Roseanne Barr

Barr was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a Jewish family. She is the oldest of four children born to Helen (née Davis), a bookkeeper and cashier, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr,{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogymagazine.com/roseannebarr.html|title=The Family Tree of Roseanne Barr|publisher=Genealogy Magazine|date=March 16, 2006|access-date=February 16, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203113806/http://genealogymagazine.com/roseannebarr.html|archive-date=February 3, 2011|df=mdy-all}} a salesman. Her father's family were Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire, and her maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Austria-Hungary and Lithuania. Her paternal grandfather changed his surname from "Borisofsky" to "Barr" upon entering the United States.{{cite web|last=Tugend|first=Tom|url=https://jewishjournal.com/la_woman/12864/ |title=Roseanne Shares Secrets and Jibes |work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|date=March 23, 2006|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401062259/https://jewishjournal.com/la_woman/12864/|url-status=live|archive-date=April 1, 2022}} Barr's great-grandparents were murdered during the Holocaust.”Piers Morgan Asks Roseanne Barr ‘What is a Woman?’ And Addresses Controversy,” Youtube

Her Jewish upbringing was influenced by her devoutly Orthodox Jewish maternal grandmother. Barr's parents kept their Jewish heritage secret from their neighbors and were partially involved in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Barr has stated, "Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning I was a Jew; Sunday afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon we were Mormons."{{cite book |title=Roseanne: My Life as a Woman |last=Barr |first=Roseanne |year=1989 |publisher=Harper & Row |isbn=978-0-06-015957-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/roseannemylifeas00rose/page/51 51–53] |url=https://archive.org/details/roseannemylifeas00rose/page/51 |access-date=February 16, 2011 }}

When Barr was three, she was afflicted with Bell's palsy on the left side of her face. She said, "[so] my mother called in a rabbi to pray for me, but nothing happened. Then my mother got a Mormon preacher, he prayed, and I was miraculously cured". Years later, she learned that Bell's palsy was usually temporary and that the Mormon elder came "exactly at the right time".

Barr has stated that she is on the autism spectrum.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/S3gMzyaS3Sg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20191004084613/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3gMzyaS3Sg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite podcast| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3gMzyaS3Sg| title= #1359 - Roseanne Barr| website= Joe Rogan Experience| publisher= YouTube| host= Rogan, Joe| date= Oct 2, 2019| time= 40:19| access-date= Oct 2, 2019}}{{cbignore}} At six years old, she discovered her first public stage by lecturing at LDS churches around Utah and was elected president of a Mormon youth group.

She attended East High School. At age 16, however, Barr was hit by a car, and the car's hood ornament impaled her skull; the incident left her with a traumatic brain injury. Her behavior changed so radically that she was institutionalized for eight months at Utah State Hospital.{{cite journal|last= Gallagher|first=Maria|journal=Philadelphia Daily News|title=Thin Roseanne? That's no joke Barr's story in 'My Life As a Woman'|date=September 26, 1989}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/1990/12/the-ballad-of-roseanne-and-tom |title=The Ballad of Roseanne and Tom |date=December 15, 1990 |publisher=Vanity Farm |accessdate=2023-04-12 |archive-date=August 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827220500/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/1990/12/the-ballad-of-roseanne-and-tom |url-status=live }}

In 1970, when Barr was 18, she moved out by informing her parents that she was going to visit a friend in Colorado for two weeks, and never returned.

The following year, Barr had a baby, whom she put up for adoption. She and her daughter amicably reunited 17 years later.

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While in Colorado, Barr began doing stand-up gigs in clubs in Denver and other Colorado towns. She later tried out at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, and went on to appear on The Tonight Show in 1985.

In 1986, she performed on a Rodney Dangerfield special and on Late Night with David Letterman, and the following year had her own HBO special called The Roseanne Barr Show, which earned her an American Comedy Award for the funniest female performer in a television special.{{cite journal|last=Dykstra|first=Carol|journal=San Francisco Chronicle|title=Domestic Goddess Rules Her Own Show – Comedian Roseanne Barr turns housework into hilarity |date=October 16, 1988}}

Barr was offered the role of Peg Bundy in Married... with Children, but turned it down.{{cite news|last=Kelley|first=Bill|work=Sun-Sentinel|title='Roseanne' A Quirky But Funny Sitcom|date=October 18, 1988|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-10-18/features/8803010607_1_roseanne-barr-paycheck-sitcom|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064831/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-10-18/features/8803010607_1_roseanne-barr-paycheck-sitcom|url-status=dead}} In her routine she popularized the phrase "domestic goddess" to refer to a homemaker or housewife. The success of her act led to her own series on ABC, called Roseanne.

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In 1987, The Cosby Show executive producers Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner wanted to bring a "no-perks family comedy" to television. They hired Cosby writer Matt Williams to write a script about factory workers and signed Barr to play Roseanne Conner.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/10/24/roseanne-family-reunion/|title= A Roseanne family reunion|last=Stransky|first=Tanner|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|page=1|date=October 24, 2008|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602175441/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20235368,00.html|archive-date=June 2, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

The show premiered on October 18, 1988, and was watched by 21.4 million households, making it the highest-rated debut of that season.

Barr became outraged when she watched the first episode of Roseanne and noticed that in the credits, Williams was listed as creator. She told Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly, "We built the show around my actual life and my kids. The 'domestic goddess', the whole thing." In the same interview, Werner said, "I don't think Roseanne, to this day, understands that this is something legislated by the Writers Guild, and it's part of what every show has to deal with. They're the final arbiters."

During the first season, Barr sought more creative control over the show, opposing Williams' authority. Barr refused to say certain lines and eventually walked off set. She threatened to quit the show if Williams did not leave. ABC let Williams go after the thirteenth episode. Barr gave Amy Sherman-Palladino and Joss Whedon their first writing jobs on Roseanne.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-feb-25-la-et-st-bunheads-sherman-palladino-20130225-story.html|title=Amy Sherman-Palladino Hopes 'Bunheads' Gets a Callback|website=Los Angeles Times|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=May 8, 2013|archive-date=July 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731203502/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/25/entertainment/la-et-st-bunheads-sherman-palladino-20130225|url-status=live}}

Roseanne ran for nine seasons from 1988 to 1997. Barr won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Kids' Choice Award, and three American Comedy Awards for her part in the show. Barr had crafted a "fierce working-class domestic goddess" persona in the eight years preceding her sitcom and wanted to do a realistic show about a strong mother "who was not a victim of patriarchal consumerism."Barr, R. (May 15, 2011) [https://nymag.com/print/?/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/roseanne-barr-2011-5/ "And I Should Know"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712053638/http://nymag.com/print/?/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/roseanne-barr-2011-5/ |date=July 12, 2017 }} New York Magazine

For the final two seasons, Barr earned $40 million, making her the second-highest-paid woman in show business at the time, after Oprah Winfrey.{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/id/1820/|last=Plotz|first=David|title=Domestic Goddess Dethroned|work=Slate|publisher=The Washington Post Company|date=May 18, 1997|access-date=April 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404195447/http://www.slate.com/id/1820|archive-date=April 4, 2011|url-status=live|quote=She's earned $40 million in the last two years, making her the second-highest-paid woman in show business, after Oprah}}

On July 25, 1990, Barr performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" off-key before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds at Jack Murphy Stadium.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roseanne-barr-fergie-national-anthem_us_5a8b1014e4b05c2bcace097f |title=Roseanne Jokes Her National Anthem Was 'Better' Than Fergie's |first=Curtis M. |last=Wong |publisher=HuffPost |date=February 19, 2018 |access-date=May 30, 2018 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070500/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roseanne-barr-fergie-national-anthem_us_5a8b1014e4b05c2bcace097f |url-status=live }} She later said she was singing as loudly as possible to hear herself over the public-address system, so her rendition of the song sounded "screechy". Following her rendition, she mimicked the often-seen actions of players by spitting and grabbing her crotch as if adjusting a protective cup. Barr later said that the Padres had suggested she "bring humor to the song", but many criticized the episode, including President George H. W. Bush, who called her rendition "disgraceful".{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/07/23/roseanne-on-the-day-she-shrieked-the-star-spangled-banner-grabbed-her-crotch-and-earned-a-rebuke-from-president-bush/ |title=Roseanne on the day she shrieked 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' grabbed her crotch and earned a rebuke from President Bush |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 23, 2015 |access-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=April 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420065520/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/07/23/roseanne-on-the-day-she-shrieked-the-star-spangled-banner-grabbed-her-crotch-and-earned-a-rebuke-from-president-bush/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Laurence|first=Robert|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030717-9999_1c17barr.html|title=Roseanne Tries Raising the Bar|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|publisher=Platinum Equity|date=July 17, 2003|access-date=March 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313182411/http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030717-9999_1c17barr.html|archive-date=March 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}

