Roseanne Barr says her TV character killed off by opioid overdose

Published September 18, 2018 2:59pm ET



Actor Roseanne Barr claims ABC killed off her TV character through an opioid overdose, and she’s not happy about it.

Barr said in the follow-up show to “Roseanne,” called “The Conners,” the writers wrote a script that included her dying as the result of overdosing on opioids, according to an interview she gave YouTube personality Brandon Straka.

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