Former child star Michael Fishman spent many of his formative years portraying the TV son of Roseanne Barr on the classic sitcom Roseanne. There’s no love lost between the two these days, as was made evident by Barr in a vitriolic rant.
In 2018, Roseanne was resurrected for a revival that was a big success at the time for ABC. Soon after, posts made on X (then Twitter) by Barr resulted in racism allegations leveled against Barr. She was subsequently fired from the series. Recently, Fishman criticized Barr’s comments while reflecting on the situation, stating that he felt the Roseanne revival was “rightfully canceled” and replaced with The Conners. Barr was asked about this during a new appearance on the Can’t Be Censored podcast, and she blasted Fishman, claiming that the “brainwashed” actor still has no idea what really happened.
Roseanne Says Michael Fishman Is a “Brainwashed Bigot”
“He f**king doesn’t even f**king 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.”
Barr also recounted what she says she told Fishman when he previously asked her to clarify her controversial tweets.
“Let me explain this, Michael, go and f**k yourself and stay f**ked until the day you die,” she noted. “Don’t put my name in your f**king mouth. Shut the f**k up. 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 ass. So, just, f**k you. You have no geopolitical context whatsoever to discuss what I said.”
Barr continued, “You think I said Black people look like monkeys. Go f**k yourself, you little f**king worm. And I’m glad they fired you because I was the only reason you were ever on that show. They wanted to get rid of you in the reboot and I made them take you back.”
Michael Fishman Was Cut from The Conners After 4 Seasons
Barr is referring to Fishman’s exit from The Conners. Ahead of the fifth season of the Roseanne sequel series, Fishman said he had parted ways with The Conners, noting that it was not his decision to leave. Fishman had been featured as the adult D.J. Conner in the first four seasons of the spinoff and was a major part of the original show’s complete run. Barr has also lashed out at others involved with the show, including accusing Sara Gilbert of “stabbing me in the back.”
The 2022 tweet that resulted in Barr’s firing read, “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby+vj.” This resulted in backlash as it was widely believed to be a racist remark made about Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama’s advisor. Barr claims that her Planet of the Apes reference was a nickname she was using to describe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. She has also claimed that she was not thinking clearly as she had taken Ambien, a sleep aid medication, at the time of the tweet.
Following the surviving family members after Barr’s Roseanne was killed off, The Conners ended in 2025 after seven seasons.
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1988 – 2018-00-00
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Bruce Helford
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Andrew D. Weyman, Gail Mancuso, John Pasquin, John Whitesell, Philip Charles MacKenzie
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Amy Sherman-Palladino, Danny Jacobson, Eric Gilliland, Joel Madison, Maxine Lapiduss, Don Foster, Jennifer Heath, Joss Whedon, Norma Safford Vela, Grace McKeaney, Bob Nickman, Michael Borkow, Pat Bullard, Tom Arnold, Denise Moss, Sy Dukane, Daniel Palladino, Garland Testa, Janet Leahy, Nancy Steen, Norm Macdonald, Richard Whitley, Stan Zimmerman, Allan Katz
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Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Conner
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