Joe Rogan Experience #1184 - Roseanne Barr

1. 0:00 – 3:16

   Catching up: family pride, “next chapter,” and Roseanne’s smoking relapse

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      I mean, very few people could ever imagine. Here we go.

   2. RBRoseanne Barr0:03

      I had to start smoking.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:04

      Four, three, two, one. Boom. And we're live.

   4. RBRoseanne Barr0:07

      (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:07

      Saddle on up to that microphone-

   6. RBRoseanne Barr0:09

      Mm.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:09

      ... young lady. How are you?

   8. RBRoseanne Barr0:11

      I'm good. How are you, Joe?

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:12

      Great to see you, always.

   10. RBRoseanne Barr0:13

       It's so great to see you too, and thanks for meeting with my... saying hi to my sons.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:17

       Your sons are great.

   12. RBRoseanne Barr0:19

       Fucking A they are, man, and that's what I figure is my next step in my... in the tale, my next chapter as... What's her name? The girl that everyone loves, the girl, the singer, she's real tall and skinny. I-

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:32

       Taylor Swift?

   14. RBRoseanne Barr0:33

       Yeah. I can't remember anybody's name anymore.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:35

       There's so many people to remember.

   16. RBRoseanne Barr0:37

       Yeah. Well, she said, uh, she's onto her next chapter, and that's how I feel too.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:44

       Uh, w- we were-

   18. RBRoseanne Barr0:44

       And it's gonna be about how... talking to women about how to raise functional sons. This is n... This is needed in America, and I'm gonna step up and do it because all these tales, what with all the news and such, obvious... It's obvious to me, these women have not raised their sons correctly, and I'm gonna correct 'em 'cause I'm tired of them yapping and fucking bitching and moaning. I'm old. I'm gonna tell you what to do to raise decent sons, women.

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:14

       Well, your son said something when, when they were doing the little tour of the studio. They saw the picture of, uh, Rosa Parks.

   20. RBRoseanne Barr1:20

       Oh, yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:20

       And your son said, "That's Rosa Parks." And I said, "You're one of the few people that ever just pointed that out and noticed it." And he goes, "Of course." He goes, "Roseanne's my mom. She raised me right."

   22. RBRoseanne Barr1:30

       Aw, that's sweet. Isn't that sweet? That's something. That's getting the, uh... What do you call it?

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:36

       (laughs)

   24. RBRoseanne Barr1:37

       What do they call it? (laughs) I don't know. Pat on the back.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:39

       Yeah. It is a pat on the back.

   26. RBRoseanne Barr1:40

       What's the modern vernacular?

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:42

       I don't... I don't know.

   28. RBRoseanne Barr1:42

       I don't know. There's some slang.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:43

       Well-

   30. RBRoseanne Barr1:43

       I hear 'em.
2. 3:16 – 4:03

   Peak outrage culture hits: why the backlash became unstoppable

   1. JRJoe Rogan3:16

      This whole thing has been completely fucking insane. And you caught it-

   2. RBRoseanne Barr3:22

      Really?

   3. JRJoe Rogan3:22

      Yeah, I know.

   4. RBRoseanne Barr3:23

      (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan3:23

      I don't have to tell you. But you caught this madness, this outrage culture, right at the peak.

   6. RBRoseanne Barr3:29

      Yeah, I did. (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan3:30

      I think you, you hit peak outrage culture.

   8. RBRoseanne Barr3:32

      Thank you. (laughs)

   9. JRJoe Rogan3:33

      Where people didn't give a fuck if you were making a joke, didn't give a fuck if you had no idea that that lady was Black, didn't give a fuck what your mental state was, didn't give a fuck if you were on Ambien, didn't give a fuck if you were drinking, didn't give a fuck if you-

   10. RBRoseanne Barr3:49

       One thing I've learned, Joe-

   11. JRJoe Rogan3:50

       ... sincerely apologized.

   12. RBRoseanne Barr3:51

       Oh, go ahead. I do wanna talk seriously about that.

   13. JRJoe Rogan3:53

       Oh, th- they... but they didn't care that you-

   14. RBRoseanne Barr3:55

       Mm-mm.

   15. JRJoe Rogan3:55

       ... you sincerely apologized and did not... didn't mean to offend. You were cracking a joke about a woman.

