ABC canceled her show after backlash over a racist tweet. The spin-off series, The Conners, features the Roseanne cast without Roseanne. She claimed on a podcast that the TV show writers (quote) “have her die of an opioid overdose. There’s nothing I can do about it. It's done. It's over. But it so cruelly insults the people who loved that family.”
Viewers of the Roseanne reboot may disagree. Last season, her character became addicted to painkillers. She secretly hid opioids from the family. So an accidental overdose aligns with last season’s plot and what’s happening daily in the United States. The writers on The Conners have an opportunity to address this scourge with humor. (E! News)