Roseanne Barr is back in headlines, and this time it’s not about a reboot. The comedian went after Michael Fishman, the actor who played her onscreen son D.J. Conner, during an upcoming episode of the“Can’t Be Censored”podcast. Her message to him, according to reports, was blunt and profane:“go and f—k yourself and stay f—ked until the day you die.”She also called him a“brainwashed bigot”and claimed he only appeared on the 2018 revival because she personally demanded it.
The blowup came after Fishman spoke publicly last month. He said he still loves Barr, but described her 2018 tweets as harmful and insisted there was“no joke”behind them, adding that“good people make mistakes.”He also defended ABC’s decision to cancel the reboot, which the network pulled in 2018 after Barr’s tweets targeting former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett and others.
Barr says Fishman never gave her a chance to explain herself. Fishman’s account is that he asked her to talk privately and got nowhere. Either way, the feud has revived one of television’s messiest controversies, and it’s forcing fans to ask the same hard questions all over again about accountability, apologies, and whether any career deserves a second act. What do you think — should past racist tweets end a career permanently, or is there room for a real comeback? Sound off in the comments.
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