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Barbara Ehrenreich called Barr a working-class spokesperson representing "the hopeless underclass of the female sex: polyester-clad, overweight occupants of the slow track; fast-food waitresses, factory workers, housewives, members of the invisible pink-collar army; the despised, the jilted, the underpaid",{{cite magazine|last=Ehrenreich|first=Barbara|date=April 2, 1990|title=The Undainty Feminism of Roseanne Barr|magazine=The New Republic|pages=28–31}} but a master of "the kind of class-militant populism that the Democrats, most of them anyway, never seem to get right."{{cite web |last=Taranto |first=James |date=August 1, 1990 |url=http://home.roadrunner.com/~taranto/roseanne.htm |title=Roseanne Barr: From Deification to Disgust |work=New York Tribune |access-date=September 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915015014/http://home.roadrunner.com/~taranto/roseanne.htm |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Barr reportedly refused to use the term "blue collar" because she felt it masks the issue of class.Campbell, R. (Sept.-Oct. 1994) [https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/2991.html "The Rise & Fall of Broadcast Reform"] Against the Current vol. 52 (solidarity-us.org)

During Roseanne{{'}}s final season, Barr was in negotiations between Carsey-Werner Productions and ABC executives to continue playing Roseanne Conner in a spin-off.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E0DE123DF937A35757C0A961958260 |title=Roseanne to Continue on TV But Is Expected to Leave ABC |last=Carter |first=Bill |work=The New York Times |date=April 4, 1997 |access-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130101946/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E0DE123DF937A35757C0A961958260 |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |url-status=live }} After failed discussions with ABC as well as CBS and Fox, Carsey-Werner and Barr agreed not to continue the negotiations.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E1D8143CF93AA35757C0A961958260 |title=A Rest for Roseanne |last=Carter |first=Bill |work=The New York Times |date=April 9, 1997 |access-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718141228/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E1D8143CF93AA35757C0A961958260 |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}

She released her autobiography in 1989, titled Roseanne—My Life As a Woman.{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/roseanne-barr-9463817|title=Roseanne Biography (1952–)|publisher=Biography.com|access-date=August 14, 2011|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118014318/https://www.biography.com/people/roseanne-barr-9463817|url-status=live}} That same year, she made her film debut in She-Devil, playing a scorned housewife, Ruth. Film critic Roger Ebert gave her a positive review saying, "Barr could have made an easy, predictable and dumb comedy at any point in the last couple of years. Instead, she took her chances with an ambitious project—a real movie. It pays off, in that Barr demonstrates that there is a core of reality inside her TV persona, a core of identifiable human feelings like jealousy and pride, and they provide a sound foundation for her comic acting."{{cite web |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19891208/REVIEWS/912080301 |title=She-Devil |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=December 8, 1989 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722193536/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19891208%2FREVIEWS%2F912080301 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |url-status=live }}

In 1991, she voiced the baby Julie in Look Who's Talking Too. She was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=30 |title=1990 Archive |last=Wilson |first=John |publisher=Razzies.com |date=August 23, 2000 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715160022/http://www.razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=30 |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

She appeared three times on Saturday Night Live from 1991 to 1994, co-hosting with then-husband Tom Arnold in 1992.

In 1994, she released a second book, My Lives. That same year, Barr became the first female comedian to host the MTV Video Music Awards on her own. She remained the only one to have done so until comedian Chelsea Handler hosted in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-19/entertainment/27073169_1_chelsea-handler-hip-hop-and-rap-ne-yo|title=Chelsea Handler to host 2010 MTV Video Music Awards|last=Kinon|first=Cristina|work=New York Daily News|date=August 19, 2010|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515224552/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-19/entertainment/27073169_1_chelsea-handler-hip-hop-and-rap-ne-yo|archive-date=May 15, 2012|url-status=dead}} In 1997, she made guest appearances on 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Nanny.

In 1998, she portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in a production of The Wizard of Oz at Madison Square Garden.{{cite web|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C00E4D71438F935A25756C0A961958260|title=Pushing the Speed Limit On the Yellow-Brick Road|last=Marks|first=Peter|work=The New York Times|date=May 16, 1997|access-date=February 18, 2011|archive-date=July 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728001905/https://www.nytimes.com/section/theater?res=9C00E4D71438F935A25756C0A961958260|url-status=live}} That same year, Barr hosted her own talk show, The Roseanne Show, which ran for two years before it was canceled in 2000.

In the summer of 2003, she took on the dual role of hosting a cooking show called Domestic Goddess and starring in a reality show called The Real Roseanne Show about hosting a cooking show. Although 13 episodes were in production, a hysterectomy brought a premature end to both projects.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/roseannes-hysterectomy-delays-series/|title=Roseanne's Hysterectomy Delays Series|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|work=People|date=August 14, 2003|access-date=February 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006004059/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,626698,00.html|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

In 2004, she voiced Maggie, one of the main characters in the animated film Home on the Range.

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In 2005, she returned to stand-up comedy with a world tour{{cite journal|last=Merli |first=Melissa|title=Roseanne Barr: 'I'm just making fun of the whole thing' – Outspoken comic brings her standup comedy tour to Virginia on Sunday |journal=The News-Gazette|location=Champaign-Urbana, Illinois|date=October 20, 2005}} and in February 2006, Barr performed her first dates in Europe as part of the Leicester Comedy Festival, England.{{cite journal|last= Cavendish|first=Dominic |title=Comeback kid Roseanne is no barrel of laughs|journal=The Daily Telegraph|location=London, England|date=February 13, 2006|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3650127/Comeback-kid-Roseanne-is-no-barrel-of-laughs.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3650127/Comeback-kid-Roseanne-is-no-barrel-of-laughs.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} She released her first children's DVD, Rockin' with Roseanne: Calling All Kids, that month. Barr's return to the stage culminated in an HBO Comedy Special Roseanne Barr: Blonde N Bitchin, which aired November 2006, on HBO. Two nights earlier, Barr had returned to primetime network TV with a guest spot on NBC's My Name Is Earl, playing a crazy trailer park manager.

In April 2007, Barr hosted season three of The Search for the Funniest Mom in America on Nick at Nite{{cite web|last=Rocchio |first=Christopher|title=Roseanne Barr to host Nick at Nite's 'Funniest Mom in America' |publisher=RealityTVWorld.com|date=January 11, 2007|url=http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/roseanne-barr-host-nick-at-night-funniest-mom-in-america-4539.php|access-date=February 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927122642/http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/roseanne-barr-host-nick-at-night-funniest-mom-in-america-4539.php|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=live}} and in 2008, she headlined an act at the Sahara Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.{{cite journal|last=Weatherford|first=Mike |title=Roseanne replacing Johnathan at Sahara|journal=The Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=February 7, 2008}}

From 2008 to 2013, she and partner Johnny Argent hosted a weekly radio show on Sundays, on KCAA in the Los Angeles area, called "The Roseanne and Johnny Show".{{cite web |url=http://kcaaradio.celestrion.net/kcaa-podcasts/roseanne/ |title=KCAA: The Roseanne and Johnny Show |publisher=KCAA |access-date=February 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208045826/http://kcaaradio.celestrion.net/kcaa-podcasts/roseanne/ |archive-date=December 8, 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://podcasts.kcaastreaming.com/roseanne/ | title=The Roseanne and Johnny Show on KCAA }} From 2009 to 2010, she hosted a politically themed radio show on KPFK.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-28-et-roseanne28-story.html|title=Roseanne's raising her voice again, this time on radio|last=Carney|first=Steve|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 28, 2009|access-date=February 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707092116/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/28/entertainment/et-roseanne28|archive-date=July 7, 2012|url-status=live}}

In April 2009, Barr made an appearance on Bravo's 2nd Annual A-List Awards in the opening scenes. She played Kathy Griffin's fairy godmother, granting her wish to be on the A-List for one night only. In February 2010, Barr headlined the inaugural Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival in a project of the Traverse City Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.mynorth.com/My-North/January-2009/Roseanne-Barr-John-Waters-to-Headline-Traverse-City-Comedy-Arts-Festival/|title=Roseanne Barr, John Waters to Headline Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival|last=Milligan|first=Beth|work=Traverse|date=January 19, 2010|access-date=February 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714143326/http://www.mynorth.com/My-North/January-2009/Roseanne-Barr-John-Waters-to-Headline-Traverse-City-Comedy-Arts-Festival/|archive-date=July 14, 2011|url-status=live}} Barr appeared in Jordan Brady's documentary about stand-up comedy, I Am Comic.

