Roseanne Barr just had a disastrous end to her “Roseanne” reboot after a racist rant on Twitter — but Rosie O’Donnell is speaking up in her defense! Get the inside story, and click here for more on Roseanne Barr’s caustic and controversial past…
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Roseanne was quickly slammed by her consulting producer Wanda Sykes after
the shocking and disturbing comment where she compared
Barack Obama advisor Valerie Jarret to a character from "Planet of the Apes" — and costar Sara Gilbert said Roseanne was "abhorrent." But Rosie chimed in to say: "I love Roseanne quite a bit!"
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The stars briefly beefed in 2011, after Rose mocked Roseanne's faltering career
while Rosie was starring on "The View." Roseanne wasn't happy when Rosie praised her publicist, saying: "Without her…I don't think I'd be here. I'd be on the macadamia nut farm with Roseanne Barr." The two patched things up, though, and Roseanne's outrageous comments even had Rosie wanting her on the ABC panel show.
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Roseanne shocked viewers by blasting the Chick-fil-A chain for working with groups that protested against gay marriage, saying anyone who ate at the popular restaurants "deserves to get the cancer that is sure to come from eating antibiotic-filled tortured chickens!" That rant didn't do much
for the famously outspoken comic's chances on "The View," but it helps explain how Rosie and Roseanne stayed friends.
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“We have 100 percent conflicting political views,” Rosie's said in the past, “and we are very close friends.” And now Rosie is showing her love by being just about the only showbiz figure ready to stand behind the controversial comic during her biggest scandal yet!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Roseanne was quickly slammed by her consulting producer Wanda Sykes after
the shocking and disturbing comment where she compared
Barack Obama advisor Valerie Jarret to a character from "Planet of the Apes" — and costar Sara Gilbert said Roseanne was "abhorrent." But Rosie chimed in to say: "I love Roseanne quite a bit!"
The stars briefly beefed in 2011, after Rose mocked Roseanne's faltering career
while Rosie was starring on "The View." Roseanne wasn't happy when Rosie praised her publicist, saying: "Without her…I don't think I'd be here. I'd be on the macadamia nut farm with Roseanne Barr." The two patched things up, though, and Roseanne's outrageous comments even had Rosie wanting her on the ABC panel show.
Roseanne shocked viewers by blasting the Chick-fil-A chain for working with groups that protested against gay marriage, saying anyone who ate at the popular restaurants "deserves to get the cancer that is sure to come from eating antibiotic-filled tortured chickens!" That rant didn't do much
for the famously outspoken comic's chances on "The View," but it helps explain how Rosie and Roseanne stayed friends.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“We have 100 percent conflicting political views,” Rosie's said in the past, “and we are very close friends.” And now Rosie is showing her love by being just about the only showbiz figure ready to stand behind the controversial comic during her biggest scandal yet!
