Roseanne Barr

Update: As Barr said last month, her character was indeed killed by an opioid overdose. In the episode that aired Tuesday, the story of the Conner family picked up three weeks after Roseanne’s funeral. They all believe she died of a heart attack in her sleep. But then Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) finds out that the [...]

On Tuesday, Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about former president Barack Obama’s adviser Valerie Jarrett led to ABC canceling her comedy “Roseanne.” Hours later, Barr tweeted that she made a mistake and was “Ambien-tweeting.” Barr’s tweet sparked major backlash from others on social media, but one celebrity came to her defense. On Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel, host [...]