3. 4:03 – 6:24

   The tweet, misquotes, and ‘mass mind control’ vs self-imposed groupthink

   1. RBRoseanne Barr4:03

      It, it was funny how they've mischaracterized it and lied about it and added words to it.

   2. JRJoe Rogan4:09

      Yeah.

   3. RBRoseanne Barr4:10

      But, um, yeah, I'd like to talk about the tweet, but... Uh, yeah, I seriously apologize to all whom I inadvertently offended and... because they were offended for, like... It, it wasn't even what they say they were offended 'cause it didn't say that.

   4. JRJoe Rogan4:27

      No.

   5. RBRoseanne Barr4:27

      But they think that I tweeted a... said she looked like, um, you know, somebody. And I never said anything about her looks. It was a political tweet. And it's just proof of how, um, everybody's under mass mind control because they took a, um... And of course I'm always interested in that, you know? You know that. I've talked about that.

   6. JRJoe Rogan4:48

      Mass mind control?

   7. RBRoseanne Barr4:49

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan4:49

      I think a lot of it's-

   9. RBRoseanne Barr4:50

      MKUltra.

   10. JRJoe Rogan4:50

       ... self-imposed. That's what I think.

   11. RBRoseanne Barr4:52

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan4:52

       I think people are under the wave of self-imposed mind control. I don't think it's-

   13. RBRoseanne Barr4:56

       (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan4:56

       ... like, there's anybody pulling the strings.

   15. RBRoseanne Barr4:58

       You mean, you think you can get out of it?

   16. JRJoe Rogan5:00

       No. I don't think anyone's pulling the strings. I don't think this is by-

   17. RBRoseanne Barr5:02

       You don't?

   18. JRJoe Rogan5:03

       No, I don't. I don't think it's by design.

   19. RBRoseanne Barr5:04

       Really?

   20. JRJoe Rogan5:04

       I think people are caught up in a wave of fear and paranoia-

   21. RBRoseanne Barr5:08

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan5:08

       ... and political correctness, and I think one of the reasons why atta... they attacked someone like you is, first of all, you're wealthy and successful and famous-

   23. RBRoseanne Barr5:15

       And beautiful.

   24. JRJoe Rogan5:16

       ... which... You are beautiful.

   25. RBRoseanne Barr5:17

       Thank you.

   26. JRJoe Rogan5:17

       And one of the best comics of all time.

   27. RBRoseanne Barr5:19

       Oh, thank you so much.

   28. JRJoe Rogan5:19

       And you're also, uh, you're, you're an, an easy target.

   29. RBRoseanne Barr5:25

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan5:25

       You're a, a white woman and you're-
4. 6:24 – 16:10

   Comedian brain: being ‘crazy,’ misanthropy, and weird-but-honest worldview

   1. RBRoseanne Barr6:24

      No, I don't go crazy. I stay crazy.

   2. JRJoe Rogan6:27

      (laughs)

   3. RBRoseanne Barr6:28

      I admit it. I mean, what the fuck? They're like, "You know what? You've said you were crazy for years. And you know what? You're crazy." Well, yeah. I said it for fucking years.

   4. JRJoe Rogan6:38

      Yeah. Well, it's also one of the reasons why you're so funny.

   5. RBRoseanne Barr6:38

      All of us are crazy.

   6. JRJoe Rogan6:40

      Yeah.

   7. RBRoseanne Barr6:40

      All comics are fucking nutso.

   8. JRJoe Rogan6:42

      100%.

   9. RBRoseanne Barr6:43

      I don't ... At least I don't wash my keys like some.

   10. JRJoe Rogan6:45

       Wash their keys?

   11. RBRoseanne Barr6:46

       I know some guys, they ha- they gotta wash their keys five, six, seven times-

   12. JRJoe Rogan6:50

       (laughs)

   13. RBRoseanne Barr6:50

       ... before they can go on stage. What's his name? Oh, I'm so bad on names. Chris Farley? I always ask comics, you know. I ask them, "What's, what's your secret number?" What's yours, Joe? I don't know if I asked yo-

   14. JRJoe Rogan7:03

       I don't have a secret number.

   15. RBRoseanne Barr7:04

       You don't have a number?

   16. JRJoe Rogan7:04

       No.

   17. RBRoseanne Barr7:04

       You don't have to do something a number of times? You don't have a number?

   18. JRJoe Rogan7:08

       No, I don't have a number.

   19. RBRoseanne Barr7:09

       What's your birth date?

   20. JRJoe Rogan7:10

       8/11/67.