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In January 2011, Barr released her third book, Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/book-excerpt-roseanne-barrs-roseannearchy-dispatches-nut-farm/story?id=12538622 |title=Roseanne Tells All About Her Celebrity Grudges in New Book |publisher=ABC.com |date=January 5, 2011 |access-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119132934/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/book-excerpt-roseanne-barrs-roseannearchy-dispatches-nut-farm/story?id=12538622 |archive-date=January 19, 2011 |url-status=live }}

In 2011, she appeared in a Super Bowl XLV commercial for Snickers along with comedian Richard Lewis. It was the most popular ad, based on the number of TiVo users rewinding and watching it over.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseannes-snickers-super-bowl-commercial-97159|title=Roseanne's Snickers Super Bowl Commercial Was Most Popular Ad Among TiVo Users|last=Bond|first=Paul|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 7, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921093139/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseannes-snickers-super-bowl-commercial-97159|archive-date=September 21, 2011|url-status=live}}

On July 13, 2011, Roseanne's Nuts, a reality show featuring Barr, boyfriend Johnny Argent, and son Jake as they run a macadamia nut and livestock farm in Big Island, Hawaii was premiered on Lifetime, but was canceled in September of that year.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-return-tv-new-lifetime-99484|title=Roseanne to Return to TV in New Lifetime Reality Show|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 14, 2011|access-date=February 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805042607/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-return-tv-new-lifetime-99484|archive-date=August 5, 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/20/roseanne-barr-to-return-to-television-on-lifetime-with-docu-series-rosannes-nuts/96081/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622233227/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/20/roseanne-barr-to-return-to-television-on-lifetime-with-docu-series-rosannes-nuts/96081/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2011|title=Roseanne Barr to make long-awaited return to television on Lifetime with July 13 premiere of all-new docu-series Roseanne's Nuts|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2it|date=June 20, 2011|access-date=June 25, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lifetime-cancels-roseannes-nuts-238847|title=Lifetime Cancels 'Roseanne's Nuts'|last= Goldberg |first=Lesley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 21, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924024415/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lifetime-cancels-roseannes-nuts-238847|archive-date=September 24, 2011|url-status=live}}

In August 2011, it was reported that Barr was working on a new sitcom with 20th Century Fox Television titled Downwardly Mobile.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-barr-preps-comeback-sitcom-221143|title=Roseanne Barr Preps Comeback Sitcom 'Downwardly Mobile' for 20th Television (Exclusive)|last=Rose|first=Lacey|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 11, 2011|access-date=August 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130055831/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-barr-preps-comeback-sitcom-221143|archive-date=January 30, 2012|url-status=live}} Eric Gilliland was attached as co-creator, writer and executive producer; Gilliland was also a writer on Roseanne. In October 2011, NBC picked up the show but later dropped it.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/new-roseanne-barr-sitcom-lands-at-nbc-with-penalty-180949/|title=New Roseanne Barr Family Sitcom Lands At NBC With Penalty|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=PMC|date=October 9, 2011|access-date=October 10, 2011|archive-date=October 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010170140/http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/new-roseanne-barr-sitcom-lands-at-nbc-with-penalty/|url-status=live}} A pilot was filmed but initially ended up being shelved by the network.{{cite web |author=Hunter Walker |url=http://politicker.com/2012/06/roseanne-in-the-rose-garden/2/ |title=Roseanne In The Rose Garden? |publisher=Politicker.com |date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=July 3, 2012 |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710084053/http://politicker.com/2012/06/roseanne-in-the-rose-garden/2/ |url-status=live }} Barr called her progressive politics the sole reason behind the pilot's rejection. She said she was notified that the show would not be picked up due to its being labeled "too polarizing" by network executives.

Barr was roasted by Comedy Central in August 2012.{{cite web |author=Katla McGlynn |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/roseanne-roast-comedy-central_n_1625114.html |title=Roseanne Barr Will Roast On Comedy Central This Summer |publisher=HuffPost |date=June 25, 2012 |access-date=July 3, 2012 |archive-date=June 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628022657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/roseanne-roast-comedy-central_n_1625114.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|author=Erin Carlson |url=http://theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/25/12403218-roseanne-barr-is-getting-roasted-on-comedy-central?lite |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630215136/http://theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/25/12403218-roseanne-barr-is-getting-roasted-on-comedy-central?lite |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |title=Roseanne Barr is getting roasted on Comedy Central |publisher=MSNBC.com |date= June 25, 2012 |access-date=July 3, 2012}} After stating that he would not, Barr's former spouse Tom Arnold appeared on the roast.{{cite web |author=TMZ |url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/06/26/tom-arnold-comedy-central-roseanne-roast/ |title=TOM ARNOLD I Want NOTHING To Do With Roseanne Roast |publisher=TMZ.com |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=July 3, 2012 |archive-date=November 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125191135/http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/26/tom-arnold-comedy-central-roseanne-roast/ |url-status=live }}

In the summer of 2014 Barr joined Keenen Ivory Wayans and Russell Peters as a judge on Last Comic Standing on NBC.

On November 28, 2014, Barr's series, Momsters: When Moms Go Bad debuted on the Investigation Discovery cable network, a network that she says she's a "little obsessed with". Barr hosts the show as herself.

On March 27, 2018, the revived, 10th season of Roseanne with the original cast premiered on ABC to high ratings.{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/04/roseannes-ratings-just-got-even-bigger.html |title='Roseanne' Just Broke a Ratings Record |date=April 2, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=June 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606170546/http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/roseannes-ratings-just-got-even-bigger.html |url-status=live }} On March 30, 2018, ABC renewed the series for an 11th season, with thirteen episodes.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/roseanne-revival-renewed-second-season-abc-season-11-1202356132/|title='Roseanne' Revival Renewed For Season 2 By ABC, Comedy Series' 11th Overall|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2018-03-30|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en-US|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215094012/https://deadline.com/2018/03/roseanne-revival-renewed-second-season-abc-season-11-1202356132/|url-status=live}} On May 29, 2018, the series was canceled by ABC in the aftermath of a tweet widely considered to be racist. Barr and Tom Werner later came to an agreement on relinquishing her producer's stake in a spin-off titled The Conners, which ABC ordered for the fall season soon after.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-abc-no-roseanne-barr-involvement-1202415440/|title='Roseanne' Spinoff 'The Conners' Picked Up By ABC With No Roseanne Barr Involvement|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=June 21, 2018|access-date=June 25, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622014600/https://deadline.com/2018/06/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-abc-no-roseanne-barr-involvement-1202415440/|url-status=live}}

In September 2022, it was announced that Barr would appear in a new comedy special, titled Cancel This!{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roseanne-barr-fox-comedy-special-name-date-nfl-1235311476/|title=Fox Gives Roseanne Barr's Comedy Comeback Special 'Cancel This!' an NFL Boost (Exclusive)|first=Alex|last=Weprin|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 29, 2023|access-date=February 12, 2023|archive-date=February 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212231936/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/roseanne-barr-fox-comedy-special-name-date-nfl-1235311476/|url-status=live}} It was released on the streaming service Fox Nation on February 13, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=2023-01-29 |title=Roseanne Barr Makes Her Stand-Up Comeback In Fox Nation's 'Cancel This!' Comedy Special – Watch Teaser |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/roseanne-barr-stand-up-comeback-ifox-nation-cancel-this-comedy-special-teaser-1235243929/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

On November 30, 2023, it was announced that Barr would star in an adult animated comedy series for The Daily Wire, titled Mr. Birchum which was released in 2024.

