Overview

• Goodman told The Hollywood Reporter he and Barr haven’t spoken for about seven or eight years, linking the break to her 2018 Twitter controversy.
• Barr’s 2018 tweet likening Valerie Jarrett to an ape prompted ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey to call her remarks inconsistent with the network’s values and cancel Roseanne.
• Within three weeks of the cancellation, ABC ordered the spinoff The Conners without Barr, and the series aired for seven seasons until its April 2025 finale.
• Goodman reflected on their on-screen chemistry during Roseanne’s original 1988–1997 run and its 2018 revival, which drew 20 to 30 million viewers at its peak.
• He expressed doubt that Barr wants to reconnect even as he looks back fondly on their decades-long partnership and shared sadness at their estrangement.