   21. RBRoseanne Barr7:12

       8 ... What's that? August?

   22. JRJoe Rogan7:13

       August.

   23. RBRoseanne Barr7:14

       8/11/67. You were born in 1967?

   24. JRJoe Rogan7:23

       Yes.

   25. RBRoseanne Barr7:24

       Jesus F. Christ. Um, I was in the ... My ... I was in the Utah State Hospital when you were born.

   26. JRJoe Rogan7:33

       What were you doing? Giving birth?

   27. RBRoseanne Barr7:35

       No. I was in a mental institution.

   28. JRJoe Rogan7:37

       Whoa.

   29. RBRoseanne Barr7:37

       That was my first hospitalization. It lasted for nine months, and it was the Utah State Hospital in Provo, where the Osmonds are from.

   30. JRJoe Rogan7:48

       Mm.
5. 16:10 – 26:58

   Ambien, alcohol, and how blackout behavior gets weaponized

   1. RBRoseanne Barr16:10

      One thing I've learned, Joe, if you're gonna take an Ambien, do not, do not drink a beer. Always only drink a wine-

   2. JRJoe Rogan16:19

      Yes.

   3. RBRoseanne Barr16:20

      ... with Ambien.

   4. JRJoe Rogan16:21

      I have a good friend of mine who is one of the nicest, most respectful guys you ever wanna meet. He woke up in Germany on a plane, covered in his own vomit, with the police standing over him, asking him if he knew what happened.

   5. RBRoseanne Barr16:35

      (gasps)

   6. JRJoe Rogan16:35

      He wound up getting arrested. They brought him to the, the jail in Germany, and they as- ... And he- he's a CEO of a large company, and they went over things with him, and they said, "What happened? What do you remember?" He goes, "Well, I remember taking an Ambien."

   7. RBRoseanne Barr16:49

      Oh, sure.

   8. JRJoe Rogan16:49

      "And then, then I went to sleep, and then I had, uh, I guess I had a beer at some point in time."

   9. RBRoseanne Barr16:54

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan16:54

       And they go, "Okay, stop. This is what happened." And so they describe how he was hitting on the stewardesses and trying to start fights with men in the cabin-

   11. RBRoseanne Barr17:03

       Oh, he was being his real self.

   12. JRJoe Rogan17:04

       ... and threw up all over himself. Wasn't his being his real self.

   13. RBRoseanne Barr17:06

       (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan17:06

       He was on Ambien.

   15. RBRoseanne Barr17:07

       Yeah, I know.

   16. JRJoe Rogan17:08

       He-

   17. RBRoseanne Barr17:08

       It distorts things.

   18. JRJoe Rogan17:09

       He's the nicest guy. If you knew this guy, you would never in a million years believe that he was capable of anything remotely like this. And the German people actually let him stay in the country. They let him continue his vacation. They're like, "Okay."

   19. RBRoseanne Barr17:22

       They forgave him?

   20. JRJoe Rogan17:23

       "Can you promise not to do that again?" He goes, "I'm never fucking taking that shit again in my life."

   21. RBRoseanne Barr17:26

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan17:27

       And one of the things that I said to you when I called you up, I said, "What were you doing?" What... And you told me you were on Ambien. And I said-

   23. RBRoseanne Barr17:34

       (laughs)

   24. JRJoe Rogan17:35

       ... "Okay, well, stop right there," because I know quite a bit about that, 'cause I've had personal experiences with friends that have had real issues with Ambien. I had a bit I did in my act about a friend of mine who literally made a meal while he was on Ambien-

   25. RBRoseanne Barr17:47

       Yeah, I've heard it, too. Right.

   26. JRJoe Rogan17:47

       ... cooked, went to the supermarket, went, w- w- got food, cooked it-

   27. RBRoseanne Barr17:50

       Well, look at Tiger Woods. That-

   28. JRJoe Rogan17:52

       Yes.

   29. RBRoseanne Barr17:52

       He was on that, and then he'd go driving off in the golf cart to meet some chick, you know? Geez.

   30. JRJoe Rogan17:58

       Yeah.
6. 26:58 – 33:18

   Life before fame: car accident, brain injury, and first hospitalization

   1. JRJoe Rogan26:58

      Oh, yeah. What, what was it that... When you first got, um, brought into a mental hospital, what was it about?