Barr has been married three times and has five children. In 1970, when she was 17, she had a child, Brandi Ann Brown, whom she placed for adoption; they were later reunited.{{cite journal|last=Gunther|first=Marc|title=Fame, Tumult and Roseanne Barr|journal=Chicago Tribune|date=August 27, 1989}} On February 4, 1974, Barr married Bill Pentland, a motel clerk she met while in Colorado. They had three children: Jessica, Jennifer, and Jake. They divorced on January 16, 1990.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/01/22/20-years-ago-roseanne-barr-marries-tom-arnold/|last=Stransky|first=Tanner|title=20 Years Ago: Roseanne Barr Marries Tom Arnold|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602175428/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20338413,00.html|url-status=live|archive-date=June 2, 2011|df=mdy-all}} Four days later, on January 20, 1990, Barr married fellow comedian Tom Arnold and became known as Roseanne Arnold during the marriage. Barr had met Arnold in 1983 in Minneapolis, where he opened for her stand-up comedy act. In 1988, Barr brought Arnold onto her sitcom, Roseanne, as a writer.{{cite journal|last=Richmond|first=Ray|title=Divorce, Arnold Style, – Roseanne Calls It Quits After Blow-Up With Tom|journal=Los Angeles Daily News|date=April 19, 1994}}

Barr filed for divorce from Arnold on April 18, 1994 in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, citing irreconcilable differences. Their efforts to have children were unsuccessful.{{cite journal|title=Roseanne weds again amidst tight security|journal=The Hamilton Spectator|publisher=Torstar Corporation|date=February 15, 1995}}

On February 14, 1995, Barr married Ben Thomas, her one-time personal security guard, at Caesars Tahoe with a reception at Planet Hollywood. In November 1994, she became pregnant through in vitro fertilization and they had a son named Buck.{{cite journal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/roseanne-barr-the-lottery-loser-of-all-time-1279163.html|last=Jeffreys|first=Daniel|title=Roseanne Barr the lottery loser of all time – As poor white trash she was America's sweetheart, as rich white trash she ain't.|journal=The Independent|publisher=Independent Print|location=London, England|date=February 17, 1997|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023115740/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/roseanne-barr-the-lottery-loser-of-all-time-1279163.html|url-status=live}} The couple stayed together until 2002.{{cite web|url=http://wonderwall.msn.com/entertainment/exclusive-court-document-roseanne-barr-slams-ex-ben-thomas-for-disregarding-her-privacy-emotional-sanguinity-1594058.story|title=Exclusive Court Document: Roseanne Barr Slams Ex Ben Thomas For Disregarding Her Privacy & 'Emotional Sanguinity'|publisher=MSN|date=January 29, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525061527/https://www.webcitation.org/5wtZ8bnDu?url=http://wonderwall.msn.com/entertainment/exclusive-court-document-roseanne-barr-slams-ex-ben-thomas-for-disregarding-her-privacy-emotional-sanguinity-1594058.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2024}}

In 2002, Barr met Johnny Argent online after running a writing competition on her blog and began dating him in 2003, after a year of phone conversations. They live on a {{convert|46|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} macadamia nut farm on the Big Island of Hawaii, which Barr purchased in 2007 for $1.78 million.{{cite news|last=Burnett|first=John|url=http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2011/03/02/local_news/local03.txt|title=Barr accuses Honokaa neighbor of harassment|work=Hawaii Tribune-Herald|date=March 2, 2011|access-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525061448/https://www.webcitation.org/5wtZ0pNQu?url=http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2011/03/02/local_news/local03.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2024}} Barr has studied Kabbalah at the Kabbalah Centre and frequently comments on the discipline.{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/roseanne_jewish_wise_woman_20110705/|title=Roseanne Sings Israeli National Anthem—And It's Good!|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|publisher=TRIBE Media Corp|date=July 5, 2011|access-date=August 14, 2011}}

Barr's sister Geraldine is a lesbian and her brother Ben is gay.{{cite web|last=Hennie|first=Matt|url=http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/Roseanne_Barr_delights_in_Atlanta_photos?gid=7319|title=Roseanne Barr delights in Atlanta|publisher=Project Q Atlanta|date=January 25, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715120834/http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/Roseanne_Barr_delights_in_Atlanta_photos?gid=7319|url-status=live|archive-date=July 15, 2011|df=mdy-all}}{{cite book |title=Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together |last1=Bernstein |first1=Robert A.|author-link=Robert L. Bernstein|last2=MacNeil|first2=Robert|author-link2=Robert MacNeil|last3=DeGeneres|first3=Betty|author-link3=Betty DeGeneres|year=2003|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-1-56025-452-2 |page=184}} Barr has said that this inspired her to introduce gay characters into her sitcom and to support same-sex marriage.{{cite book |title=Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture |last=Doty |first=Alexander |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-8166-2245-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/makingthingsperf00doty_0/page/122 122] |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |url=https://archive.org/details/makingthingsperf00doty_0/page/122 }}

Geraldine worked as Barr's manager during the early part of her career and clashed with Barr's second husband, Tom Arnold.{{cite journal|last=Garchik|first=Leah|title=The Wrath of Roseanne 's Baby Sister – Media Weary Geraldine Barr Writes Her Side |journal=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 17, 1994}} Barr fired Geraldine, leading Geraldine to file a $70.3 million breach of contract lawsuit in Superior Court of Los Angeles County on December 18, 1991. She said Barr promised her half the earnings from the Roseanne show as recompense for helping invent the "domestic goddess" character in 1981, and for serving as "writer, organizer, accountant, bookkeeper and confidante".{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/12/20/roseannes-squabbling-sister-sues-for-70-million/|title=Roseanne's Squabbling Sister Sues For $70 Million|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=December 20, 1991|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005203116/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-12-20/news/9112200667_1_roseanne-arnold-barr|url-status=live|archive-date=October 5, 2011}} Since the statute of limitations had expired, the suit was thrown out.

In a 1991 interview with People, Barr described herself as an incest survivor, accusing both of her parents of physical and sexual abuse,{{cite magazine|magazine=People|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-star-cries-incest-vol-36-no-13/|title=A Star Cries Incest|volume=36|number=13|date=October 7, 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330024810/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111007,00.html|url-status=live|archive-date=March 30, 2011|df=mdy-all}} claims which they and Geraldine publicly denied.{{cite journal|last=Williams|first=Monte|title=Are Incest Charges Plausible?|journal=Press-Telegram|location=Long Beach, CA|date=October 8, 1991}} Melvin Belli, her parents' lawyer, said they had passed a polygraph test "with flying colors". Barr was part of an incest recovery group, something she said her parents knew about but for which they were "in denial".

On February 14, 2011, Barr and Geraldine appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show where Barr admitted the word "incest" could have been the wrong word to use and that she should have waited until her therapy was over before revealing the "darkest time" in her life.{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2011/02/14/17276856-wenn-story.html|title=Barr: 'I was wrong about incest revelations'|newspaper=Toronto Sun|publisher=Sun Media|date=February 14, 2011|access-date=February 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413204312/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2011/02/14/17276856-wenn-story.html|url-status=live|archive-date=April 13, 2011}} She told Oprah Winfrey, "I was in a very unhappy relationship and I was prescribed numerous psychiatric drugs ... to deal with the fact that I had some mental illness ... I totally lost touch with reality ... (and) I didn't know what the truth was ... I just wanted to drop a bomb on my family". She added that not everything was "made up", saying, "Nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification". Geraldine said they had not spoken for 12 years, but had reconciled.

In the mid-1990s, Barr had multiple cosmetic surgeries performed, such as a breast reduction, tummy tuck, and a nose job.{{cite journal|journal=The Guardian|title=Fierce creature: Roseanne Barr's sitcom made her one of the most powerful people in entertainment – and almost ruined her life|date=October 8, 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/08/celebrity.comedy|access-date=December 13, 2016|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129140131/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/08/celebrity.comedy|url-status=live}} During the late 1990s, she had gastric bypass surgery.

In 1994, Roseanne announced that she had dissociative identity disorder caused by childhood abuse. She had personalities named Baby, Cindy, Evangelina, Fucker, Heather, Joey, Kevin, Nobody, Somebody, and Susan as well as her main personality, Roseanne.{{Cite web |last=Sager |first=Mike |date=2007-01-29 |title=I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes* |url=https://www.esquire.com/ESQ0801-AUG_ROSEANNE_rev |access-date=2021-12-09 |website=Esquire |language=en-US |archive-date=November 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129111916/http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0801-AUG_ROSEANNE_rev |url-status=live }} By 2001, she claimed the personalities had mostly fused into one after 10 years of therapy.{{Cite web |title=Roseanne Says Having 7 Personalities Is Tough |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/roseanne-personalities-tough/story?id=103650 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804000958/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/roseanne-personalities-tough/story?id=103650 |url-status=live }}

