Roseanne Blasts 'The Conners' Spinoff for the 'Cruel' Way Her Character Is Killed Off

[Power 2 the People]

Boo hoo.
[link:https://www.thewrap.com/roseanne-barr-says-the-conners-spinoff-will-kill-off-her-character-with-an-opioid-overdose/|]

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, it does sort of fit with the story line, it seems...

I thought they had her hiding/swiping Oxy to treat her bad knee in one of the episodes, so....

[MrScorpio]

2. Actually, I think it's cool

It really sucked the way that Roseanne jeopardized the livelihoods of the entire cast and crew for the show. Now they’ll get a chance to earn a living again without that psycho hovering over their heads.

[MaryMagdaline]

15. Exactly

[Happyhippychick]

3. Guess they wanted to prevent your attempting to work your way back in

Aaaaaaaand...it worked!

[Mike Nelson]

4. Huh...

… how is an overdose cruel? It could be informative. Having the character "Rosanne" hit by a truck would be cruel. Having her raped and beaten to death would be cruel. Having her character overdose on painkillers is meaningful - and might really help people.

[tanyev]

5. Oh, I was hoping her character had refused to get 'Obamacare' and had died of something

easily treatable....if only she'd had insurance.

[Freethinker65]

7. Like shooting herself in the foot

[Va Lefty]

11. That would have been awesome!

[FSogol]

21. I was thinking fiery outhouse explosion.

[TygrBright]

6. She really is clueless, isn't she...

They're actually giving her a meaningful, poignant way out that would have left the audience thinking fairly kindly of her character and by extension, her.

And she whines about it.

dismissively,
Bright

[democratic friend]

13. Was this interview from Israel?

I thought she said she’s out of America for good?

[BigmanPigman]

8. They could have made her lapse into an Ambien dream

and pretend the entire last season never happened or she went into an Ambien blackout-type coma.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. The Emmy's comedians are busting her stones.

[GoCubsGo]

10. They should have done her in the way they "killed off" Dan in the original series.

From a heart attack. It would sure be ironic, considering they resurrected him for the new series.

[sakabatou]

12. Roseanne needs this

[JDC]

14. Didn't they kill of John Goodman on the last show?

Why is killing her off cruel now? Because kf the opioid thing?

[milestogo]

16. So was it ambien? Did it make her very racist before she died?

[calimary]

17. Buh-bye!

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Should have had her die in a 14-hour armed standoff with police.

Just to make it clear she's no Bobby Ewing.

[area51]

19. I thought they'd drop a house on her character.

[Power 2 the People]

20. LOL