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John Goodman reveals heartbreaking state of friendship with Roseanne Barr

When Roseanne's career went up in flames, she drew fierce public denunciations from co-stars like Sara Gilbert and Emma Kenney, but John kept a low profile.

Seven years ago in 2018, the comedienne was fired from the reboot of Roseanne for tweeting that former Obama official Valerie Jarrett - a black woman - seemed as though the 'muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.' As a race row erupted, Roseanne deleted the tweet and blamed the post on Ambien, subsequently insisting she had no idea that the olive-skinned Valerie Jarrett was black and even screaming at one interviewer: 'I thought the b**** was white!' ABC chief Channing Dungey - who has gone on to work with the Obamas- jettisoned Roseanne from the network in response to the tweet, which drew fierce public denunciations from her co-stars like Sara Gilbert and Emma Kenney, though John kept a low profile except to say he preferred not to 'cause more trouble.'

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