John Goodman is revealing the reality behind his relationship with Roseanne Barr.
In a Friday interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Goodman mentioned the favored ’80s program, “Roseanne.” The actor performed Barr’s husband, Dan Conner, on the present, in addition to within the reboot and its successor, “The Conners,” which wrapped its seventh and remaining season in spring 2025.
Throughout the interview, THR famous that Goodman’s character went to pay his respects at Barr’s character’s gravesite — the present wrote out Barr within the first episode — after which requested if the 2 actors have been nonetheless involved.
“No. I’d rather doubt if she wants to talk to me,” he mentioned. “We haven’t talked for about seven or eight years.”
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Goodman’s statements monitor with the unique revival’s cancellation in 2018 after Bart’s racist feedback relating to former Obama White Home adviser Valerie Jarrett.
Following Barr’s assertion, ABC canceled the present’s reboot, citing a press release from then-network president Channing Dungey: “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values. We have decided to cancel her show.”
After Barr acquired backlash on social media, Goodman confessed to feeling “bad” for his former co-star.
Although the 2 usually are not in communication, Goodman nonetheless has good issues to say in regards to the chemistry the 2 shared whereas working collectively.
“We hit it off from jump street. She made me laugh, and I made her laugh, and wow, it was so much fun,” he mentioned. “We’d get so many viewers for the show back then — 20, 30 million people. Things are so different now, but it was a special time.”
