
A rep for Gilbert did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, but the actress gave a brief interview to thePost, saying, “while I’m extremely disappointed and heartbroken over the dissolution of the original show, she will always be family, and I will always love Roseanne.”
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After Barr’s tweet about Jarrett, ABC swiftly pulled the plug onRoseanne.
“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” then-president of ABC Entertainment Channing Dungey announced in a statement at the time.
Since then, Gilbert and the rest of theRoseannecast has gone on to star in a spin-off of the original show calledThe Conners.
In October 2018, Gilbert and other cast membersopened up to PEOPLEabout Barr’s absence in the spin-off.
“Any sadness that we feel over what we’ve lost we’re hopefully channeling in an honest way into the show,” Gilbert said at the time. “And our show has always been able to deal with heavy topics, particularly for a sitcom. It’s been kind of built into the mix.”
source: people.com
