It's been a wild whirlwind since the acclaimed reboot of Roseanne was abruptly canceled in May and now the person in eye of the storm - Roseanne Barr herself - is speaking up.
After the media frenzy that resulted from the show's titular star, Barr, sending out a racist tweet about Barack Obama's former White House adviser, Valerie Jarrett, fans were on Twitter in waves coming up with ideas for a spinoff without Barr, hoping to save the jobs of the show's cast and crew members. The obvious demand for a new show paid off, and nearly a month after the entire debacle began, ABC officially confirmed that a spinoff is in the works. Despite the fact that Barr won't be financially or creatively involved in the spinoff, she says she has nothing but best wishes for her former castmates.
In a statement to Us Weekly, the actress said,...
After the media frenzy that resulted from the show's titular star, Barr, sending out a racist tweet about Barack Obama's former White House adviser, Valerie Jarrett, fans were on Twitter in waves coming up with ideas for a spinoff without Barr, hoping to save the jobs of the show's cast and crew members. The obvious demand for a new show paid off, and nearly a month after the entire debacle began, ABC officially confirmed that a spinoff is in the works. Despite the fact that Barr won't be financially or creatively involved in the spinoff, she says she has nothing but best wishes for her former castmates.
In a statement to Us Weekly, the actress said,...
- 6/22/2018
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
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