Roseanne Barr has thanked John Goodman for defending her following her controversial tweet scandal.
The disgraced ‘Roseanne’ star – whose sitcom was cancelled by ABC after she sparked a racism storm by calling former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett an "ape" in a very controversial tweet – has shown her gratitude to her former on-screen husband for claiming she isn’t racist.
Taking to Twitter, she wrote: "I thank John Goodman for speaking truth about me, despite facing certain peril from producers and network."
Her tweet comes after John, 66, spoke out to defend the 65-year-old actress and admitted he was "very depressed" following the US broadcasters decision to axe the show.
He said: "I thought, ‘OK, it’s just show business, I’m going to let it go.’ But I went through a period, about a month, where I was very depressed. I’m a depressive anyway, so any excuse that I can get to lower myself, I will.
"But that had a great deal to do with it, more than I wanted to admit … I was surprised. I’ll put it this way, I was surprised at the response … And that’s probably all I should say about it.
"I know, I know for a fact that she’s not a racist. She was going through hell at the time. And she’s still going through hell."
After the cancellation of ‘Roseanne’, ABC announced plans to launch a spin-off show entitled ‘The Conners’, which will not star Roseanne herself but will see John reprise his role as Dan Conner.
The spin-off is set to premiere in October, and Rosanne recently claimed the network would be "lucky" if the show is successful without her.
She said: "I’d tell more jokes about myself than I do anybody else, because to me, comedy is very personal, and that’s what makes it funny. That’s what made people like the ‘Roseanne’ show – because they saw themselves in [me], or have an aunt, or their mom or their sister, somebody in their family was, you know, a loud, outspoken woman who loved her family.
"That was what I brought to television and what kicked everybody’s a** in the ratings. [ABC] should be so lucky that they’ll ever get anywhere near that. And they can’t take that away from me, no matter what’s happened."
Roseanne Barr thanks John Goodman for his support