   2. RBRoseanne Barr27:06

      Well, I had got hit, uh, by a car and the, uh, the hood ornament went in my head, in my brains, and scrambled them. And I, I used to be an A+ math student. I was just great in geometry. Oh, my God, I loved geometry. I got straight A's. And, uh, then, you know, I sort of fell apart after that. Took a long time to, uh, heal from it and, um, you know, uh, th-

   3. JRJoe Rogan27:35

      How much did your personality change?

   4. RBRoseanne Barr27:37

      Oh, it changed drastically. But, you know, you read all that stuff about, uh, traumatic head injuries now, 'cause I, I do read a lot and talk to a lot of football players who have the same thing. And we, we do discuss it. Yeah, you change right away.

   5. JRJoe Rogan27:51

      Yeah.

   6. RBRoseanne Barr27:51

      It's still you, but it's like a, a... It's kind of like an arti- artificial intelligence you.

   7. JRJoe Rogan27:57

      Do you find, um... Did, did you find that you became much more impulsive?

   8. RBRoseanne Barr28:02

      Oh, yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan28:03

      Yeah.

   10. RBRoseanne Barr28:03

       You know what I... Well, yeah. Here's what happened. I was crossing the street on my way to school.

   11. JRJoe Rogan28:12

       How old were you?

   12. RBRoseanne Barr28:12

       Mm. I was 16. No, I was 15. Going to first, uh, week of high school. And, uh, I was a big nerd. And anyway, I was crossing the street and it, it was the top of a hill. And this woman, girl, she was on her way to the university, and the sun blinded her and she ran me over. And, uh, the rest is her-story. (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan28:49

       (sighs) How, how long were you in the hospital for?

   14. RBRoseanne Barr28:53

       Mm. Some weeks.

   15. JRJoe Rogan28:54

       So first, you must have been in... You must have been in a medical hospital first, and then you were mis- admitted to a mental hospital afterwards?

   16. RBRoseanne Barr28:59

       Well, there was about three months in between.

   17. JRJoe Rogan29:02

       Right.

   18. RBRoseanne Barr29:03

       Uh, but I was in the hospital for a while, you know. And, uh, I had a head concussion and a brain concussion. And I had hamburger meat for legs. So they did all these, um... What do they call them? Skin graphs on my legs. Uh, and, um... Yeah, I was in there for a while. Then I came out of there, and I had forgotten everything about math when I returned to school, which, uh, m- matter of weeks after that, maybe two months. I, I'm really bad on time now. But, uh... And, uh, I had forgotten all my math and it was just terrible. That was a big depressive, depression I went into because couldn't remember... I couldn't remember things, you know. And also, I became way more impulsive. Then I was like, I don't know what I did. Then I started going really out there into the ethers. (laughs)

   19. JRJoe Rogan30:03

       Mm.

   20. RBRoseanne Barr30:03

       I went way out there.

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:04

       Like how so?

   22. RBRoseanne Barr30:05

       Way out. You know how you go way out? Do you ever go way out?

   23. JRJoe Rogan30:09

       Not really.

   24. RBRoseanne Barr30:10

       Oh.

   25. JRJoe Rogan30:10

       I mean, I've had a lot of head injuries.

   26. RBRoseanne Barr30:12

       Oh, yeah. I bet.

   27. JRJoe Rogan30:13

       But not terrible.

   28. RBRoseanne Barr30:15

       Mm-hmm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan30:15

       Mostly just punches and kicks. Nothing like car accidents-

   30. RBRoseanne Barr30:20

       Yeah, yeah.
7. 33:18 – 46:01

   Inside the Utah State Hospital: meds, trauma, and survival stories

   1. JRJoe Rogan33:18

      So when they admitted you, what was the treatment? Like what did they do to you when you were inside the mental hospital?

   2. RBRoseanne Barr33:27

      Well, they right away put me on an antipsychotic.

   3. JRJoe Rogan33:30

      What was it? Do you remember?

   4. RBRoseanne Barr33:31

      Mellaril.

   5. JRJoe Rogan33:32

      And what did that do?

   6. RBRoseanne Barr33:34

      I don't know.

   7. JRJoe Rogan33:35

      (laughs)

   8. RBRoseanne Barr33:37

      (laughs)

   9. JRJoe Rogan33:37

      (laughs)

   10. RBRoseanne Barr33:37

       I wasn't there.

   11. JRJoe Rogan33:38

       (coughs) You weren't there. You were gone.

