{"id":42625,"date":"2026-08-13T07:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42625"},"modified":"2026-08-13T07:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:03:28","slug":"roseanne-barrs-son-claims-sitcoms-cast-conspired-to-take-show-from-her-during-social-media-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42625","title":{"rendered":"Roseanne Barr&#8217;s son claims sitcom&#8217;s cast conspired to take show from her during social media controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F08%2F137234513.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Roseanne Barr\u2019s son, Jake Pentland, slammed Michael Fishman after the \u201cRoseanne\u201d actor<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/11\/celebrity-news\/roseanne-star-defends-sitcom-axing-over-comedians-tweets\/\"> claimed the show\u2019s reboot was \u201crightfully cancelled\u201d<\/a> due to Barr\u2019s controversial 2018 tweets.<\/p>\n<p>Pentland<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/12\/roseanne-barrs-son-says-the-cast-of-roseanne-conspired-against-her\/\"> told TMZ on Wednesday<\/a> \u2014 a day after Fishman shared a lengthy Instagram reel explaining why he felt the comedian\u2019s controversial 2018 twitter rant continues to cause \u201ccollateral damage\u201d \u2014 that while he agrees she was wrong for the social media posts, he feels it was Barr herself who took the brunt of the backlash.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, Pentland claimed cast members took her tweets out of context and allegedly \u201cconspired\u201d to take her sitcom revival away from her.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, per TMZ, Pentland claimed the cast failed to ask Barr \u201cwhat she meant\u201d and \u201cprevented her from publicly defending herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Roseanne Barr\u2019s son Jake Pentland, seen above with the actress and her daughter Brandi Brown, hit back at Michael Fishman\u2019s social media comments saying the \u201cRoseanne\u201d reboot was \u201crightfully cancelled.\u201d   <span class=\"credit\">Cindy Ord<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cHopefully selling the woman responsible for his career out was worth it for him,\u201d Pentland told TMZ of Barr, seen above in 2023.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Pentland and reps for ABC did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Public backlash erupted back in 2018, when Barr shared a since-deleted tweet comparing former President Barack Obama\u2019s advisor, Valerie Jarrett, to an \u201cape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr claimed she\u2019s been on Ambien and that she<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/07\/20\/roseanne-on-valerie-jarrett-tweet-i-thought-the-b-h-was-white\/\"> thought Jarrett was white<\/a> \u2014 though ABC swiftly moved to<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/05\/29\/abc-cancels-roseanne-after-racist-tweets\/\"> cancel the reboot<\/a> after only one season.<\/p>\n<p>Barr later explained in a 2018 interview with Sean Hannity that her tweets were \u201cabout asking for accountability from the previous administration about the Iran deal, which Valerie Jarrett is the author of, and that was what was in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Barr, pictured above with the \u201cRoseanne\u201d reboot cast in 2017, ignited controversy with a memorable 2018 tweet.  <span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Barr\u2019s sitcom was cancelled over the pubic backlash, despite a public apology. She\u2019s seen here in 2024.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for DailyWire+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She added at the time that her reaction to the backlash \u201cwas shock that they were saying it was racial, when it\u2019s political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a 2018 podcast interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Barr apologized for the controversy, acknowledging that she had to \u201cface that it hurt people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you hurt people even unwillingly there\u2019s no excuse,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to run off and blather on with excuses. But I <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/06\/24\/roseanne-i-made-myself-a-hate-magnet\/\">apologize to anyone who thought<\/a>, or felt offended and who thought that I meant something that I, in fact, did not mean. It was my own ignorance, and there\u2019s no excuse for that ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Conners,\u201d a reimagining of the comedic family dynamic without Barr, ended in 2025 after seven seasons.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cDehumanizing people is never a joke,\u201d Fishman, seen here with Barr in 1995, said in the clip.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Carsey-Werner Co\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Fishman took to Instagram on Monday with an Instagram reel addressing how he feels ongoing comments supporting the years-old, since-deleted tweet, are harmful.  He\u2019s seen above in the recent Instgram upload.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Michael Fishman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Fishman\u2019s Instagram reel on Monday, the former child actor \u2014 who played DJ Conner in both the original and reboot series \u2014 said that \u201cAfter eight years\u201d of fielding \u201cignorant and inaccurate\u201d defensive comments about Barr\u2019s past controversy, \u201cturning the other cheek really isn\u2019t helping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I guess the world failed to learn the lesson,\u201d he told fans. \u201cSo I\u2019m going to point out. We are perpetuating a lie, and people are using a political smokescreen to justify the indefensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fishman added, \u201cThose justifications, they\u2019re leading to real consequences. Real crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDehumanizing people is never a joke,\u201d he went on. \u201cIn this case, there was no joke. 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