John Goodman is revealing the truth behind his relationship with Roseanne Barr.
In a Friday interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Goodman discussed the popular ’80s program, “Roseanne.” The actor played Barr’s husband, Dan Conner, on the show, as well as in the reboot and its successor, “The Conners,” which wrapped its seventh and final season in spring 2025.
During the interview, THR noted that Goodman’s character went to pay his respects at Barr’s character’s gravesite — the show wrote out Barr in the first episode — and then asked if the two actors were still in contact.
“No. I’d rather doubt if she wants to talk to me,” he said. “We haven’t talked for about seven or eight years.”
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Goodman’s statements track with the original revival’s cancellation in 2018 after Bart’s racist comments regarding former Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett.
Following Barr’s statement, ABC canceled the show’s reboot, citing a statement from then-network president Channing Dungey: “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values. We have decided to cancel her show.”
After Barr received backlash on social media, Goodman confessed to feeling “bad” for his former co-star.
Though the two are not in communication, Goodman still has good things to say about the chemistry the two shared while working together.
“We hit it off from jump street. She made me laugh, and I made her laugh, and wow, it was so much fun,” he said. “We’d get so many viewers for the show back then — 20, 30 million people. Things are so different now, but it was a special time.”