Roseanne Barr and John Goodman stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday
to discuss the return of Roseanne.
And unsurprisingly, the discussion quickly turned political. Kimmel stated that Barr was the
original crazy political tweeter, to which the actress responded, "Trump totally stole my act."
She then reflected on her own presidential campaign she ran on Twitter in 2012.
And although she only made it on three state ballots, she accumulated a number of supporters.
She recalled, "I still came in sixth!"
Now, it's no secret that Roseanne Conner, much like the actress behind the role,
is a Trump supporter. Barr shared that similar to the dynamics of the Conner family,
her real-life family also faced a lot of tensions based on differing opinions about the president.
In The Hollywood Reporter's recent cover story about the revival, Barr stated,
"It's the conversation everybody is having. Families are not speaking to each other.
People are still shocked and upset about it. It's the state of our country."
During the late-night interview, Kimmel brought up Barr's past friendship with Hillary Clinton.
And after asking her about calling Clinton a murderer on Twitter, she claimed
that she never said that. BUT then she admitted this...
She added that she had some disagreement with Clinton's foreign policy.
Kimmel stated that he was surprised by Barr's support of Trump given her socially liberal views.
She added, "A lot of us, no matter who we voted for, don't want to see our president fail."
She continued, "You want Pence for the president? Well, then zip that f—in' lip!"
Earlier in the interview, Kimmel also spoke to the actors about Goodman's character
Dan's death on the original series.
When Kimmel asked how Roseanne knows this, she said she knows, because she wrote it.
The actress then promised that her TV husband's death will be addressed
in the upcoming episodes. Barr also discussed her multiple threats to leave the original series,
but explained that she was never REALLY quitting. She added that she has calmed down
since her first time on the show.
She also addressed writers room rumors from the show's past. Kimmel asked Barr,
"In the old days, is it true that you assigned each writer a number,
so you didn't have to remember their names?"
Barr said it was just a joke, but...
For the full Jimmy Kimmel Live! Interview, head to THR.com and you can check out
THR's own Roseanne cover story, featuring interview with Barr, Goodman, Sarah Gilbert and
the rest of the reboot teaam. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,
I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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