Roseanne Barr calls former co-star a 'brainwashed bigot' after he said reboot was 'rightfully canceled'

Roseanne Barr is firing back at her former co-star, calling him a "brainwashed bigot."

During a recent appearance on the "Can't Be Censored" podcast, the 73-year-old actress and comedian hit back at her former "Roseanne" co-star, Michael Fishman, after he said the 2018 reboot was "rightfully canceled."

"He f---ing doesn’t even f---ing know what I said, even though I’ve explained it 10,000 times for nine years on the internet," Barr said. "He hasn’t even taken the time to listen to what I say because he’s a bigot. And he’s a brainwashed bigot."

The reboot of the hit '90s show was a huge success when it premiered in March 2018 but was canceled just two months later after Barr tweeted a racist remark about Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to former President Obama. 

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Barr apologized for the remark multiple times. However, ABC decided to fire her and cancel the show. A month later, the network announced a new spin-off called "The Connors," bringing back a majority of the "Roseanne" cast without any involvement from Barr.

The comedian went on to say that Fishman asked her about her comments "9,000" times before she told him to "go and f--- yourself and stay f---ed ‘till the day you die."

"Don’t put my name in your f---ng mouth; shut the f--- up," she recalled telling him. "You are an ignoramus and a bigot, and you have no idea what I said because it contradicts the Democratic Party platform that you’ve had shoved down your throat and up your a--. So, just f--- you. You have no geopolitical context whatsoever to discuss what I said."

In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Laurie Metcalf, who played Barr's sister, Jackie Harris, on the show, said the two "haven’t spoken since we said goodbye at the end of the reboot."

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Barr confirmed she has not kept in touch with any of her former co-stars during an interview with Fox News Digital in June 2025.

"No, I'm not friends with none of them. They're all in the past," she said. "I have pleasant memories of what fun we had, wish them all the best. And, no, we don't talk. I've moved on from that horrendous ending and chapter of my life, but you know, I don't hold any bitterness or nothing to them. But, my God, what fun we had on that show.

"And I was sorry they f---ed it all up with their greed and ridiculous stupidity to f--- all that up. F--- them, but I wish them well."

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When the show returned as "The Connors," Barr's absence was explained as being due to her character's off-screen death.

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In her documentary, "Roseanne Barr is America," the comedian revealed she turned down an opportunity to appear on an episode of the show after she was asked to guest star.

"They called me and asked me if I would like to come back as a guest star. You're coming back as a ghost," Barr said. "You're asking me to come back to the show that you f---ing stole from me and killed my a--? And now you want me to show up because you got s--- f---ing ratings and play a ghost?"