Roseanne Barr says call with Trump was 'exciting' and 'sweet' after show's ratings-busting return

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Roseanne Barr said it was "exciting" and "sweet" for President Donald Trump to call and congratulate her on the record-breaking return of "Roseanne," on a phone call today with "Good Morning America."

"It was pretty exciting, I'll tell you that much," Barr said of the call. "They said, 'Hold please for the president of the United States of America' and [that] was about the most exciting thing ever. It was just very sweet of him to congratulate us."

"Roseanne," featuring the same sarcastic, blue-collar family from the original series, opened as the season's top premiere and as Tuesday's highest-rated entertainment telecast in six years. An estimated 18.2 million viewers watched the show's premiere -- 10 percent more than the 1997 finale, according to The Nielsen Company.

The show was widely praised for fairly portraying a family with differing political views. Barr was reportedly adamant that her TV persona be a President Donald Trump supporter, like she is in real life.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/roseanne-barr-says-call-trump-exciting-sweet-shows-114103491--abc-news-tv.html

[flibbitygiblets]

1. She's a disgusting attention whore, always was

Never watched her trash show in the past and certainly won't start now.

[mreilly]

11. Me neither....

as a matter of fact I will make sure to never patronize or contribute money to anyone or anything which supports Trump.

[flibbitygiblets]

14. Hmm, maybe I'll find out who sponsors her shitty show and give them some grief

Before anyone starts flaming me, yeah I know she has a right to her incoherent opinions. So do I, free country (as of today anyway).

[BannonsLiver]

12. A MAGAt

[skylucy]

2. ...

[CanonRay]

3. It's #1

on my never watch list

[GusBob]

4. Now, now, DSB

We are being scolded that if we don't watch the show, we should not criticize it, or the people who do

which, to me, is like saying if you didn't vote for Trump, you shouldn't criticize him or the folks who voted him in

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. People can watch what they want. I have no desire to be anybody's nanny.

That being said Roseanne Barr has made bigoted statements and described Trump's opponents in the most vile of ways, including calling them pedophiles.

People who hold themselves out as liberals and progressives or just decent folk should think twice about validating her.

[meadowlark5]

5. Maybe he can do a cameo on her show

I'll bet she mentioned that to him and I bet the orange slob is truly thinking about it. He could do a campaign rally in Lanford and the Connors can be a winner of a meet and greet at their house.

If ratings start to slip a little, I would not be surprised if she did that and Trump would be all over it! His deplorables would love it! Ratings and money gold for two odious people.

[SHRED]

6. Another reason to not watch

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. He might not be so congratulatory if he actually watched the show

Only two mentions of Trump in first two episodes, neither particularly flattering, and lots of progressive ideas and issues in the storylines.

I think executive producers Sara Gilbert and Whitney Cummings may have put Roseanne’s Trumpmania in check.

[Vinca]

9. So no one told him the show got better ratings than any of his?

Once he knows that old Roseanne will end up on Nicolle Wallace's wall of names.

[mreilly]

10. If I received a phone call from a self-admitted sexual assaulter...

.... with a history of abject dishonesty, infantile behavior, selfishness, stupidity, incompetence, bluster, bullying and massive insecurity, I would hang up the phone.

I certainly wouldn't go boasting how "exciting" it was for such a "sweet" person to contact me. Frankly, I'd be sickened and annoyed.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. She should have called 911

[Mike Nelson]

13. She should ask him...

...about the "very nice people" he saw marching with KKK torches while chanting "Jews will not replace us!"