Out of sight, out of mind.
Roseanne Barr’s son, Jake Pentland, revealed that the comedian had no idea that the hit ABC show “The Conners” was ending, according to TMZ.
Pentland claimed his mother was glad that “The Conners” crew got seven seasons of work out of it even though Barr and her family refused to watch the show after the jokester was fired.
“We don’t care about cheap knockoffs,” Pentland told Us Weekly on Thursday. “We support the real brands. We only pay attention to things that matter to the American people.”
“Roseanne” first ran from 1988 to 1997 and was revived by ABC in 2018 with Barr starring as the titular character.
The revival that captured life in a middle-class household with conservative-leaning views didn’t last long, despite massive ratings.
The show was cancelled after only one season after the Emmy-winning comedian compared former President Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to the offspring of the “Muslim brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”
At the time, former ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey condemned her tweet as “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.”
ABC fired Barr and reimagined the series as a spinoff called “The Conners” — which starred “Rosanne” regulars John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert and Lecy Goranson.
The creators of “The Conners” killed off Barr’s iconic character by claiming she died from an accidental opioid overdose.
The pilot episode of “The Conners” took place three weeks after Barr’s character’s funeral.
Barr defended herself by saying she was “Ambien tweeting.”
“I shoulda not did it, but by God, I was really pissed that day,” Barr said. “And I did something I wouldn’t do if I hadn’t been on that Ambien. It makes you do a lot of crazy s–t.”
Ambien is a medication that treats insomnia by helping users fall asleep and stay asleep throughout the night, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
In 2023, Barr said she never watched an episode of “The Connors” after she was booted from the show.
“I just can’t bear it, so I don’t,” Barr told The Los Angeles Times. “When they killed my character off, that was a message to me, knowing that I’m mentally ill or have mental health issues, that they did want me to commit suicide.”
“The Conners” aired its series finale on Wednesday, capping off the Conner family’s 37-year run on television.
The series ended with the family tearfully saying “good night” to each other, before Dan — played by Goodman — was left alone in the family living room.
Goodman then looked right at the camera, smiling with tears in his eyes, and said “good night” directly to the audience.
