Roseanne Barr’s son, Jake Pentland, has a message to Michael Fishman, the actor who played her son in the original Roseanne series for 10 seasons.
After Fishman claimed Roseanne was “rightfully canceled” in 2018 due to Barr’s controversial Twitter posts, Pentland accused the actor and other co-stars of conspiring to take over the show that bore his mother’s name.
According to TMZ, Pentland noted that while his mother acknowledged her mistakes, cast members took her controversial 2018 tweet about former Barack Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett out of context and “prevented her from publicly defending herself.”
Of Fishman, who played Barr’s son DJ Conner since he was six years old, Pentland told the outlet, “I wish him good luck in finding work one day. Hopefully selling the woman responsible for his career out was worth it for him.”
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Barr was fired from Roseanne on May 29, 2018, the same day that she compared Jarrett, who is Black, to a character from Planet of the Apes. Her longtime co-stars Fishman, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy Goranson, and Sara Gilbert continued on in the spinoff The Conners, but Barr’s character was killed off.
The Conners aired on ABC for seven seasons, ending in April 2025. But cast members continue to face the fallout of Barr’s firing, and in August 2026, Fishman had enough.
In a lengthy Instagram video, Fishman disagreed with a commenter who said “America decided to backstab Roseanne” after she made a joke as a comedian.
“Dehumanizing people is never a joke,” Fishman said. “The brilliant comedians help us laugh at the darkest, darkest topics. Sadly, in this case, there was no joke. And the show was rightfully canceled. … And the only people who are backstabbed were the people who were targeted by the statements. And those who became collateral damage from it.”
Fishman added that he still has love for Barr and “always will.”
“Good people make mistakes,” he said. “And I love the one who made this mistake. I always will.”
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In 2018, Fishman addressed the cancellation of Roseanne in a social media post, writing that he felt “devastated” for the cast, crew, writers and production staff who had strived for inclusiveness “with numerous storylines designed to reflect inclusiveness.”
“The words of one person do not exemplify the thinking of all involved,” he added. “I condemn these statements vehemently. They are reprehensible and intolerable, contradicting my beliefs and outlooks on life and society.”
Barr fired back at Fishman on Twitter, writing, “I created the platform for that inclusivity, and you know it. ME. You throw me under the bus. Nice!”
Fishman then responded to Barr directly, writing, “You fought, built, and designed Roseanne for inclusiveness. That is why yesterday was so out of character with the last 30 years. It was in your hands from the beginning to the end. No one can deny that.”
In 2025, Barr told Fox News Digital she felt betrayed by her co-stars.
“I sent out the tweet on Memorial Day after I found out that they had really screwed me over and they had stolen my show,” she claimed. “And I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m not going to go back.’ So I thought, ‘Well, I’m going to go out with a bang.’ … I’m not friends with none of them. They’re all in the past. And no, we don’t talk.”
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