Roseanne Barr eviscerates sitcom co-star for confronting her about racist tweets
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Key Points:
- Roseanne Barr launched a profanity-laden rant against her former TV son Michael Fishman on the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast, accusing him of misunderstanding her 2018 racism controversy and calling him a "brainwashed bigot."
- Barr claimed Fishman, who played her son DJ Conner on “Roseanne,” never took the time to listen to her explanations and criticized his political views, asserting she was responsible for his return in the 2018 reboot.
- The feud reignited after Fishman publicly condemned Barr’s racist tweets from 2018, which led to ABC canceling the “Roseanne” reboot; Fishman later starred in the spin-off “The Conners,” which continued without Barr.
- Fishman recently defended ABC’s decision to fire Barr, emphasizing that while good people can make mistakes, her tweets caused harm by perpetuating racial stereotypes with real-world consequences.
