Fans of Roseanne will remember the abrupt ending the show's reboot got after a series of tweet's published by the show's namesake, Roseanne Barr.
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Roseanne Barr Blames Her Support Of Donald Trump For Her Exit From Television
Back in May 2018, "Roseanne" was cancelled after Barr posted a tweet comparing former President Barrack Obama's aide Valerie Jarrett to an ape.
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The show's reboot, The Conners was announced later that year, sans Barr.
Barr's character was killed off during the premiere of "The Conners," and the actress took to Twitter to air her grievances.
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"I AIN’T DEAD [expletive],” she tweeted.
Now, over a year later, Barr sat down with Joe Rogan on his podcast to discuss her exit from televsion.
Her interview on the Joe Rogan Experience has already garnered over a million views in just a few days.
Barr recalled the firing from her namesake show as “the worst, most horrible thing I’ve ever been through.”
“It’s all because I said that I like Trump,” she continued.
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"A lot of cabals in Hollywood, that’s all they needed to hear: ‘She must be destroyed.’ And I did hear people say, ‘Oh my god, I’m afraid she’s going to try to humanize Trump.’ At the network they said that. And it’s like, what, you mean Trump voters? Is that who you’re afraid is going to get humanized?"
She continued: “It’s such an elitist, out-of-touch view of humans. It’s already offended me. It always offended me that they didn’t like their audience, and I liked the audience because I thought I’m from there and they’re familiar to me. And I vowed to myself: I’m not going to disrespect the audience. And I never did. And I never did sell out, neither.”
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She explained ABC executives threatened to pull re-runs of the show if she continued to say things they deemed inappropriate.
"That’s kind of what killed the comedy thing for me,” she explained. “I was told that me getting in trouble one more time, I wouldn’t have my reruns anymore. And I live on that [income], you know? I asked for it to be defined… They said, ‘You know what it means.'"
She concluded with an apology, "I’m sorry for allowing myself to become unwell — mentally — because I worked so hard, I didn’t look out for myself. I’ve got more mental illness than you’re average bear… Mental illness is terrifying."
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She continued, "I think this whole thing is gonna move me to start talking more honestly about it. Of all the conversations in America, that’s the most needed."
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