   12. RBRoseanne Barr33:39

       I w- uh-huh. I was gone. I was just watching these people I was in the mental institution with, and I wanted to tell that story.

   13. JRJoe Rogan33:46

       Yeah.

   14. RBRoseanne Barr33:46

       Because there was this one lady. I think I told this to Paul Reubens too. I think it might be where he got Large Marge.

   15. JRJoe Rogan33:53

       (laughs)

   16. RBRoseanne Barr33:54

       But, uh, there was this one lady and she's in this cage.

   17. JRJoe Rogan33:57

       (gasps)

   18. RBRoseanne Barr33:57

       You know, she's in a cage with keys on our ward there. And, uh, uh... Christ, I can't remember her name either. Oh, Marge.

   19. JRJoe Rogan34:07

       Her name was Marge?

   20. RBRoseanne Barr34:08

       Yeah. And she's about 600, 700 pounds.

   21. JRJoe Rogan34:11

       Whoa.

   22. RBRoseanne Barr34:12

       And, uh, she's funnier than hell. You know, I thought, "Man, this, this chick's got some good lines." You know? And I've traded lines with her and she'd laugh. You know, y- you know, I always like jokes. You can always find a joke wherever you are, you know. That's the key to life, I think. But, um... So she... Oh, everybody called me Chunky. That was my name, Chunky.

   23. JRJoe Rogan34:40

       (laughs)

   24. RBRoseanne Barr34:42

       And, uh, there was another girl in there named Shorty. So it was Chunky and Shorty. We were like a duo. (laughs) But anyway, um, so she's like, "Hey, Roseanne, get what's-her-name's keys when they go to dinner and open this up here and, you know, come in here." I'm like, "Okay." You know, because, you know, after all, I was crazy too. And, uh, (clears throat) I trust... I don't know. I, uh, just always... I never questioned that there was danger anywhere. I always got in trouble, you know, caught, beat up, something, you know. But, uh, so I did it, you know, and I can't... Oh, Anka, that was her name, the head nurse. I hated her because she told me I needed to bathe. I'll tell that story later.

   25. JRJoe Rogan35:29

       (laughs)

   26. RBRoseanne Barr35:29

       It was horrifying. It changed my life. But anyway, so they all go to dinner. So I go in there, steal the keys out of the thing where they are, you know, the attendants, and I go in there with Marge and (clears throat) leave the keys in the door and close the door. Yeah. So I'm like, "Hey, Marge, you know... (laughs) How's it going, Marge?" (laughs) And she's like, "Chunky, you know why they put me in this cage, don't you?" Takes a drag of a cigarette. I go, "What? Why? No, I don't know why." "Well, Chunky, it's because they consider me to be dangerous." I'm like, "How come?"

   27. JRJoe Rogan36:25

       (laughs)

   28. RBRoseanne Barr36:25

       (laughs) I am... I'm like Gomer Pyle.

   29. JRJoe Rogan36:27

       Right.

   30. RBRoseanne Barr36:27

       Seriously. I'm total Gomer Pyle.
8. 46:01 – 51:32

   Working in Hollywood as a political outlier: Trump support and ‘SJW’ tensions on set

   1. RBRoseanne Barr46:01

      Yeah. It w- it was tough working with a lot of social justice warriors in remaking Roseanne. It was tough on me mentally.

   2. JRJoe Rogan46:10

      So when... You mean like the staff that you were working with?

   3. RBRoseanne Barr46:13

      Look, I was the only one saying, "I'm not a Republican, nor am I a fucking Democrat. I'm an Independent, and I'm just anti-corruption. I'm just anti-corruption. Don't, don't make me into w- your idea of who I am, 'cause you're wrong."

   4. JRJoe Rogan46:33

      What was their idea of who you were?

   5. RBRoseanne Barr46:35

      Well, they thought that since I supported President Trump, uh, that I was a, you know, a racist and a scumbag and, you know, anti-everything just 'cause I voted for him.

   6. JRJoe Rogan46:45

      Why did you support Trump?

   7. RBRoseanne Barr46:50

      I love what Norm MacDonald said. If I can quote him. Can I quote Norm?

   8. JRJoe Rogan46:58

      Please do. I love Norm.

