Roseanne Barr is firing back at her former co-star, calling him a "brainwashed bigot."During a recent appearance on the "Can't Be Censored" podcast, the 73-year-old actress and comedian hit back at her former "Roseanne" co-star, Michael Fishman, after he said the 2018 reboot was "rightfully canceled.""He f- - -ing doesn’t even f- - -ing 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."The reboot of the hit 90s show was a huge success when it premiered in March 2018, but was canceled just two months later in May after Barr tweeted a racist remark about Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to former President Obama. Barr fired back at her former co-star who said ABC was right to cancel the "Roseanne" reboot.(Getty Images)ROSEANNE BARR REVEALS ‘DAMAGED’ HEART, FEARS SHE WILL ‘DIE ON THE SURGERY TABLE’Barr apologized for the remark multiple times.
However, ABC decided to fire her and cancel the show.A month later, the network announced a new spin-off called "The Connors," bringing back a majority of the "Roseanne" cast, but without any involvement from Barr.The comedian went on to say that Fishman asked her about her comments "9,000" times before she told him to "go and f- - - yourself and stay f- - -ed ‘till the day you die.""Don’t put my name in your f---ng mouth; shut the f--- up," she recalled telling him.
"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 a--.So just f--- you.
You have no geopolitical context whatsoever to discuss what I said."In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Laurie Metcalf, who played Barr's sister Jackie Harris on the show, said the two "haven’t spoken since we said goodbye at the end of the reboot."Metcalf said she hasn't spoken ...