"Roseanne" at the poster with "The Conners"

John Goodman, Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf open at the announcement of the cancellation of "Roseanne" while they advance with "The Conners". The three men spoke to people the moment they learned that Roseanne Barr had posted a tweet resembling former President Obama's advisor, Valerie Jarrett, to the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and "The Planet of the Apes" in May.

Goodman, who said of Barr in August, "I know, I know, for a truth that she's not racist," said that he could not believe it when he had heard the news for the first time. He said that he was in his "kitchen and maybe my daughter or my wife spoke" of this tweet.

"That did not seem true," Said Goodman. "Then it became true, I was consciously trying to accept it."

Metcalf said that she was performing on Broadway and had discovered the existence of this tweet to the news. She immediately asked if the show would stay on the air.

"And me [first] I wondered if we still had a show, she thought, because of the heaviness of everything.

"[I was trying] to reconcile me to the fact that the show is gone, "she added. And you know, taking off so high was hard to understand. "The restart of" Roseanne "on ABC got very good evaluations.

Gilbert said that she remained calm.

"It was more fair:" OK, what's it about today? "She explained," I just did things a little bit as they came up. " . "

Goodman said returning to "The Conners" seemed right to him. The actor said that it was important that the actors continue the family's story.

"There was the feeling of not wanting to leave before we were ready," Goodman said. "We had a debt to this fictional family, we want to finish telling this story."

Metcalf admitted, "There were a lot of risks involved. But we all decided as a group to take the risk, knowing we could be judged by deciding to come back."

Goodman said, "We rely on each other when we do this show, and we support each other – it's a very strong feeling among us." It's different, but we can create some something new, let us finish the story ourselves Terms … come with us and see how we do it. "

The actors stressed that they were grateful to Barr for allowing them to proceed with the split. ABC has signed "The Conners" only after Barr has agreed to forgo any creative or financial link with the show.

Barr initially faced many of his casting mates after his shooting and the cancellation of the show. When Gilbert wrote that Barr's comments about Jarrett were "heinous" and "do not reflect the beliefs of our actors and the film crew nor anyone associated with our series," replied Barr, " Wow, irreel ". Since then, Barr said he forgave Gilbert and understood his position.

In September, Barr stated that his character was killed as a consequence of opioid addiction on "The Conners". The spin-off should be broadcast on ABC on October 16th.