   9. RBRoseanne Barr46:59

      I think this says it better than anything. He said, "The American people hated Hillary so bad that they voted for a guy they hated even worse-

   10. JRJoe Rogan47:09

       (laughs)

   11. RBRoseanne Barr47:09

       ... just to rub it in." (laughs)

   12. JRJoe Rogan47:16

       (laughs) (claps) That is Norm MacDonald. That's brilliant.

   13. RBRoseanne Barr47:20

       But, you know-

   14. JRJoe Rogan47:21

       That is so true.

   15. RBRoseanne Barr47:21

       ... I wasn't, I wa- I wasn't for Hillary and I was a woman, and that was like a big no-no.

   16. JRJoe Rogan47:26

       Right.

   17. RBRoseanne Barr47:27

       That's b- all it basically comes down to.

   18. JRJoe Rogan47:30

       Yeah.

   19. RBRoseanne Barr47:30

       'Cause it was a woman's turn. But, you know, I'm anti... I, I just want a government that works for the American people. The ta- I pay taxes, and I expect something for my taxes. And, you know, here's news to all of them out there, including POTUS. Uh, I think at some time, the American people need to audit what happened to their tax monies, and I think we should all have a say in what this country does with our hard-earned dollars. And, uh, don't just ass- assume you speak for us because obviously you don't, or we wouldn't (laughs) have a trade deficit of $20 trillion. So STFU and, uh, let the American people handle what they should handle in this country. It's a republic, and it's, uh, it runs on the, uh, uh, uh, on the consent of the governed. And it's really, really time to talk about that.

   20. JRJoe Rogan48:25

       Now, when you say social justice warriors that you had to work with, like specifically, what were the issues that you were dealing with?

   21. RBRoseanne Barr48:33

       Well, Trump was the big elephant in the room. My support for Trump, and their, just their patronizing shite, can I call it?

   22. JRJoe Rogan48:42

       Yeah.

   23. RBRoseanne Barr48:44

       Well, we have to remember that the... I mean, I'm gonna paraphrase, but it was a lot... Well, you know, the ignorant, unwashed...... people who voted for Trump. It's not their fault. That was kinda what it was like.

   24. JRJoe Rogan48:58

       Mm.

   25. RBRoseanne Barr49:00

       And, uh, 'cause I said, "Well, you know, it was working class people that elected Trump, so I, I really can't, I can't let you say that to me 'cause it's not true." You know, they already had it in their head what it means. And of course, they are wrong, like they're wrong about, you know, this being about ab- you know, that Kavanaugh being about a- abortion rights. They're wrong about that too. So, you know-

   26. JRJoe Rogan49:29

       How are they wrong about that?

   27. RBRoseanne Barr49:30

       ... 'cause I don't think... You know, he said pretty much that, you know, you can't overturn something that's in law.

   28. JRJoe Rogan49:36

       Roe versus Wade?

   29. RBRoseanne Barr49:37

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan49:38

       Yeah.
9. 51:32 – 1:00:06

   How the ‘Roseanne’ reboot happened—and why she became the on-screen Trump supporter

   1. JRJoe Rogan51:32

      So when they came, who came to you with the relaunch? How did it, h- like, how does it happen that Roseanne is canceled for so long-

   2. RBRoseanne Barr51:38

      Uh, Jon and Sarah were, they did a sketch on Sarah's talk show, and everyone liked it, and Sarah called me.

   3. JRJoe Rogan51:48

      And said?

   4. RBRoseanne Barr51:48

      She said, "Jon said he's in if you, you know, if you're in."

   5. JRJoe Rogan51:53

      So you say, "Let's do it."

   6. RBRoseanne Barr51:55

      "Well, if Jon's in, of course. Is Lori in?"

   7. JRJoe Rogan51:58

      Right.

   8. RBRoseanne Barr51:58

      "Yeah, Lori's in. Okay. Uh, yeah, let's do it."

   9. JRJoe Rogan52:02

      So what, who turned on you after this was over?

   10. RBRoseanne Barr52:08

       Um, well, I'm, my coven of lawyers advises I not get-

   11. JRJoe Rogan52:12

       Okay.

   12. RBRoseanne Barr52:12

       ... into this at this time.

   13. JRJoe Rogan52:13

       That's probably a good-

   14. RBRoseanne Barr52:15

       You know, I think it's self-explanatory.

   15. JRJoe Rogan52:16

       Well, people could find out.

