Fans are now calling for aRoseannespinoff series followingRoseanne Barr‘sracist Twitter spreethat prompted ABC topull the plug on the popular sitcom.
Big Bang TheorystarJim Parsonsshared a viral fan-made poster of Laurie Metfcalf starring in her own spinoff,Jackie, titled after herRoseannecharacter Jackie Harris. “You watched it for her anyway,” the fake poster read.
“Haha YES! #ilovelauriemetcalf,” Parsons captioned the mocked-up artwork about hisBBTcostar, who played his mother Mary Cooper.
Meanwhile,Mindy Kalinggave a shout-out to Metcalf andJohn Goodman, who played Roseanne’s husband Dan Conner, on Twitter, writing, “Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman let me write things for you.”
Lena Dunhamalso reiterated the same sentiments in her response to Kaling. “I will do the spin off of your show starring Darlene’s cool kids,” theGirlscreator tweeted.
Another fan-made poster reimagined a spinoff show, titledThe Conners, which replaced Barr on the cast couch photo with an urn. “You’ll never miss her … They don’t.”
“ABC should change the name of the show from ‘Roseanne’ to ‘The Conner Family’ and kill off Roseanne Conner. John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert and the others can continue without her,” wrote another Twitter user.
ABC canceledRoseanneTuesday.
Jarrett weighed in on the shocking language for the first timeduring an MSNBC town hall called “Everyday Racism in America” that aired shortly after Barr’s tweet.
In a series of confusing tweets, Barr claimed she didn’t know Jarrett is black.
“I thought she was Saudi,” she tweeted.
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But hours later, she tweeted a contradictory statement. “I honestly thought she was Jewish and Persian,” she said. “Ignorant of me for sure, but… I did.”
Barr later responded to a fan speculating that Barr didn’t know Jarrett is black, claiming she indeed “didn’t know” before tweeting: “I mistakenly thought she was white.”
A source told PEOPLE on Wednesday that Barr is“in deep darkness and is very remorseful”though she attributed the racist Twitter spree to heruse of sleep medication Ambien.
“Being a comedian, she writes stuff she thinks is funny, but it’s always misunderstood. She’s not intentionally hurtful,” the source said. “They all loved each other on theRoseanneset. It really was one big happy family.”
source: people.com
