Roseanne Barr calls former co-star a 'brainwashed bigot' after he said reboot was 'rightfully canceled'

"He f---ing doesn't even f---ing know what I said, even though I've explained it 10,000 times for nine years on the internet," Barr said. "He hasn't even taken the time to listen to what I say because he's a bigot. And he's a brainwashed bigot."

The reboot of the hit '90s show was a huge success when it premiered in March 2018 but was canceled just two months later after Barr tweeted a racist remark about Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to former President Obama. 

Barr apologized for the remark multiple times. However, ABC decided to fire her and cancel the show. A month later, the network announced a new spin-off called "The Connors," bringing back a majority of the "Roseanne" cast without any involvement from Barr.

The comedian went on to say that Fishman asked her about her comments "9,000" times before she told him to "go and f--- yourself and stay f---ed 'till the day you die."

"Don't put my name in your f---ng mouth; shut the f--- up," she recalled telling him. "You are an ignoramus and a bigot, and you have no idea what I said because it contradicts the Democratic Party platform that you've had shoved down your throat and up your a--. So, just f--- you. You have no geopolitical context whatsoever to discuss what I said."

Barr confirmed she has not kept in touch with any of her former co-stars during an interview with Fox News Digital in June 2025.

"And I was sorry they f---ed it all up with their greed and ridiculous stupidity to f--- all that up. F--- them, but I wish them well."

When the show returned as "The Connors," Barr's absence was explained as being due to her character's off-screen death.