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John Goodman Says He Hasn't Spoken to Roseanne Barr in '7 or 8 Years': I 'Doubt If She Wants to Talk to Me'


John Goodman opened up about where his relationship with former 'Roseanne' costar Roseanne Barr stands today, revealing that they haven't spoken "in seven or eight years" and he doubts "if she wants to talk to me."

The revival's planned 11th season was canceled after Barr, who played the titular matriarch of the working-class Conner family, sent a tweet likening Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to President Barack Obama, to an ape. Shortly after the cancellation, ABC ordered a spinoff titled The Conners with Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert and more reprising their characters from Roseanne. "It's really hard," Goodman, who played the patriarch of the family, Dan Conner, told PEOPLE during a set visit.

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