Roseanne Barr reacted on Tuesday night to the premiere of The Conners,ABC’s reboot of the hit series, which was cancelled after the actress/comedian was fired from the show earlier this year.
The season premiere of the new series got down to business rather quickly by killing her character off a few seconds into the proceedings. The cause of death? an opioid overdose — Roseanne reacted on Twitter by saying, in all caps: “I AIN’T DEAD, BITCHES!!!!”
The original show, which had premiered earlier this year, struck a chord with many middle-class Americans, on both side of the political aisle, as it was about a world in which people could respectfully disagree with each other. However, even though that premise may have worked well on-screen, it didn't translate smoothly in real life as the political climate all but destroyed Roseanne after that controversial tweet arose.
Following “Air,” this is Affleck’s latest stint behind the camera. He has cast himself in the lead role, alongside Kerry Washington, Steven Yeun, and Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”).