In 2015, Barr revealed she had been diagnosed with both macular degeneration and glaucoma, and thus was gradually losing her eyesight and expected to eventually go blind. She consumed medical marijuana to decrease her high intraocular pressure (a feature of the diseases).{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/roseanne-barr-going-blind/ar-AAboj9R?ocid=ansentwenn11|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422191722/http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/roseanne-barr-going-blind/ar-AAboj9R?ocid=ansentwenn11|url-status=dead|title=Roseanne Barr going blind| website=MSN |archivedate=April 22, 2015}} Barr later revealed that she was misdiagnosed and that her vision problem is really due to a mole resting behind her eye, which could be corrected through surgery.{{cite news|last=Kyung Kim|first=Eun|url=https://www.today.com/health/roseanne-barr-was-told-she-was-going-blind-here-s-t126017|title=Roseanne Barr was told she was going blind — but here's what was really going on|work=Today Show (NBC)|publisher=NBC Universal|date=March 28, 2018|access-date=March 31, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330100411/https://www.today.com/health/roseanne-barr-was-told-she-was-going-blind-here-s-t126017|url-status=live}} In November 2018, Barr was said to have had a heart attack, but she later stated on social media that she was not experiencing any medical issues.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/roseanne-barr-heart-attack-prank-viral-1.23896106|title=Barr denies heart attack rumor, says it was a prank|work=Newsday|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126034946/https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/roseanne-barr-heart-attack-prank-viral-1.23896106|url-status=live}}

Barr elicited criticism in July 2009 when she posed as Adolf Hitler in a feature for the satirical Jewish publication Heeb magazine called "That Oven Feelin{{'"}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-roseanne-barr-abandoned-all-reason-and-embraced-the-alt-right |title=How Roseanne Barr Abandoned All Reason and Embraced the Alt-Right |author=Amy Zimmerman |work=The Daily Beast |date=June 23, 2017 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329203200/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-roseanne-barr-abandoned-all-reason-and-embraced-the-alt-right |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://popculture.com/celebrity/2018/03/30/roseanne-photos-adolf-hitler-nazi-cookies-holocaust-social-media-reaction/ |title=Photos of Roseanne Barr Posing as Hitler Resurface on Social Media |author=Connor Casey |publisher=popculture.com |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330213100/http://popculture.com/celebrity/2018/03/30/roseanne-photos-adolf-hitler-nazi-cookies-holocaust-social-media-reaction/ |url-status=live }} The Nazi theme was her suggestion, and featured her with a Hitler mustache and swastika arm-band, holding a tray of burnt gingerbread man cookies the article referred to as "burnt Jew cookies".{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/roseanne-barr-poses-as-adolf-hitler-in-shocking-photo-spread |title=Roseanne Barr Poses as Adolf Hitler in Shocking Photo Spread |author=Fox News |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=July 31, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331035839/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/07/31/roseanne-barr-poses-as-adolf-hitler-in-shocking-photo-spread.html |url-status=live }} The magazine's publisher, Josh Neuman, said the photos were taken for satire and were not done for shock value. Barr, who is Jewish, said she was "making fun of Hitler, not his victims".{{cite news |url=http://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/71658/ |title=Roseanne plays Hitler for Heeb magazine |author=Danielle Berrin |publisher=jewishjournal.com |date=August 3, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211508/http://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/71658/ |url-status=live }} Fox News TV host Bill O'Reilly was highly critical of her for "mocking the Holocaust" and Extra's Mario Lopez stated "Come on, Roseanne. Hitler jokes are never funny."Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/sxreiA5bR68 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120220133933/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxreiA5bR68 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxreiA5bR68 |title=O'Reilly vs. Barr |publisher=YouTube.com |date=August 4, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/397835/remember-when-roseanne-dressed-as-hitler-for-heeb/ |title=Remember when Roseanne dressed as Hitler for Heeb? |author=Josh Nathan-Kazis |work=The Forward |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212127/https://forward.com/fast-forward/397835/remember-when-roseanne-dressed-as-hitler-for-heeb/ |url-status=live }} The revival of her show in March 2018 caused the photos to resurface on social media and renewed mentions of the incident in the Jewish magazine The Forward and the Los Angeles Times, among others.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-roseanne-20180329-story.html |title=With 'Roseanne' success, Roseanne Barr is back to raising eyebrows |author=Christie D'Zurilla |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012145/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-roseanne-20180329-story.html |url-status=live }}

In 2014, the parents of George Zimmerman, the man known for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, filed a lawsuit against Barr for tweeting their home address and phone number in 2012.{{cite web |url= http://us.cnn.com/2014/03/12/showbiz/george-zimmerman-roseanne-barr-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 |title= George Zimmerman's parents sue Roseanne Barr over tweets |publisher= CNN |date= March 12, 2014 |access-date= March 13, 2014 |archive-date= March 13, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313170503/http://us.cnn.com/2014/03/12/showbiz/george-zimmerman-roseanne-barr-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 |url-status= live }} Zimmerman's parents alleged that Barr sought to "cause a lynch mob to descend" on their home.{{cite news |title= Zimmermans Sue Roseanne Barr Over Tweet |url= http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/zimmerman-parents-sue-roseanne-barr-687432 |access-date= March 13, 2014 |newspaper= The Smoking Gun |date= March 12, 2014 |archive-date= March 14, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140314102113/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/zimmerman-parents-sue-roseanne-barr-687432 |url-status= live }}{{cite news |last=Winter |first=Michael |title=Zimmerman's parents sue Roseanne Barr over tweets |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/12/george-zimmerman-parents-sue-roseanne-barr/6343341 |access-date=March 13, 2014 |newspaper=USA Today |date=March 12, 2014 |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313014023/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/12/george-zimmerman-parents-sue-roseanne-barr/6343341/ |url-status=live }} In August 2015, summary judgment was granted in favor of Barr.{{Cite web|url=http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CivilDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=2014CA000613|title=Detailed Case View|date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062748/http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CivilDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=2014CA000613|access-date=2020-02-24|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}

In late March 2018, Barr tweeted about a conspiracy theory involving David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. The conspiracy theory falsely claimed that Hogg gave a Nazi salute at a March for Our Lives rally on March 24. Barr later deleted her tweet.{{cite web|url=https://mic.com/articles/188654/roseanne-barr-apparently-tweeted-about-a-conspiracy-theory-involving-parkland-student-david-hogg|title=Roseanne Barr apparently tweeted about a conspiracy theory involving Parkland student David Hogg|work=Mic|first=Tim|last=Mulkerin|date=March 28, 2018|access-date=July 14, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706092534/https://www.mic.com/articles/188654/roseanne-barr-apparently-tweeted-about-a-conspiracy-theory-involving-parkland-student-david-hogg|url-status=live}}