   16. RBRoseanne Barr52:17

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan52:18

       Um-

   18. RBRoseanne Barr52:18

       Uh, I don't know that they turned on me. I think it was always that way since, you know, I came in and said, I said, uh, "Somebody on the show has to be a Trump supporter," and none of them would do it. (laughs)

   19. JRJoe Rogan52:33

       (laughs)

   20. RBRoseanne Barr52:33

       I'm like, "It's a great role." You know?

   21. JRJoe Rogan52:36

       Yeah.

   22. RBRoseanne Barr52:36

       "You could do it. You're the kinda person who would, and-"

   23. JRJoe Rogan52:39

       I think people-

   24. RBRoseanne Barr52:39

       ... and they were like, "No." So I said, "Okay, well, then I'll do it," because, you know, I did vote for him, and everybody knows it.

   25. JRJoe Rogan52:46

       Well, people forget Archie Bunker.

   26. RBRoseanne Barr52:49

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan52:49

       He's one of the greatest characters-

   28. RBRoseanne Barr52:50

       I know.

   29. JRJoe Rogan52:50

       ... in the history of sitcoms.

   30. RBRoseanne Barr52:52

       Well, nobody wants to be the, quote, unquote, b- you know, other, other.
10. 1:00:06 – 1:19:52

    Cancellation fallout: betrayal, contracts, and ‘The Conners’ continuing without her

    1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:06

       What do you think about them doing it without you?

    2. RBRoseanne Barr1:00:11

       Um-

    3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:11

       I mean, how fucking weird is that?

    4. RBRoseanne Barr1:00:13

       It is weird. I'm like, "Oh, I get it. They're sending me a subtle message to OD on opioids."

    5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:20

       (laughs)

    6. RBRoseanne Barr1:00:21

       You know, that's how it is.

    7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:22

       Is that what you think?

    8. RBRoseanne Barr1:00:23

       Yeah, that's some of it, mind control stuff. Yeah.

    9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:27

       D- so you think that they want you to kill yourself?

    10. RBRoseanne Barr1:00:30

        Well, I don't know why they would do what they did. Let's just put it that way. It doesn't make any sense, and-

    11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:34

        I just, I just think they're being completely inconsiderate, and they don't care about you.

    12. RBRoseanne Barr1:00:38

        No, they don't, and they, they so, uh, belittled my contribution to the show, too. It just, you know, was shocking. That was the most painful part of the whole thing.

    13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:49

        Well, one of the things that I read was that you hadn't considered...... the more than 100 people that work on the show when you did what you did, and I'm like, "That is ... That's a ridiculous statement."

    14. RBRoseanne Barr1:00:58

        I didn't cancel the show.

    15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:59

        Well n- not only did you not cancel the show, you were on Ambien drunk-tweeting. The idea that you did this, this was some sort of a deliberate ploy to get the show canceled, or the idea that there was any justification that this show c- should be canceled at all. Like, what? You can't just say something that you, y- you didn't want to come out that way and apologize for it? They don't know who you are.

    16. RBRoseanne Barr1:01:19

        And I did apologize. I apologized.

    17. JRJoe Rogan1:01:21

        You did apologize, but they don't know who you are?

    18. RBRoseanne Barr1:01:22

        I apologized for three months. No.

    19. JRJoe Rogan1:01:25

        Yeah. They don't know who you are. They worked with you-

    20. RBRoseanne Barr1:01:26

        No. They tried to wipe me off the, uh, off the, uh, map of the culture.

    21. JRJoe Rogan1:01:32

        Because people are scared to be connected with anybody who's a target.

    22. RBRoseanne Barr1:01:35

        Yeah.

    23. JRJoe Rogan1:01:35

        And they acted like cowards.

    24. RBRoseanne Barr1:01:37

        I, I wouldn't have d- I mean, if it were my friend, definitely I would've ... o- of years, of two decades or more, I would've said something.

    25. JRJoe Rogan1:01:46

        I never-

    26. RBRoseanne Barr1:01:46

        But that's just me. And I definitely ... One thing I would never have done is, um, stab somebody in the ... rush to condemn somebody who, you know, was my biggest, uh, advocate.

    27. JRJoe Rogan1:02:03

        Well, there was a lot of that.

    28. RBRoseanne Barr1:02:03

        And, and sometimes and only advocate.

    29. JRJoe Rogan1:02:05

        There was a lot of that. I saw a lot of that.

    30. RBRoseanne Barr1:02:07

        Yeah. But I just thought-

Episode duration: 2:13:06