Roseanne Barr is outraged, and she doesn’t care who knows it or what they think. The outspoken comedian says ABC has made it crystal clear who gets second chances and who doesn’t, and she’s on the losing end of that argument.
Barr hasn’t forgotten 2018, the year ABC axed her hit Roseanne reboot after a controversial tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. Her comeback series was the network’s number-one series at the time. But her comment ended it instantly. There was no suspension, no warning, just a boot out the door. Not to mention the end of Roseanne Barr’s decades-long career.
At 72, Roseanne reveals that she’s been left carrying the weight of that decision ever since. Her wounds have also been reopened in light of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel‘s drama with ABC, according to the National Enquirer.
“I got my whole life ruined, no forgiveness, and all of my work stolen and called a racist for time and eternity,” Barr told NewsNation on September 23. “It just shows how they think. It’s a double standard.”
Roseanne Barr admits she is furious over the entire situation. Jimmy Kimmel was briefly suspended after backlash over remarks tied to Charlie Kirk’s death. Some network affiliates even pulled his show from the schedule. However, it didn’t take long before ABC welcomed Kimmel back within days with just a light slap on the wrist.
Roseanne Barr Points Out the Hypocrisy Of Jimmy Kimmel’s Return
The comparison, she says, is impossible to ignore. Barr is upset because after what she felt was only one bad judgment call on her part, her career as she knew it was over. While Jimmy Kimmel’s misstep was treated like a timeout.
Roseanne is on a rager, and as far as some fans are concerned, who can blame her? She refuses to hold back any longer. After all, what else does she have to lose at this point? Barr isn’t stopping at Kimmel’s quick comeback. She is airing a whole laundry list to remind everyone of his past scandals, too.
This includes the late-night host who once performed blackface sketches on The Man Show, something he apologized for in 2020. Despite the controversy, his career marched on. Barr argues her own misstep was never forgiven, let alone forgotten.
Roseanne Barr remains salty over everything. The most painful part for Barr is the erasure. Once hailed as a groundbreaking figure in television, she says her name is now missing from conversations about women pioneers in media. She insists her nine-season run from 1988 to 1997 and her ratings-smashing reboot have been cast aside.
Even her reboot show went on to live without her. However, it was rebranded as The Conners, which lasted seven more seasons. The network moved forward, but Barr was left behind.
For Roseanne Barr, Jimmy Kimmel’s return is not only fighting words, it is 100 percent proof that ABC plays favorites. While Kimmel gets a reset, Roseanne gets permanent exile. Roseanne Barr says she’s been erased, but she isn’t staying quiet. She’s determined to remind Hollywood she’s still here, and she’s not done calling out the “double standard.”