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On May 29, 2018, Barr responded to a thread on Twitter about Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to former President Obama.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Roseanne Barr Apologizes for Obama Aide 'Joke,' Says She's 'Leaving' Twitter |url=https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/roseanne-valerie-jarrett-1202823816/ |website=Variety |access-date=September 29, 2018 |date=May 29, 2018 |quote=She was responding to a Tweet that alleged that “Jarrett helped hide a lot.” That was a reference to a Wikileaks claim that the CIA during Obama's term spied on candidates for the French election. |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928110328/https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/roseanne-valerie-jarrett-1202823816/ |url-status=live }} It reads "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj"{{sic}}. The tweet was widely criticized as being racist about Jarrett ("vj").{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/05/29/roseanne-went-on-a-vitriolic-and-racially-charged-twitter-rampage-now-shes-apologizing/ |title=ABC cancels 'Roseanne' after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rant |last=Heil |first=Emily |date=May 29, 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2018-05-29 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529210843/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/05/29/roseanne-went-on-a-vitriolic-and-racially-charged-twitter-rampage-now-shes-apologizing/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/remysmidt/roseanne-barr-emotional-interview-lost-everything |title=Roseanne Barr Broke Down in Tears during An Interview and Said She "Lost Everything" after Her Racist Tweet |publisher=BuzzFeed News |first=Remy |last=Smidt |date=June 24, 2018 |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625011910/https://www.buzzfeed.com/remysmidt/roseanne-barr-emotional-interview-lost-everything |url-status=live }} Barr was initially defensive, but later posted an apology "for making a bad joke about [Jarrett's] politics and her looks."{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/business/media/roseanne-barr-offensive-tweets.html |title= After Racist Tweet, Roseanne Barr's Show is Canceled by ABC |date= May 29, 2018 |work= The New York Times |access-date= 2018-05-29 |issn= 0362-4331 |archive-date= May 29, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180529214821/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/business/media/roseanne-barr-offensive-tweets.html |url-status= live }} She disputed allegations of racism, tweeting she believed Jarrett was Saudi, Jewish, and Persian,{{cite web |title= Roseanne Barr Claims She Didn't Know Valerie Jarrett Is Black: I 'Thought She Was White' |author= Aurelie Corinthios |date= May 30, 2018 |website= People |url= https://people.com/tv/roseanne-barr-claims-didnt-know-valerie-jarrett-is-black/ |access-date= 2018-09-01 |archive-date= September 1, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180901145455/https://people.com/tv/roseanne-barr-claims-didnt-know-valerie-jarrett-is-black/ |url-status= live }} and released a video where she claims she "thought the bitch was white", and that she was being labelled a racist for having voted for Donald Trump.{{Cite news |url= https://theguardian.com/culture/video/2018/jul/21/i-thought-the-bitch-was-white-roseanne-barr-on-valerie-jarrett-tweet-video |title= 'I thought the bitch was white' - Roseanne Barr on the Valerie Jarrett tweet - video |date= Jul 21, 2018 |work= The Guardian |access-date= 2022-09-02 |archive-date= September 2, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220902175803/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2018/jul/21/i-thought-the-bitch-was-white-roseanne-barr-on-valerie-jarrett-tweet-video |url-status= live }} Barr also said she made the tweet, which she called wrong and indefensible, at 2:00 a.m. while on Ambien, a sedative. Sanofi, which manufactures Ambien, responded by tweeting that "racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication", though noted Ambien had been linked to reduced inhibitions.{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/business/ambien-roseanne.html |title= Roseanne Barr's Ambien Defense Is Disputed: 'Racism Is Not a Known Side Effect' |date= 2018-05-30 |work= The New York Times |access-date= 2018-05-31 |issn= 0362-4331 |archive-date= May 31, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180531044634/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/business/ambien-roseanne.html |url-status= live }} Later that day, ABC canceled Roseanne and removed the show's content from the network website. Reruns of the original Roseanne were also removed from the Katz Broadcasting-owned diginet Laff.{{cite news |title=Roseanne Barr 'fired' and show canceled after comparing Obama aide to an ape |url=https://filmindustry.network/roseanne-barr-fired-and-series-canceled-after-comparing-obama-aide-to-an-ape/33043 |publisher=Film Industry Network |date=May 29, 2018}} The cancellation announcement from ABC president Channing Dungey, the first African-American woman to head the network, called Barr's remark "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values." Within three weeks, the television show was revived as spinoff The Conners, with mostly the same cast and crew, minus Barr.{{cite web |title= 'Roseanne' Spinoff 'The Conners' to Air Without Roseanne Barr |id= ("John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman will return to ABC's new show this fall") |author= Sarah Grant |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-to-air-without-roseanne-barr-665885 |website= rollingstone.com |date= June 22, 2018 |access-date= 2018-07-12 |archive-date= July 12, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180712221222/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-to-air-without-roseanne-barr-665885/ |url-status= live }} In a later interview with Sean Hannity, Barr said that her tweet was intended to be a political statement rather than a racial one.{{cite news |last1=Yahr |first1=Emily |title=Roseanne Barr on her Valerie Jarrett tweet: 'I was so sad that people thought it was racist' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/07/26/roseanne-barr-on-her-valerie-jarrett-tweet-i-was-so-sad-that-people-thought-it-was-racist/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 29, 2018 |date=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930033524/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/07/26/roseanne-barr-on-her-valerie-jarrett-tweet-i-was-so-sad-that-people-thought-it-was-racist/ |url-status=live }}

Barr claimed that George Soros helped Nazis to round up Jews to be sent to concentration camps. In reality, his assimilated father entrusted him to a Hungarian official with whom the 14-year-old Soros went to inventory a Jewish property.{{Cite web |last=Coaston |first=Jane |date=2018-06-11 |title=George Soros is not a Nazi, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/6/11/17405784/george-soros-not-a-nazi-trump |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Vox |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111050650/https://www.vox.com/2018/6/11/17405784/george-soros-not-a-nazi-trump |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Tamkin |first=Emily |date=6 August 2020 |title=Five myths about George Soros |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-george-soros/2020/08/06/ad195582-d1e9-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html |access-date=21 April 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104221054/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-george-soros/2020/08/06/ad195582-d1e9-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html |url-status=live }} Soros said he need not feel guilt, since, if he had not have been there, "somebody else would ... be taking it away anyhow".{{Cite web |title=Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2006-09-29/html/CREC-2006-09-29-pt1-PgE1917.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.govinfo.gov |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412170718/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2006-09-29/html/CREC-2006-09-29-pt1-PgE1917.htm |url-status=live }} In response to a tweet about Soros by Chelsea Clinton, Barr tweeted using a clip from 60 Minutes interview of Soros and misquoted him. She later apologized for her comments.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roseanne-barr-apologizes-for-calling-george-soros-a-nazi_n_5b1eba74e4b0bbb7a0e01ec2|title=Roseanne Barr apologizes for calling George Soros a Nazi|website=HuffPost|date=June 11, 2018|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625023120/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roseanne-barr-apologizes-for-calling-george-soros-a-nazi_n_5b1eba74e4b0bbb7a0e01ec2|url-status=live}}

In 2023, Barr appeared on Theo Von's podcast This Past Weekend, where she and Von discussed former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud, and she said, "that's all a lie, the election was not rigged [...] thirty-six counties have 81 million people in them. That's the truth and don't you dare say anything against it or you'll be off YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and all the other ones. Because there's such a thing as the truth and facts and we have to stick to it." She then appeared to deny the Holocaust, declaring, "six million Jews should die right now, because they cause all the problems in the world", in what she said was sarcasm. Within the same podcast, she discussed her Jewish faith, and in response to Von's comment that "Hollywood is a Jewish business", she replied, "people should be glad that it's Jewish, too, because if Jews were not controlling Hollywood all you'd have was fucking fishing shows".{{cite web |url=https://kfor.com/entertainment-news/roseanne-barr-slammed-for-holocaust-comments-on-podcast-host-says-it-was-sarcasm-and-satire/amp/ |title=Roseanne Barr slammed for Holocaust comments on podcast, host says it was 'sarcasm and satire' |last=Samra |first=Christine |date=June 27, 2023 |work=KFOR |access-date=2023-06-27 |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704024109/https://kfor.com/entertainment-news/roseanne-barr-slammed-for-holocaust-comments-on-podcast-host-says-it-was-sarcasm-and-satire/amp/ |url-status=live }} The segment in which she talked about the Holocaust was subsequently spread on Twitter, misleadingly edited to remove the context which made it clear that her remarks were sarcastic, sparking controversy.{{cite web |url=https://jezebel.com/roseanne-barrs-son-says-she-was-being-sarcastic-in-deny-1850583183 |title=Roseanne Barr's Son Says She Was Being 'Sarcastic' in Denying the Holocaust |last=Juzwiak |first=Rich |date=June 28, 2023 |work=Jezebel |access-date=2023-06-28 |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628092948/https://jezebel.com/roseanne-barrs-son-says-she-was-being-sarcastic-in-deny-1850583183 |url-status=live }} Twitter subsequently added a "context" message to the tweet containing the edited video, which states, "this is a deceptively edited clip from a comedy podcast. Roseanne is Jewish, and this was part of a satirical rant about censorship on YouTube. She was not actually denying the Holocaust, or wishing death upon Jews."{{cite web |url=https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/celebrities/did-roseanne-barr-spew-antisemitic-comments-2877825 |title=Did Roseanne Barr spew antisemitic comments? |last=Harris |first=Rey |date=June 28, 2023 |work=Tag24 |access-date=2023-06-28 |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728001832/https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/celebrities/did-roseanne-barr-spew-antisemitic-comments-2877825-amp |url-status=live }} In response to the controversy over her remarks, she stated that she had lost family members in the Holocaust, clarifying, "I was raised in an apartment building with Holocaust survivors, so of course I don't believe the Holocaust never happened and I actually am [a religious Jew]".{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/p/roseanne-barr-addresses-holocaust-controversy-out-of-context/ |title='Go F--- Yourself': Roseanne Barr Addresses Holocaust Controversy, Claims Comments Were Taken Out of Context |last=Benitz |first=Samantha |date=June 28, 2023 |work=Radar Online |access-date=2023-06-28 |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628200433/https://radaronline.com/p/roseanne-barr-addresses-holocaust-controversy-out-of-context/ |url-status=live }} Jonathan Greenblatt, Director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), tweeted in response to the clip, "sarcasm or not, Roseanne Barr's comments about Jews and the Holocaust are reprehensible and irresponsible. This isn't funny." The Simon Wiesenthal Center reviewed the interview and concluded that she had been taken out of context.{{cite web |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/diaspora-affairs/1687945637-actress-roseanne-barr-stirs-up-a-storm-with-sarcastic-use-of-holocaust-denial |title=Actress Roseanne Barr stirs up storm sarcastically using Holocaust denial |date=June 28, 2023 |work=i24 |access-date=2023-06-28 |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628103715/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/diaspora-affairs/1687945637-actress-roseanne-barr-stirs-up-a-storm-with-sarcastic-use-of-holocaust-denial |url-status=live }} The podcast episode was subsequently removed from YouTube for violating the site's hate speech policies.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-removes-roseanne-barr-holocaust-denial-joke-video-1235659288/ |title=YouTube Pulls Roseanne Barr Podcast Episode for Hate Speech Violation After Holocaust Denial Jokes |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=June 30, 2023 |work=Variety |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702031030/https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/youtube-removes-roseanne-barr-holocaust-denial-joke-video-1235659288/amp/ |url-status=live }}

