Roseanne claims she was losing control of her show ahead of career-ending tweet
In a wide-ranging and characteristically unhinged interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Roseanne Barr explains that her TV revival was already going south.
Roseanne Barr, the embattled comedian, has claimed in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that she was already losing control of her show, Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable, prior to her infamous and controversial tweet. This tweet, which she maintains was not racist, sparked her downfall. In the interview, Barr revealed that she felt her show was already being taken away from her by the producers.
She had been the head writer and was responsible for outlining and reviewing every script in the writers' room during season two. According to Barr, the writers had already begun cutting her out of the writing process for the upcoming season. The show's head writer, Wanda Sykes, reportedly quit due to the tweet and the writers' actions.
Barr, in her words, was left feeling betrayed and devastated, believing that the producers had taken her show from her.
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