John Goodman mentioned he “felt dangerous” for his “Roseanne” co-star Roseanne Barr after she confronted backlash over a racist tweet.
A revival of the hit ’90s sitcom was canceled by ABC in 2018 after Barr made racist feedback about former Obama White Home adviser Valerie Jarrett.
A number of months later, Goodman, who reprised his function as Roseanne’s husband Dan, mentioned he was “stunned on the response” to the incident and “I do know for a incontrovertible fact that she’s not a racist.”
In a brand new interview with Selection, Goodman mentioned he had no regrets about defending Barr. He recalled being at a press occasion on the time, “and it simply became assault. And that made me very uncomfortable with them simply attacking Roseanne.”
“I felt dangerous for her. I simply really feel horrible about the entire thing. We had a good time. And I like her. She’s simply her personal individual,” he mentioned of his former co-star.
Requested if he would work with Barr once more, Goodman was not sure.
“I simply don’t know. I miss her,” he mentioned. “I want her properly.”
Goodman went on to star in “The Conners,” a “Roseanne” spinoff developed after the controversy that noticed Barr’s character killed off in an early episode.
Barr apologized and supplied a number of completely different explanations for the Might 2018 tweet, which in contrast the Iranian-born Jarrett to the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes.”
Barr blamed the sleep drug Ambien for the tweet, claimed she was joking and in addition insisted she thought Jarrett was white.
Earlier this 12 months, she debuted a controversial comedy particular on Fox Nation known as “Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!”
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