On August 5, 2011, Barr appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and announced her candidacy for president in the 2012 presidential election, running on the self-created "Green Tea Party" ticket.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/08/04/roseanne-barr-president/|title=Roseanne Barr: 'I am running for President'|last=Hibberd|first=James|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=August 4, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004151437/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/04/roseanne-barr-president/|archive-date=October 4, 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/roseanne-barr-the-next-u-s-president-53450/|title=Roseanne Barr Creates a New Political Party for 2012 Election|last=Thomasos |first=Christine|work=The Christian Post|date=August 5, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930124115/http://www.christianpost.com/news/roseanne-barr-the-next-u-s-president-53450|archive-date=September 30, 2011|url-status=live}} Her candidacy called attention to economics, personal health, and meditation.{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Dan|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/142639/|title=Roseanne Barr Aims to Bring Justice to Women and Palestinians: Comedian Says Jewish Ethos Demands Spirituality and Activism|work=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=September 12, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017151628/http://forward.com/articles/142639/|archive-date=October 17, 2011|url-status=live}}

She also stated she would run for Prime Minister of Israel. In an interview with The Jewish Daily Forward, she invoked tikkun olam in her support of bringing women into politics and religion.

On September 19, she appeared at the Occupy Wall Street protests and spoke in support of the protestors.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/19/wall-street-protesters-angry|title=Wall Street protesters: over-educated, under-employed and angry|last= McVeigh |first=Karen|work=The Guardian|date=September 19, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921211729/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/19/wall-street-protesters-angry|archive-date=September 21, 2011|url-status=live}} "She stated any 'guilty' Wall Street bankers should be forced to give up any income over $100 million, and if they are unable to live on that, be sent to re-education camps, and if that doesn't help be beheaded".{{cite news|title=Roseanne Barr: 'Guilty' Wall Street Bankers Should Be Sent to Reeducation Camps or Beheaded|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/roseanne-barr-guilty-wall-street-bankers-should-be-sent-to-reeducation-camps-or-beheaded|access-date=October 3, 2011|newspaper=Fox News|date=October 3, 2011|agency=News Corporation|location=New York City|archive-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005094805/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/10/03/roseanne-barr-guilty-wall-street-bankers-should-be-sent-to-reeducation-camps-or/?test=faces|url-status=live}}{{failed verification|date=June 2018|reason=The quote does not appear in the source, although it seems similar to what is reported.}}

Barr filed with the Federal Election Commission as a Green Party presidential candidate in January 2012. She formally announced her candidacy for the party's presidential nomination on February 2.{{cite news|title=Roseanne Barr is officially running for president|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/roseanne-barr-is-officially-running-for-president/2012/02/03/gIQAitrgmQ_blog.html?tid=pm_entertainment_pop|newspaper=Washington Post|date=February 2, 2012|access-date=February 3, 2012|archive-date=February 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205080552/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/roseanne-barr-is-officially-running-for-president/2012/02/03/gIQAitrgmQ_blog.html?tid=pm_entertainment_pop|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0203/No-joke-Comedienne-Roseanne-Barr-seeks-Green-Party-presidential-nod | title=No joke: Comedienne Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod | work=Christian Science Monitor | date=February 3, 2012 | access-date=February 3, 2012 | author=Miga, Andrew | archive-date=February 4, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204152506/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0203/No-joke-Comedienne-Roseanne-Barr-seeks-Green-Party-presidential-nod | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS62365029920120203 | title=Roseanne Barr Wants Green Party Presidential Nomination | work=Reuters | date=February 3, 2012 | access-date=February 3, 2012 | author=Molloy, Tim | archive-date=March 12, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312121943/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS62365029920120203 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/jokes-aside-roseanne-barr-for-president/ | title=Jokes Aside, Roseanne Barr for President | work=ABC News | date=February 3, 2012 | access-date=February 3, 2012 | archive-date=February 3, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203183115/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/jokes-aside-roseanne-barr-for-president/ | url-status=live }} On July 14, she came in second in the 2012 Green Party presidential primaries and subsequent convention roll call,{{cite web | url=http://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737432256/ | title=Green Party Nominates Jill Stein for President | work=C-SPAN | date=July 14, 2012 | access-date=July 16, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719142933/http://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737432256/ | archive-date=July 19, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} losing the nomination to Jill Stein. Stein chose Cheri Honkala as her running-mate{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/green-party-candidate-jill-steins-running-mate-is-not-roseanne-barr | title=Green Party Candidate Jill Stein's Running Mate Is Not Roseanne Barr | work=ABC News | date=July 11, 2012 | access-date=July 16, 2012 | author=Matt Negrin | archive-date=July 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715022632/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/green-party-candidate-jill-steins-running-mate-is-not-roseanne-barr/ | url-status=live }} after campaign manager Ben Manski said Barr was shortlisted for the job.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/will-green-party-nominee-jill-stein-pick-roseanne-barr-as-running-mate/2012/07/10/gJQAiqLXbW_blog.html | title=Will Green Party nominee Jill Stein pick Roseanne Barr as running mate? | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=July 10, 2012 | access-date=July 16, 2012 | author=The Reliable Source | archive-date=July 12, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712124142/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/will-green-party-nominee-jill-stein-pick-roseanne-barr-as-running-mate/2012/07/10/gJQAiqLXbW_blog.html | url-status=live }}

Barr was given a prime speaking role at the Green Party National Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, but decided to instead send a surrogate (Farheen Hakeem) to speak on her behalf. Barr's surrogate reportedly chided the party for not respecting Barr's candidacy. A shouting match in a hallway reportedly ensued.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/read-this-roseanne-barr-blows-off-green-party-jason-kidd-kerry-kennedy-arrested-on-driving-charges/2012/07/15/gJQAptTanW_blog.html | title=Read this: Roseanne Barr blows off Green Party; Jason Kidd, Kerry Kennedy arrested on driving charges | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=July 16, 2012 | access-date=July 16, 2012 | author=The Reliable Source | archive-date=July 17, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717110028/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/read-this-roseanne-barr-blows-off-green-party-jason-kidd-kerry-kennedy-arrested-on-driving-charges/2012/07/15/gJQAptTanW_blog.html | url-status=live }}

Barr repeatedly criticized Jill Stein after losing the Green Party nomination,{{cite news|url=http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2012/10/green-party-misses-crucial-political-opp/|title=Green Party pres'l candidate misses crucial political opportunity by not talking up democracy in Israel/Palestine|newspaper=Roseanneworld |date=October 19, 2012|access-date=October 29, 2012|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024053332/http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2012/10/green-party-misses-crucial-political-opp/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2012/07/green-party-post/|title=Green Party Compromised|access-date=October 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016075016/http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2012/07/green-party-post/|archive-date=October 16, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2012/10/dr-stein-needs-to-study-her-history/|title=Dr. Stein needs to Study her History|newspaper=Roseanneworld |date=October 9, 2012|access-date=October 29, 2012|archive-date=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101150056/http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2012/10/dr-stein-needs-to-study-her-history/|url-status=live}} and used alleged transphobic words in statements about Stein on Twitter.{{cite news|url=http://www.queerty.com/roseanne-barr-gets-into-twitter-twist-up-over-transgender-comments-20121026/|title=Roseanne Barr Gets Into Twitter Twist-Up Over Transgender Comments|newspaper=Queerty|date=October 26, 2012|access-date=October 29, 2012|last1=Avery|first1=Dan|archive-date=October 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030010439/http://www.queerty.com/roseanne-barr-gets-into-twitter-twist-up-over-transgender-comments-20121026/|url-status=live}}

