Overview

• Barr claims ABC executives reached out after The Conners’ launch to invite her back as the spirit of her Roseanne Conner character.
• She recounts rejecting the proposal in anger, quipping that she’d be bowling instead of appearing on the show.
• The Conners debuted in 2018 just weeks after ABC canceled Barr’s revival over her controversial tweet and aired for seven seasons before ending in April 2025.
• Barr’s character was written offscreen in an opioid overdose, a decision she has called hurtful and tied to her own mental health struggles.
• She has maintained she cannot bear to watch the series she helped create and has publicly expressed frustration over her removal from it.