Shortly after losing the Green Party nomination,Abcarian, Robin (August 2, 2012) [https://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-roseanne-barr-peace-and-freedom-party-candidate-20120802,0,3965135.story "Roseanne Barr: Peace and Freedom Party presidential candidate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806062602/http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-roseanne-barr-peace-and-freedom-party-candidate-20120802,0,3965135.story |date=August 6, 2012 }}, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 3, 2012. on August 4, 2012, Barr won the presidential nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party with activist Cindy Sheehan as her running mate.{{cite web | url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/05/america-one-step-closer-to-president-roseanne/ | title=TRENDING: America one step closer to President Roseanne | work=CNN | date=August 5, 2012 | access-date=August 5, 2012 | author=Yoon, Robert | archive-date=November 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115200358/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/05/america-one-step-closer-to-president-roseanne/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/roseanne-finally-won-a-presidential-nomination.html | title=Roseanne Barr Finally Won a Presidential Nomination | work=New York | date=August 5, 2012 | access-date=August 5, 2012 | author=Bankoff, Caroline | archive-date=August 9, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809040532/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/roseanne-finally-won-a-presidential-nomination.html | url-status=live }}

Sheehan immediately had disagreements with Barr's views on policy, desire to campaign only online, and treatment of Green Party nominee Jill Stein, leading Sheehan to request that her name be taken off the Peace and Freedom Party ticket. Sheehan was told it was too late to have her name removed, so she instead announced that she would be leaving the campaign.{{cite web | url=http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2015/02/of-noodges-and-nukes-by-cindy-sheehan.html | title=Of Noodges and Nukes by Cindy Sheehan | work=Cindy Sheehan Official Site | date=February 12, 2015 | access-date=June 12, 2016 | author=Sheehan, Cindy | archive-date=October 12, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012181106/http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2015/02/of-noodges-and-nukes-by-cindy-sheehan.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2012/09/no-longer-on-campaign-formal.html | title=No Longer on Campaign. Formal announcement | work=Cindy Sheehan Official Site | date=September 4, 2012 | access-date=June 12, 2016 | author=Sheehan, Cindy | archive-date=October 12, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012181053/http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2012/09/no-longer-on-campaign-formal.html | url-status=live }}

Barr appeared on the ballot in California, Colorado, and Florida. She did not appear on the ballot in her home state of Hawaii (which did not allow write-in votes). She ended up voting for President Obama. She received 67,326 votes nationwide, placing sixth overall with 0.05% of the popular vote; Stein, who appeared on the ballot of thirty-six states and the District of Columbia, placed far ahead of her in fourth place with 0.36% of the popular vote and 469,627 votes.{{cite web |url=http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pres.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123112628/http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pres.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-23 |url-status=live |title=2012 Presidential Popular Vote Summary for All Candidates Listed on at least one State Ballot|access-date=November 6, 2016|author=Federal Election Commission}}

Barr was followed by a film crew throughout her entire campaign, with documentarian Eric Weinrib directing, leading to questions about the sincerity of her campaign. Over 300 hours were filmed and were released as a film called Roseanne for President! Despite questions of her sincerity regarding her campaign, Barr and her family have insisted her desire to run for president was "very real."{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/tribeca-film-review-roseanne-for-president-1201475205/ | title=Tribeca Film Review: 'Roseanne for President!' | work=Variety | date=April 18, 2015 | access-date=June 12, 2016 | author=Kenigsberg, Ben | archive-date=August 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806134858/http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/tribeca-film-review-roseanne-for-president-1201475205/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-barr-presidential-campaign-doc-708579 | title=Roseanne Barr Presidential Campaign Doc in the Works (Exclusive) | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=June 2, 2014 | access-date=June 12, 2016 | author=Siegel, Tatiana | archive-date=September 21, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921194749/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-barr-presidential-campaign-doc-708579 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/04/17/tribeca-film-festival-2015-roseanne-for-president-explores-the-alternative-party-system/ | title='Roseanne For President!' Explores the Alternative Party System | work=Wall Street Journal | date=April 17, 2015 | access-date=June 12, 2016 | author=Ayers, Mike | archive-date=November 10, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110174544/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/04/17/tribeca-film-festival-2015-roseanne-for-president-explores-the-alternative-party-system/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=http://thelaughbutton.com/features/time-roseanne-ran-president/| title=That time Roseanne ran for President | work=The Laugh Button | date=May 31, 2016 | access-date=June 12, 2016 | author=Mark Says Hi}}

• Green Party Black Caucus
• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
• Cynthia McKinney, 2008 Green Party nominee{{cite web|url=http://www.roseanneforpresident2012.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330204417/http://www.roseanneforpresident2012.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |title=Roseanne For President 2012 |publisher=Roseanne For President 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2013 }}

Barr voiced her support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a June 2016 Hollywood Reporter interview. "I think we would be so lucky if Trump won. Because then it wouldn't be Hillary."{{cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Tracy|title=Roseanne Barr on Trump "Playing the Heel for Hillary," Pot and Being a Farmer|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-barr-us-would-be-900413|access-date=September 15, 2016|agency=Hollywood Reporter|date=June 7, 2016|archive-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914234404/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roseanne-barr-us-would-be-900413|url-status=live}}

A July 2016 CNN story reported she did not endorse Trump as she only supports herself for president—"I will be writing myself in in every election from now until I win."{{cite news|last1=France|first1=Lisa Respers|title=Roseanne Barr denies she's a Trump supporter|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/entertainment/roseanne-barr-trump/|access-date=September 15, 2016|agency=CNN|date=July 1, 2016|archive-date=September 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912174141/http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/entertainment/roseanne-barr-trump|url-status=live}}

In March 2018, Barr retweeted a false claim by QAnon conspiracy theorist Liz Crokin that Trump had saved hundreds of children from sex traffickers during his first month in office, as well as similar misinformation about child trafficking. Barr later deleted her tweets.{{cite news|last=Weigel|first=Dave|author-link=David Weigel|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/31/the-conspiracy-theory-behind-a-curious-roseanne-barr-tweet-explained/|title=The conspiracy theory behind a curious Roseanne Barr tweet, explained|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 31, 2018|access-date=September 28, 2020|archive-date=April 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420074528/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/31/the-conspiracy-theory-behind-a-curious-roseanne-barr-tweet-explained/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=McClatchey |first=Emma |date=May 4, 2021 |title=How UI grad Liz Crokin became one of QAnon's biggest influencers |newspaper=Little Village |url=https://littlevillagemag.com/qanon-influencer-ui-alum-liz-crokin/ |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212102608/https://littlevillagemag.com/qanon-influencer-ui-alum-liz-crokin/ |url-status=live }} In May 2018, Barr defended her support for Trump on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.{{cite news|title=Roseanne Barr defends her Trump support with F-bomb on 'Tonight Show'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/05/01/roseanne-barr-trump-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/567937002/|access-date=January 30, 2021|agency=USAToday|date=May 1, 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301142904/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/05/01/roseanne-barr-trump-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/567937002/|url-status=live}}

In December 2023, Barr spoke at the Turning Point USA-hosted America Fest.{{cite web |title=America Fest Website |url=https://www.amfest.com/ |publisher=America Fest}}

Barr is featured in rapper Tom MacDonald's single "Daddy's Home", released on January 17, 2025; the song's name references the second inauguration of Donald Trump.{{cite magazine|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|date=January 18, 2025|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/01/18/roseanne-barr-sparks-outrage-with-controversial-lyrics-in-tom-macdonalds-daddys-home/|title=Roseanne Barr Sparks Outrage With Controversial Lyrics In Tom MacDonald's 'Daddy's Home'|magazine=Forbes|access-date=January 19, 2025}} Barr's solo verse in the song includes the lyrics "Screw Eminem" and "Why they trying to turn Becky into Dan?", the latter referencing the characters in her shows.{{cite magazine|last=Huff|first=Lauren|date=January 17, 2025|url=https://ew.com/roseanne-barr-beef-with-eminem-pro-trump-rap-song-8776950|title=Roseanne Barr tries to start beef with Eminem in awful pro-Trump rap song: 'Granny's going bad'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=January 19, 2025}}

• 1990: I Enjoy Being a Girl (Hollywood Records) CD/Cassette{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Roseanne-Barr-I-Enjoy-Being-A-Girl/master/679706|title=Roseanne Barr – I Enjoy Being A Girl|access-date=May 10, 2018|work=Discogs|year=1990|archive-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511022959/https://www.discogs.com/Roseanne-Barr-I-Enjoy-Being-A-Girl/master/679706|url-status=live}}

• 2011: Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm (Unabridged) CD/Download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/roseannearchy-dispatches-from-the-nut-farm-unabridged/id413060329|title=Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm (Unabridged)|access-date=May 10, 2018|work=iTunes|archive-date=May 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511012501/https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/roseannearchy-dispatches-from-the-nut-farm-unabridged/id413060329|url-status=dead}}

Barr has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the north side of the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard.{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/roseanne-barr/|title=Roseanne – Hollywood Star Walk|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 18, 2011|archive-date=June 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610073218/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/roseanne-barr/|url-status=live}}

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